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ITLF) asked Kuki-Zo man and woman, village volunteers not to comply with orders of depositing licensed arms ahead of Lok Sabha election. ITLF in a statement said, “The state government attempt to view the current dispensation based solely on election related matter and thus issuing order for submission of weapons to arms license holders at jurisdictional police station may not serve appropriate considering the plight and uncertainty we are facing, This will only invite more controversy and insecurity that will rightly offend the Kuki-Zo people”. It added, “We need every available weapon to defend our 'right to life' and our land from the nefarious intent of the majority Meitei community, which is hell-bent on killing and driving us out of our homes. It is pertinent to note through our past experience that licensed guns that were submitted in 2023 have not been returned till today. Therefore, Indigenous Tribal Leader's Forum (TLF) requests every Kuki-Zo man and woman, village volunteers should not comply with the perverse and hateful ideologies of radical Meite's administration.”

Supreme Court has quashed the bail condition imposed by the Orissa High Court on a man that he shall not be involved in any political activity, saying it will breach his fundamental rights. A bench of Justices B R Gavai and Sandeep Mehta passed the order on a plea filed by Siba Shankar Das, a former Mayor of Berhampur Municipal Corporation, against the January 18 order of the high court. The high court had dismissed his application seeking withdrawal of the bail condition which said that he «shall not create any untoward situation in public and shall not be involved in any political activities, directly or indirectly». The condition was imposed by the high court while ordering his release on bail in August 2022.

DK Shivakumar on Tuesday made a temple run in BJP-dominated coastal Karnataka, visiting the Sringeri Sharada Math in Chikkamagaluru district, the Dharmasthala Manjunatha Temple, and Kukke Subrahmanya Temple in Dakshina Kannada a month before the state entered the first phase of Lok Sabha polls. Shivakumar said he sought divine blessings before the “dharma yudh,” ironically echoing the words of BJP veteran BS Yediyurappa's son BY Raghavendra from three days ago. “I am now in the presence of Manjunath, in a place where dharma was followed. In a similar way, we have fulfilled all the five guarantees promised to the people. The Congress has acted as per the promise made during the assembly elections…Women are travelling in free buses and there by visiting pilgrimage centres. We are confident that people will remember us while casting their vote,” the deputy CM said. On Saturday, Raghavendra, who was at the Bhovi Gurpeeth in Chitradurga, had described the upcoming general election as a “dharma yudh” between pro-nationals and anti-nationals. Election officials had held him in violation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC), for “misusing” the religious place for political purposes.

Bengal is suddenly under the state's election spotlight as an «embodiment of the BJP's fight against atrocities on women under Mamata Banerjee's TMC dispensation». Thirty-something Rekha Patra, a housewife from the troubled region of Sandeshkhali and an alleged torture victim in the hands of arrested TMC leader Shajahan Sheikh and his cohorts, walked protest rallies against her oppressors carrying her girl child on her waist alongside scores of other women agitators from the region when local agitation against TMC leaders recently blew up. Patra is now the BJP's Lok Sabha nominee from Basirhat, a TMC stronghold on the southern-most fringes of North 24 Parganas district, and is the sole candidate of her party so far to have received a personal telephone call from Prime Minister Narendra Modi who talked to her about her campaign preparations and was lauded by the leader as «Shakti Swarupa» (an embodiment of the essence of Shakti). She is also the party's surprise candidate through whom the BJP is trying to make its strongest political statement in Bengal: that it plans to steal the issue of women's safety from under the sails of Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress for the upcoming polls.

Congress on Tuesday released its seventh list of five candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, fielding R Sudha from Tamil Nadu's Mayiladuthurai constituency. The Mayiladuthurai constituency was with its ally DMK in the last elections. Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar had been an MP from this constituency thrice earlier. The Congress announced candidates for four seats in Chhattisgarh and one in Tamil Nadu. In Chhattisgarh, the party fielded Shashi Singh from Sarguja (ST), Menka Devi Singh from Raigarh, Devender Singh Yadav from Bilaspur and Biresh Thakur from Kanker (ST).

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Supriya Shrinate on actress Kangana Ranaut's electoral debut has sparked a fresh controversy. The National Commission of Women has demanded action against the Congress leader. Although Supriya clarified that the post, which has since been removed from Instagram, was posted from a parody account, she has however issued an apology.

Bloomberg, said that the biggest challenge a new government must grapple with after the 2024 Lok Sabha elections is improving the education and skills of the workforce. Without fixing that, he said, the country will struggle to reap the benefits of its young population.

Mint on the condition of anonymity. The finance ministry has already started preparations for the presentation of the full budget, and various ministries have been asked to present fresh assessments of their fund requirements for the next fiscal. Ministries have been asked to give details of schemes that need to be expanded next year and those which could be trimmed or axed to make way for any new scheme the next government may like to introduce.

Patra campaign preparations, support among people for BJP and more. Meanwhile, Patra detailed the ordeals faced by women in Sandeshkhali, the report added. Rekha Patra will contest the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 on a BJP candidate from Basirhat in West Bengal.

Arun Govil, who gained popularity for his portrayal of Lord Ram in the iconic television series «Ramayan,» as a candidate from the Meerut constituency for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Lok Sabha polls, dropping all its sitting MPs, including union minister Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, from these seats won by it in 2019. It has fielded Thounaojam Basanta Kumar Singh, a minister in Manipur government, from the Inner Manipur constituency in place of the Union minister.

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Tuesday claimed that Varun Gandhi was denied a Lok Sabha ticket by the BJP because of his connection with the Gandhi family and extended an invitation to him to join the grand old party. Chowdhury described Varun as a «dabang neta (strong leader)» and said he is a learned man with a clean image. «He is a dabang neta and a very educated man. He has a clean image. Varun Gandhi has a connection with the Gandhi family. This is why the BJP denied him a ticket (for Lok Sabha polls). I think he should come (join the Congress), we will be very happy,» Chowdhury, the leader of the Congress party in the outgoing Lok Sabha, said. Varun and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi are cousins.

Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday said it will contest the 2024 Lok Sabha elections on its own in Punjab, and will nottie up with former-ally Shiromani Akali Dal(SAD), BJP state unit president Sunil Jakhar said. Jakhar said the move will benefit all sections of the society in Punjab. "The work done by the BJP for Punjab under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not hidden from anyone," he added.

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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) dropped the name of Varun Gandhi, senior Congress leader and West Bengal unit president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Tuesday asked the sitting MP from Pilibhit constituency in Uttar Pradesh to join the grand old party and come to West Bengal. The Congress candidate from the Berhampore constituency claimed that Varun Gandhi was denied the Lok Sabha ticket despite having a clean image because he is related to the Gandhi family. "He should come here.

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Naveen Kulkarni, Chief Investment Officer at Axis Securities PMS believes earnings of Nifty 50 may grow by almost 20 per cent by the end of FY24 and the Nifty 50 may deliver a healthy double-digit return in the low to mid-teens in FY25. In an interview with Mint, Kulkarni also shares his views on several sectors and how the markets could behave after the General Elections. Edited excerpts: The market expectations are quite evident.

Benjamin Netanyahu's choice to call off the Israeli delegation's trip to the US. Speaking at a press briefing, Kirby mentioned that the Israeli Prime Minister's Office suggested a perceived shift in US policy, but he clarified that the Biden administration's approach remains unchanged. As reported by ANI, when asked about US President Joe Biden's reaction to Netanyahu's decision Kirby said, “We're kind of perplexed by this.