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Vladimir Putin said early Monday that he supported an idea to release late opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a prisoner exchange just days before the man who was his biggest foe died. In his first comments to address Navalny's death, Putin said of the dissident's demise: “It happens.

Russian Presidential Elections 2024: President Vladimir Putin won a record post-Soviet landslide with 87.8% of the vote in Russia's election on Sunday. He made it clear that the result should send a message to the West that its leaders will have to reckon with an emboldened Russia, whether in war or peace, for many more years to come.

Top Events of the Day: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set for a busy day with a public rally in Karnataka's Shivamogga and a roadshow in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. The Supreme Court will hear the plea of six disqualified Congress MLAs from Himachal Pradesh, while the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) hears challenges against the Zee-Sony merger in Maharashtra.

AP, in recent days, US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the highest-ranking Jewish official in the country and a strong Israel supporter, called on Israel to hold a new election, saying Netanyahu had “lost his way." President Joe Biden expressed support for Schumer’s “good speech," and earlier accused Netanyahu of hurting Israel because of the huge civilian death toll in Gaza. Netanyahu told Fox News that Israel never would have called for a new U.S. election after the Sept.

Future Gaming and Hotel Services donated Rs 509 crore to the DMK through electoral bonds since 2019-20, with Megha Engineering & Infrastructures contributing another Rs 40 crore to Tamil Nadu's ruling party, showed data released by the Election Commission of India on Sunday. The latest information is based on disclosures of donors' names by a few political parties to the poll panel. Most beneficiaries of the electoral bonds scheme, including the BJP, All India Trinamool Congress, Congress, BRS and BJD, did not disclose the names of donors. While Future Gaming was the top buyer of electoral bonds, Megha Engineering was the second biggest, data from the commission revealed earlier.

KYIV (Reuters) -A man was killed and at least eight people were wounded in a Russian missile attack on the Black Sea port city of Mykolaiv on Sunday, Ukrainian officials said, after an overnight strike on Odesa on the last day of Russia's presidential election.

(Reuters) — Following are reactions from foreign governments and officials to Russia's presidential election, which handed Vladimir Putin a landslide win and another six-year term in office, according to first official results on Sunday.

It firmly believes that changing geopolitics, security concerns, and waning trust in China will dovetail to enable India to marry technology and manufacturing. A day before the announcement of the Lok Sabha election dates, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and external affairs minister S Jaishankar sent across the message, underlining the Narendra Modi government’s milestones, as they addressed some of the best minds of India Inc at The Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence in Mumbai on Friday.

Thiruvananthapuram: Ahead of Lok Sabha elections in the country Union Minister and BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Sunday said that he is meeting people from all sections of the society, adding to which, he said, «I consider it my duty to meet and hear them.» He further highlighted, «It is also my intention to present to them, how Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) and Modi govt can change the trajectory of Thiruvananthapuram, from nothing happening in the last 10 years to making Thiruvananthapuram a place where technology, tourism, electronics, manufacturing, research and science that Anandapuri deserves.» He stated that the BJP and I as a candidate will consider people's desire for change, development and progress and will work to deliver that.

Joe Biden said at a weekend Washington roast, was that two candidates had clinched their party's nomination for president. But one was too old, too mentally unfit for the job, he said. «The other's me,» Biden quipped.

₹509 crore to Tamil Nadu’s ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) through electoral bonds between October 2020 and April 2023, Election Commission data released on Sunday showed. This makes up 37% of the ₹1,368-crore worth of bonds that his company has bought since April 2019.

ALSO READ: Lok Sabha Polls 2024: Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra isn't a patch on its first version | 5 Points "A senior leader from Maharashtra left Congress and cried in from of my mother and said 'Sonia ji, I am ashamed that I don't have the power to fight this Shakti. I do not want to go to jail.' Thousands of people have been threatened like this..." he added. 1) "We are not fighting against one particular political party or person.

Vladimir Putin. Putin is poised to extend his nearly quarter century of rule for six more years after a relentless crackdown on dissent.

Election Commission that someone delivered to its office an envelope with electoral bonds worth Rs 10 crore way back in 2019, which it encashed within days but has got no information on the donors. As the Election Commission on Sunday made public hundreds of sealed-cover disclosures submitted to it by various political parties, filings made by Bihar's ruling party showed that it got electoral bonds totalling more than Rs 24 crore. The party also disclosed the names of Bharti Airtel and Shree Cement as its donors for bonds with Rs 1 crore and Rs 2 crore, respectively. In another filing, the JD(U) disclosed donations totalling Rs 24.4 crore through these bonds, many of which were issued from SBI branches in Hyderabad and Kolkata, and a few were issued in Patna.

National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct the Common University Entrance Test for Undergraduates (CUET-UG) between May 15 and 31, University Grants Commission (UGC) chairman, Mamidala K Jagadesh, said on Sunday, adding that the datesheet for the examination will be announced after March 26. The UGC chairman addressed concerns about CUET-UG exam dates coinciding with Lok Sabha elections on May 20 and 25, saying the date sheet would be announced considering the number of students registered for CUET-UG and their geographical distribution. The NTA launched the CUET UG 2024 online application portal on February 27. Students who are appearing for the Class 12 board examinations can apply for the Common University Entrance Test 2024 for various undergraduate courses through the official online portal at exams.nta.ac.in/CUET-UG.

country has scripted a new chapter of development during ten years rule of the Narendra Modi government. Saini also said that people of Haryana, like in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, will this time too give all the 10 seats to "Modi ji's kitty". Polling in Haryana's 10 Lok Sabha seats will be held in the sixth phase of the seven-phase elections on May 25. Assembly polls in the state are due later this year. «Country has progressed at a fast pace and has scripted a new chapter of development under Modi ji's leadership during past ten years,» Saini, who was accompanied by Haryana Assembly Speaker Gian Chand Gupta, told reporters in Panchkula after paying obeisance at the Mata Mansa Devi temple this evening.

Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said he was compelled to launch his Bharat Jodo yatras to highlight rising unemployment, inflation and hatred in society. Addressing the opposition INDIA bloc rally at Mumbai's Shivaji Park after the conclusion of his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, Gandhi said Prime Minister Narendra Modi won't be able to win the Lok Sabha elections without "EVMs, ED, CBI and Income Tax". «Modi is a 'mask' who works for a 'shakti' (power). He is a shallow man who doesn't have a 56-inch chest,» Gandhi said. The former Congress president alleged that PM Modi had a «monopoly over corruption».

New Delhi: India is contemplating softening its stand on some of the contentious issues that have held up a free trade agreement with the UK, according to two people aware of the matter who expect the UK to do the same. Both countries have underscored the significance of finding a “feasible solution" to speed up the process, they added. “India is planning to soften its stand on some of the sticky issues in the trade negotiations with the UK.

NEW DELHI : The government’s move to amend its 1 March advisory mandating companies developing GenAI- and AI-based tools and features to take explicit government consent before releasing them in the market was welcomed by industry players, as they wouldn't now need to take any permissions. The amended advisory was issued on 15 March, which also removed the requirement of compliance within 15 days.

District Election Officer, Bandipora, Shakeel ul Rehman, on Sunday directed all licensed arms holders to deposit their arms at the nearest police stations within seven days in view of the Lok Sabha elections. «The district magistrate in an order vide No. 35- DMB of 2024 dated: 17-03-2024 directed all the civilians and forces personnel (retired and serving) presently residing within the territorial jurisdiction of District Bandipora and who are in possession of arms and ammunition on a vaild arms licence shall deposit their arms and ammunition in the concerned police stations within a period of seven days from the date of issuance of the order.» an official spokesman said here. The spokesman said this measure is for preventive law and order action to ensure conduct of peaceful, free and fair poll during the Lok Sabha elections. The district magistrate said that prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC had come into force with effect from March 16, as per the Election Commission of India (ECI)'s Model Code of Conduct.

Baghel on Sunday said the FIR against him in the Mahadev online betting case by the state's EOW was politically motivated and was done to defame him since the BJP anticipates massive loss in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Baghel, a Congress MLA, has been fielded by the party from Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha seat. The state's Economic Offence Wing (EOW) registered a case against Baghel and 18 others in the alleged Mahadev online betting scam based on a probe report submitted by the Enforcement Directorate. «The FIR was registered by the EOW on March 4 then why it was not uploaded in its website and made public? The FIR was made public on Sunday after a newspaper carried a report on this,» Baghel said in the press conference.