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A post shared by Balkaur Singh (@sardarbalkaursidhu) Earlier, reports had claimed that Sidhu Moosewala's mother, Charan Kaur was pregnant and will be delivering the baby in March. Moosewala was the only child of his parents, who are in their late 50s now. Citing sources, The Indian Express has reported that Mossewala's parents used In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) and had travelled overseas for the procedure last year.

Times Now, Serious charges under IPC including criminal breach of trust and cheating have been leveled against them. Earlier on Wednesday, during an investigation into the Mahadev betting app case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) revealed that several dummy accounts and fake bank entities were being used to invest nearly ₹1,100 crore in the stock market. Till the investigation is completed, the ED will keep these shares frozen.

Lok Sabha polls in Rajasthan. Despite losing the state assembly elections to the Congress in December 2018 and being in the opposition, the BJP managed to secure 24 seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, with the remaining seat going to its ally, the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP). Now in power in Rajasthan, the BJP is looking to maintain its momentum. Congress' Hopes Amidst Past Losses The Congress, which secured a majority of assembly seats in eastern Rajasthan in the 2018 polls, faced a setback in the subsequent parliamentary elections. The Gurjar community, particularly influential in the region, had supported the Congress in the assembly polls, expecting Sachin Pilot, a Gurjar leader, to become the state's chief minister. However, when this did not materialize, the Congress saw a decline in support, leading to the BJP's dominance in the Lok Sabha polls.

central forces will be deployed in West Bengal for elections to three Lok Sabha seats in the first phase of polling on April 19, an official said. Voting will be held in Cooch Behar, Alipurduar and the Jalpaiguri Lok Sabha seats in the northern part of the state in the first phase. «Around 250 companies of central forces will be deployed for the first phase of elections on April 19. A control room will be established in each of the three districts, and senior officers will be in charge of those,» the official said on Saturday. One company of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) consists of around 100 personnel, meaning that around 25,000 personnel will be deployed for elections in these three seats.

Prajagalam,' (the voice of the public) in Palnadu district, the first joint public meeting of NDA partners in Andhra Pradesh after ten years. Modi will be joined by TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu and Janasena chief Pawan Kalyan in the public meeting, and this is the first time all the three leaders will share the stage in a rally for the 2024 polls. Named Prajagalam, the meeting will mark the first NDA election meeting in Andhra Pradesh in the run-up to the simultaneous Legislative Assembly and Lok Sabha polls scheduled on May 13. Janasena said Prajagalam is aimed at «chasing away atrocious politics» for the golden future of Andhra Pradesh. The TDP, Janasena and BJP are mobilising their cadres in large numbers for the meeting.

Reluctance of some ministers and lawmakers in Karnataka to contest the Lok Sabha polls seems to have put the Congress scouting for "winnable" candidates in a spot of bother in finalising contestants for bulk of the seats. It has been ten days since the Congress announced its candidates for seven segments while the process to pick nominees for the remaining 21 seats is on. The Congress' first list released on March eight did not have names of any of the ministers and legislators. According to party sources, the Congress leadership has been making efforts to convince some ministers and lawmakers to contest, as they have faced problems in identifying winnable candidates in several segments.

Uttar Pradesh with the SP-BSP alliance now replaced by the SP-Congress pact under the INDIA bloc. The Samajwadi Party-Bahujan Samaj Party alliance in 2019 had offered some resistance to the BJP on a handful of seats in the western and eastern parts of UP, but failed to make a big impact. With BSP supremo Mayawati deciding to duke it out alone this time, it will be up to the SP and Congress to stop the marauding juggernaut of the NDA, which has now has RLD on its side, as well as a number of caste-based regional parties in the Poorvanchal region. In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP and allies won 73 out of 80 Lok Sabha seats in the state.

PTI reported Kumar as saying. Also Read: Electoral Bond Case: Here's what the SC told SBI about unique number In its landmark verdict on February 15, the top court had scrapped the Centre's electoral bonds scheme that allowed anonymous political funding, calling it “unconstitutional" and ordered disclosure by the EC of donors, the amount donated by them and the recipients. Kumar said, “The unaccounted money which is used in the elections...

Moneycontol. “The employer must grant a paid holiday to all eligible employees on the day of the election. They must ensure that there is no deduction or abatement of wages," Moneycontrol quoted Partner at RR Legal, Abhishek Awasthi as saying.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: In his first public appearance since the announcement of the 2024 Lok Sabha election dates, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled his ambitious plans for transforming the Indian Railways sector if voted back to power. Addressing the India Today Conclave 2024, PM Modi outlined his vision for the "coming five years" under his leadership.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will share the dais with TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu and JSP chief Pawan Kalyan at a mega public rally in Boppudi village in Andhra Pradesh's Palnadu district today, March 17, Sunday. The Telugu Desam Party received the information about PM Modi's rally in Chilakaluripet from the Prime Minister's Office on Tuesday, the party leader aware of the development said, as quoted by Hindustan Times. Chandrababu Naidu extended a formal invitation to PM Modi and requested him to participate in the Chilakaluripeta rally on March 17, the TDP leader said.

US President Joe Biden's campaign spokesperson, James Singer, said in a statement that former President Donald Trump «wants another January 6» after Trump on Saturday said that there would be a 'bloodbath' in the country if he lost the upcoming polls, reported CNN. Condemning his statement, Singer emphasised that the US people would not make him win the presidential elections.

Model Code of Conduct (MCC) comes into effect with the announcement of the Lok Sabha schedule, Shiv Sena (UBT) spokesperson Anand Dubey launched a sharp attack on the Election Commission, asking why the poll body decided to conduct elections in the Prime Minister's constituency, Varanasi, in the last phase. «The elections will go on until June 1, and the results will be announced on June 4. Counting the days from today. This makes it almost 2.5 months. Who is the EC trying to help behind closed doors by giving all this extra time?.. We respect the EC just like we respect the SC because the EC is an independent organisation, but somewhere down the line, it has lost its dignity, but still, we will contest elections. Why have they decided to conduct elections in the Prime Minister's constituency, Varanasi, in the last phase? PM Narendra Modi will reach Varanasi in the end after campaigning all over the country,» Shiv Sena (UBT) spokesperson Anand Dubey said. Earlier, the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) came into effect on Saturday after the Election Commission of India announced the dates for elections to the Lok Sabha and four state assemblies, with Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar asking all political parties and their leaders to strictly adhere to the poll code.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched «Modi Ki Guarantee» as the central theme of his campaign, focusing on the development of youth, empowerment of women, and welfare of farmers and marginalized communities. Meanwhile, the Congress is banking on its 'Nyay' guarantees, aiming at justice for various sections of society. Unemployment, Price Rise, and Ideological Battles Key issues such as unemployment, rising prices, and ideological clashes between parties are likely to dominate the election discourse. The BJP will highlight its achievements in implementing the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, and the abrogation of Article 370 for Jammu and Kashmir, while the opposition criticizes these moves as divisive and imposing uniformity.

Federal Reserve in no rush to start lowering interest rates. Industrial production figures illustrated a euro area economy that’s merely limping along. In Japan, speculation intensified for the first rate hike in more than a decade after the country’s largest labor union secured big wage deals. The world of geopolitics continued to evolve, including Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian oil refineries, declining foreign investment in China and US concerns about Beijing’s subsidies for shipbuilders.

Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra, an increase of 34 lakh from 2019, according to a senior state Election Commission official. The Lok Sabha polls for the 48 seats in Maharashtra will be held on April 19, April 26, May 7, May 13 and May 20 and votes will be counted on June 4. According to Maharashtra Chief Electoral Officer S Chockalingam, there are 4,78,50,789 male and 4,41,74,722 female voters in the state as of March 15. The state has 5,559 transgender voters.

Union Cabinet is expected to meet on Sunday morning, following the announcement of Lok Sabha election dates, reported The Times of India. Although the specific agenda for the meeting remained undisclosed, ToI sources indicated that several significant matters might be discussed like negotiations on a trade deal with Oman and the potential elevation of the Line of Credit to $250 million for Iran's Chabahar port. Last week, a high-level inter-ministerial committee convened a meeting to discuss strategies for improving the Line of Credit (LoC).

Amisha Vora, Chairperson & MD, Prabhudas Lilladher, says “for quite some time, the sentiment was intact and the correction was shallow and this was not so broad-based. In the last 7-10 days, there was a broader correction across market caps,, less in Nifty but of course across market caps, a number of advance declines was also very sharp in favour of declines. Once a time like that comes, most of the people, their portfolios, their positions, their exposures get realigned. There are M2M related issues. So once that sets in, it takes a little time for things to stabilise and then the bull market to resurrect or the advance to resurrect.” Last few days have been pretty rocky as far as the broader markets are concerned. Which are the areas your clients have been nibbling in and you have been recommending them to buy? Amisha Vora: After a very long time, the correction looks a little broad-based and seems to have just started.

election that is guaranteed to cement Vladimir Putin's hardline rule. The three-day vote has already been marred by a surge in fatal Ukrainian bombardments and a series of incursions into Russian territory by pro-Ukrainian sabotage groups.

US President Donald Trump on Saturday warned of a 'bloodbath' in the country if he does not get elected in the polls set to be held later this year, Politico reported. Addressing a rally near Ohio's Dayton, Trump said, «Now, if I don't get elected, it's gonna be a bloodbath. That's going to be the least of it.» He said, «It's going to be a bloodbath for the country.»

Kamal Haasan took a dig at the central government over the announcement of the Lok Sabha poll dates by the Election Commission in seven stages, saying that before implementing the idea of 'One Nation, One Election', at least one election should be held in a single phase. «Before we try to attempt 'One Nation, One Election', can we at least try 'One Election, One Phase'?» the Makkal Needhi Maiam president posted on X. The general election for 543 Lok Sabha seats will be held in seven phases from April 19, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar announced on Saturday. The counting will be held on June 4.