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Mayawati on Saturday said some opposition parties were spreading rumours about the BSP forming an alliance ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister reiterated that the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will contest the elections on its own. In a post in Hindi on X, Mayawati said, «BSP is fighting the Lok Sabha elections on its own and is completely prepared.» «Rumours about the BSP forming an electoral alliance or a third front are fake and wrong. Media should not publish such mischievous news and the people should also be careful,» she added.

revdi. These schemes are meant to empower women socially and economically. But how is it going to help the beneficiary and what are the economic implications of the scheme and its sustainability in the long run? Mint explains Madhya Pradesh’s experiment with Ladli Behna Yojna, some say, delivered the goods for the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Assembly elections held in November 2023.

equity market. Reading the tea leaves always gives some indications of how markets move during this tumultuous period. There are definite data points and trends that investors can look at to chart out their equity map during India’s moves in the elections.

Congress and the opposition BJP are yet to come out with their full list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka, there is a fair idea about the campaign issues in their armoury. The recent bomb blast at a popular eatery here and the raising of «pro-Pakistan» slogans in the corridors of 'Vidhana Soudha' have given fresh ammunition to the BJP to attack the Congress government. «The twin issues have given us a momentum of sorts in campaigning,» a senior BJP leader said. The Congress would seek to ride on the popularity of its «guarantee schemes» and make BJP-led NDA government's «step-motherly» attitude towards the state a major poll plank, party sources said.

Maharashtra for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections with coalition partners Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde and NCP president Ajit Pawar. Shinde and Pawar — chief minister and deputy chief minister of Maharashtra — held talks with Shah here late Friday. Senior BJP leader and Maharashtra deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis was also present in the meeting. Shinde-led Shiv Sena, Pawar-led NCP and the BJP will contest the Lok Sabha elections in alliance in Maharashtra which sends 48 members to the lower house of Parliament. BJP had won 23 of the 25 seats it had contested in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, while its then alliance partner — undivided Shiv Sena — won 18 seats of the 23 seats it had contested.

Pakistan in which Asif Ali Zardari is set to be elected for a second time. Asif Ali Zardari, the 68-year-old joint candidate of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), and Sunni Ittehad Council's candidate Mahmood Khan Achakzai, 75, are vying for the office of president. The voting began at 10 am and will continue till 4 pm.

Joe Biden said on Friday he would sign legislation that gives China's ByteDance about six months to divest the popular TikTok short video app as his rival Trump raised concerns about a ban of the service used by 170 million Americans. The U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote on Tuesday or Wednesday of next week on the TikTok crackdown bill after a committee on Thursday unanimously approved the measure. The House will vote on the proposal under rules requiring two-thirds of members to vote «yes» to win approval.

Donald Trump on Friday posted a $91.6 million bond to cover the defamation verdict in favor of writer E. Jean Carroll, and began his appeal of the case that arose from his branding her a liar after she accused him of raping her decades ago. The bond from Federal Insurance Co, part of the insurer Chubb, would cover Carroll's $83.3 million judgment if Trump were to lose his appeal of the Jan. 26 verdict and refuse to pay.

₹5,000 crore worth of projects and programmes. PM Modi launched multiple projects related to the tourism sector worth more than ₹1400 crore under Swadesh Darshan and PRASHAD (Pilgrimage Rejuvenation And Spiritual, Heritage Augmentation Drive) scheme. Prime Minister launched the 'Chalo India Global Diaspora Campaign' to inspire the Indian diaspora to become Incredible India ambassadors and promote tourism to India.

UK and India appears set to end without a breakthrough on major outstanding issues, according to people familiar with the negotiations, meaning agreement is unlikely to be reached before India holds a general election. UK officials flew back from New Delhi on Thursday night and Friday, with people close to both negotiating teams saying there were still hurdles to be overcome in goods, services and investment areas. Indian negotiators don’t have sufficient time to engage on the pending issues ahead of elections likely in April, two people familiar with the development said, refusing to be identified as the discussions are private. That means the 14th round of talks is likely to close without further discussions.

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Election Commission of India on Friday held a meeting with the Ministry of Home Affairs to take stock of security requirements for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar and election commissioner Arun Goel held a meeting with Union home secretary Ajay Bhalla to discuss deployment of central forces for the general elections. It is gathered that officials from the Ministry of Railways were also part of the deliberations in order to plan smooth movement of central forces across the country. The discussions come just ahead of the commission members' visit to Jammu & Kashmir next week. The deliberations will help in scheduling Lok Sabha and assembly polls in the Union Territory. Kumar and Goel are scheduled to visit Jammu and Kashmir on March 12-13.

Congress has released its first list of 39 Lok Sabha candidates, which included Rahul Gandhi from his sitting Wayanad constituency in Kerala, AICC general secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal from Alappuzha and former CM Bhupesh Baghel from Rajnandangaon in Chhattisgarh. The formal decision on Gandhi contesting from Amethi will be taken when the central election committee takes up the party's probable list for Uttar Pradesh later. Rahul seeking re-election from the safe seat Wayanad shows his disinclination to fight from the old Amethi seat without taking an electoral insurance from the Kerala seat, where Gandhi-led Congress' main rival BJP is just a marginal player. The first list has 24 candidates from the OBC-SC-ST minority segments, 15 from the general category. While 12 are below the 50 age bracket, eight are from the 50-60 age group. It includes many sitting MPs.

Election Commissioner within the next few days, 2024 is likely to be the first Lok Sabha election since 1996 when the poll panel will announce and conduct general elections steered by a two-member commission instead of the customary three-member one. The Election Commission of India (ECI) has been a multi-member body since the 1990s and has conducted eight Lok Sabha elections in such a format. Only in two cases, that is during the 1999 and 2009 Lok Sabha polls, was the three-member ECI rendered short by one member, due to members' retirement in the middle of the election cycle.

Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK on Friday finalised seat-sharing agreements with allies VCK and MDMK, repeating its 2019 deal. However, the party, which is a part of the Opposition INDIA bloc, is yet to clinch a pact with Congress. MDMK was allocated one seat that will be announced later, said party founder Vaiko. DMK had allotted a Lok Sabha seat and one Rajya Sabha seat to MDMK during the 2019 elections. VCK will contest from two reserved constituencies — Chidambaram and Villupuram — the two seats it represents in the outgoing Lok Sabha. Party founder Thol Thirumavalavan currently represents Chidambaram in the Lok Sabha. The party will also field its nominees from around 15 seats in Karnataka, Kerala and Telangana, said Thirumavalavan.

Congress' first list released on Friday includes names of Rahul Gandhi, former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, Congress general secretary KC Venugopal, DK Suresh and Shashi Tharoor. Out of the total 39 Congress candidates, 15 were from Kerala, seven from Karnataka, six from Chhattisgarh, four from Telangana, two from Meghalaya and one each from Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim and Lakshwadeep.

Karnataka, BJP won 25, while Congress and JD(S) got 1 each. One seat went to Independent candidate Sumalatha, who aligned with the BJP-led NDA.

Previous Elections and Current Scenario: In the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, Telangana played a crucial role as one of the opening states. With little change in the state's political landscape over the past five years, it is likely to retain this significance in the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections, tentatively scheduled for April. The official confirmation will be provided following the Election Commission of India's (ECI) announcement of election dates.

alliance can afford to ignore the state. Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Election Dates The Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha Elections are likely to be held in late April or early May, typically concluding in the first half of the election season due to the state's efficient electoral processes and high voter turnout.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Congress party, in its initial list, has disclosed the candidates for seven out of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka ahead of the forthcoming general elections. Prior to the announcement, KPCC president and deputy chief minister D K Shivakumar indicated that the party had submitted 14 names for clearance from the high command. Notable figures in the list include D K Suresh, the two-time MP and brother of Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, who is set to contest from Bengaluru Rural for the third time. Another candidate in focus is former Tumakur MP SP Muddahanumegowda, who recently returned to Congress from BJP. Geetha Shivarajkumar, sister of Karnataka's Primary and Secondary Education Minister Madhu Bangarappa, will be contesting from Shivamogga. Geetha, who ran unsuccessfully from Shivamogga in 2019 on a JD(S) ticket, will now contest with Congress support.

Anto Antony from Pathanamthitta. In the battle of high stakes, Congress general secretary K C Venugopal, announced that Anto Antony will be contesting the Lok Sabha Elections for United Democratic Front (UDF)from Pathanamthitta constituency. The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded Congress veteran and former Union Minister of Defense AK Antony's son Anil Antony from Pathanamthitta.