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Akhilesh Yadav on 25 February joined Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Agra. The development came as Congress and SP cracked the seat-sharing arrangement for Lok Sabha elections 2024 as per which the grand old party will contest 17 seats in Uttar Pradesh and leave the rest 63 for SP and other smaller parties in the INDIA bloc. While raising the slogan of ‘BJP haatao, desh bachao’, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said that the biggest challenge for all the party in the upcoming Lok Sabha 2024 elections would be to save the democracy and the Indian Constitution.

BSP chief Mayawati on Sunday asked her party MPs to instrospect whether they followed the guidelines given to them in the interest of the party. Mayawati's remarks come after BSP Lok Sabha MP from Ambedkar Nagar Ritesh Pandey resigned from the party's primary membership ahead of the Lok Sabha elections and joined the BJP in New Delhi. «Along with the BSP political party, there is also a movement dedicated to the mission of self-respect and self-respect of the most revered Baba Saheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar due to which the policy and working style of this party is different from the capitalist parties of the country. Keeping this in mind, the party also fields its candidates in the elections,» Mayawati said in a series of posts on 'X' in Hindi. «After meeting this criterion, the BSP MPs must introspect whether they took proper care of the people in their area? Did they devote full time in their area? Also did they properly follow the guidelines given from time to time in the interest of the party and the movement?» she said.

Ukraine war Wavering economic and military support from the West means things are likely to get worse. Ukrainian officials are increasingly nervous about the figures: cashflow, mobilisation numbers, weapons. Serhiy Marchenko, the finance minister, says he believes his country’s Western partners will come good on this year’s non-military budget of $37bn—Ukrainian taxes pay for military expenses—but he is worried about what happens next.

Also read | Pakistan election 2024: Presidential polls set to take place by March 9 This will translate into the Jammu and Kashmir region now benefitting from the 1150 cusecs of water that was previously allocated to Pakistan. The water is expected to be utilised for irrigation purposes, benefiting over 32,000 hectares of land in the Kathua and Samba districts.

GST Council is likely to soon clarify that Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) will not be required to pay Goods and Services Tax (GST), an official said. According to the official, RERA, which functions as a regulator as well as facilitator for the realty sector, is covered under Article 243G of the Constitution dealing with powers, authority and responsibilities of panchayats. RERA was set up in different states to ensure transparency in real estate projects, protect the interest of consumers and to establish an adjudicating mechanism for speedy dispute redressal. The official said that after discussions with RERA functionaries about the nature of their function it was decided that GST is not applicable on them.

MUMBAI (Reuters) — Indians are spending less on food, particularly staples like rice and wheat, and more on discretionary items such as processed food, as well as durables like televisions and fridges, government consumption data showed.

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Jaideep Hansraj, CEO of Kotak Securities says investors should continue investing through SIP as timing the market is a challenging task. In an interview with Mint, he says investors need to be stock-specific or bottom-up, as the top-down approach may fail.

HT. Ahead of the upcoming 2024 US presidential elections, Trump is campaigning in the US and won the South Carolina Republican primary on February 24 even while being involved in cases pertaining to federal charges. The former US President had visited India in 2020 and addressed a rally with PM Modi in Gujarat's Motera, where he had said , “We will always remember this remarkable hospitality.

110th Mann Ki Baat on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that Mann ki Baat won't be broadcast for the next three months in view of upcoming Lok Sabha polls. PM Modi noted, “It is the time for General Elections in the country Like earlier, possibly the model code of conduct will be enforced in the month of March. Mann ki Baat won't be broadcast for the next three months in view of upcoming Lok Sabha polls." PM Modi mentioned the likelihood of the Model Code of Conduct being implemented in March, similar to its enforcement during previous elections.

West Africa’s regional bloc known as ECOWAS has lifted travel, commercial and economic sanctions imposed on Niger which were aimed at reversing the coup staged in the country last year

Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan is writing a letter to the International Monetary Fund urging it to link any talks with Islamabad to an audit of the country’s recent election

Indonesia and Australia have held high-level talks in Jakarta as the neighboring countries seek to strengthen security ties by signing a defense cooperation agreement in the coming months

The head of the European Union’s powerful Commission says decisions will be taken soon to release billions of euros to Poland, funds frozen by the bloc over the previous Polish government’s anti-EU policies

The official two-week campaign period before Portugal’s early general election has begun

GOP primary in her home state, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley said she will continue running for Republican presidential nominee, CNN reported. Speaking in South Carolina's Charleston, Haley said, «I'm a woman of my word,» referring to her earlier remarks about staying in the presidential race until Super Tuesday. She said, «I'm not giving up this fight when a majority of Americans disapprove of both Donald Trump and Joe Biden.»

BJP) is gearing up for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, with plans to announce over 150 candidates following the first meeting of its central election committee scheduled for February 29. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is expected to contest from Varanasi, Home Minister Amit Shah from Gandhinagar, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh from Lucknow, and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari from Nagpur are likely to be featured in the first list. Additionally, Parvesh Verma from West Delhi, Manoj Tiwari from North West Delhi, and Ramesh Bidhuri from South Delhi are also set to be named, according to party sources as reported by TOI. The candidates are expected to be selected from constituencies where the BJP is strongly positioned and where it aims to enhance its prospects. Union Ministers Could Feature Prominently in BJP's First Lok Sabha List

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) recently convened a core group meeting involving five states at the party headquarters in New Delhi, in anticipation of the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections in 2024. The meeting was chaired by BJP National President JP Nadda and attended by Home Minister Amit Shah and Organization General Secretary BL Santosh.

DMK) in Tamil Nadu on Saturday sealed the seat-sharing agreement with its two alliance partners. Weeks after initiating seat-sharing talks with allies for the Lok Sabha elections, an agreement was signed by the Chief Minister and Party president, MK Stalin. DMK's long-time ally, the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) has been allotted the Ramanathapuram Parliament Constituency.

Trump cast November's presidential election as «judgment day» and declared himself a «proud political dissident» during a speech before conservative activists outside of Washington Saturday as he again cloaked his campaign in religious imagery. Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference on the day of South Carolina's Republican primary, Trump painted an apocalyptic vision of the future if President Joe Biden wins a second term as the two prepare for an expected rematch election.

US Presidential Elections 2024: Donald Trump won over South Carolina Republicans as the candidate who voters believe can win in November, keep the country safe and has the mental capability to be president. Trump cruised to victory in the South Carolina primary with the support of an almost unwavering base of loyal voters. AP VoteCast found that Republicans in the state are broadly aligned with Trumps’s goals: Many question the value of supporting Ukraine’s fight against Russia; overwhelming majorities see immigrants as hurting the U.S.