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Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Vasundhara Raje may form their own political outfits. "Today, if the ED (Enforcement Directorate) is stopped and section 45 of the PMLA (The Prevention of Money-Laundering Act) is abolished, half of the BJP leaders will quit the party," he said. Chouhan and Raje were overlooked by the BJP for the chief minister posts in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan respectively despite ensuring the party's return to power in the assembly polls held recently.

Major companies join forces to combat AI-generated election interference Srinivas said that the employee who received a massive salary hike was part of the 'search team' and had no direct involvement with its AI division. Further, Srinivas spoke about the layoffs in the tech industry. He said the firms target those with high salaries who do not proportionately contribute to productivity.

Arvind Kejriwal skipped summons by the Enforcement Directorate for the sixth time, sources said that the in the agency claimed that the court has taken cognizance of a complaint by probe agency under Section 174 of the Indian Penal Code against the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief. Section 174 pertains to not obeying a legal order to attend a certain place in person or by an agent. The complaint was filed against Kejriwal for intentionally disobeying the first three summons issued to him, sources said.

Calcutta High Court on Monday refused to take up for urgent hearing a PIL seeking protection to women residents of Sandeshkhali area over allegations of sexual atrocities on them by people owing allegiance to ruling Trinamool Congress. A division bench presided by Chief Justice T S Sivagnanam asked whether the petitioner is an elected representative like an MLA or a panchayat pradhan or a resident of Sandeshkhali or whether the person visited the affected place, saying that only attaching copies of newspaper reports with the petition will not be enough. The Chief Justice told the lawyer petitioner that the basic requirements of a PIL have to be satisfied for it to be taken up. The petitioner lawyer prayed for an urgent hearing of her public interest litigation (PIL) seeking protection to the women villagers of Sandeshkhali in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district.

Chandigarh AAP President Sunny Singh Ahluwalia alleged that they had been threatened or brought by the BJP. «They launched 'Operation Lotus'. The councillors who were protesting against them just three days ago, fighting for democracy, were either threatened or brought by the BJP and the same is going on inside the country,» Sunny Singh Ahluwalia said. The three Aam Aadmi Party Chandigarh councillors who joined BJP are Punam Devi, Neha Musawat, and Gurcharan Kala in the presence of party National General Secretary Vinod Tawde, in Delhi.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said a «serious constitutional crisis» has arisen in the national capital as officers are saying they will not work because of alleged «threats and pressure» from the BJP. This problem stems from Delhi not enjoying full statehood and the real power lies with the central government, which is led by a different party, and «that other party does not want that the elected government (of Delhi) does its work», he said during his address in the Delhi Assembly. Kejriwal also said the one-time settlement scheme to rectify water bills is being «obstructed» by some officers. The chief minister alleged that the officers are being threatened to block the one-time settlement scheme for correcting water bills because of pressure from the BJP.

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₹91,000 crore, while Maharashtra celebrates Chhatrapati Shivaji Jayanti. Meanwhile, legal eagles are on the lookout as the Supreme Court hears Sharad Pawar's plea on NCP leadership and Chandigarh Mayor Polls case unfolds. Investigations heat up with Arvind Kejriwal facing 6th ED summons in the Delhi liquor scam, and Mahua Moitra and Mukul Roy summoned in separate cases.

AAP, Cong ‘mutually agreed’ to go solo in Punjab says Arvind Kejriwal "Chandigarh councillors Punam Devi, Neha Musawat, and Gurcharan Kala have joined BJP today. They are unhappy with the behaviour of their party with them. BJP will respect them and they will help in the development of Chandigarh," Vinod Tawde told ANI.

Amethi on the same day. The last time the two leaders were in Amethi at the same time was two years ago in February 2022 during the election campaigning for Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. Before that the two leaders crossed each other's paths during 2019 poll campaign.

New Delhi: India and Sri Lanka may conclude their long-awaited economic and technology cooperation agreement (ETCA) in FY25, two people aware of the matter said. The ETCA, which builds on an earlier free trade agreement (FTA) implemented in 2000, will enhance bilateral trade between the neighbours. India and Sri Lanka re-launched talks on the ETCA in November 2023 after about a five-year hiatus as both sides are keen to deepen the economic relationship between them.

It was inevitable that Indians would make an ingenious contribution to corruption. It now appears that we did in 2017. A set of amendments had brought into life the electoral bond, a financial instrument unique to India.

government should accept the demands of farmers before the Model Code of Conduct for the Lok Sabha elections comes into force. Ahead of the fourth round of meeting between farmers' union leaders and the Centre, farmer union leader Dallewal told reporters at the Shambhu border point, «We want to tell the government that it should avoid dilly-dallying. If the government thinks it will continue to hold meetings till the model code is imposed, and then say it cannot do anything as the code is in force… the farmers are not going to return, he said. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was also present at Sunday's meeting. A group of Union ministers, including griculture minister Arjun Munda, food minister Piyush Goyal and Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai, held a fresh round of talks with farm leaders on Sunday in Chandigarh over their demands. The two sides had also met on February 8, 12 and 15 but the talks remained inconclusive.

Centre's attempt to introduce the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said the BJP always comes up with citizenship rights implementation issues ahead of the elections. The Trinamool chief also raised concern about Aadhaar cards of many people getting rejected in several parts of Bengal. «Around 50 Aadhaar cards have been rejected in Burdwan's Jamalpur. Similar things are happening in Birbhum, North 24 Parganas, Burdwan and several other districts,» Banerjee said while speaking at a programme in Birbhum.

AI) tools may not necessarily lead to job losses but shift the demand curve in the near term, said Adam Kansler, president, S&P Global Market Intelligence. «Each year for the last decade, we've thought that technological advance would mean we needed 10% less people or 20% less people. Today, we have probably 40% more people working in those functions than we did,» Kansler told ET in an interview. He said productivity gains could result in a shift in demand and that there is a long way to go before the net effect of the disruptive and highly valuable technology is understood. According to him, new technologies and startups and a world where outcomes could become more predictable could also lead to reversal of some caution by venture capital investors and redeployment of capital in 2024.

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print media industry is poised to record robust growth in 2024, with advertising revenues projected to return to pre-pandemic levels and profit margins improving amid softening of newsprint prices. According to the Pitch Madison Advertising Report 2024, print advertising revenue is anticipated to rise by 7%, reaching ₹20,613 crore this year, surpassing pre-Covid figures in 2019. The report predicted a 12% increase in total advertising expenditure to ₹1.11 lakh crore. It also noted a consistent increase in print advertising revenue, from ₹16,595 crore in 2021 to ₹18,470 crore in 2022 and ₹19,250 crore in 2023. Newsprint prices, a significant factor in direct variable costs for print media companies, have decreased from over ₹80,000 per metric tonne post-Covid to about ₹50,000 per metric tonne.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Democratic U.S. Senator Michael Bennet opposes President Joe Biden's decision to pause approvals of new exports of liquefied natural gas, saying on Sunday that it could undercut U.S. efforts to supply gas to Europe as it replaces Russian exports.

National Assembly seats in the general elections has raised concerns among their voters and stakeholders amid political wrangling over a numbers game for the formation of a new government in the Centre, English daily Dawn reported on Sunday. The report said, over 101 independent candidates — most of them backed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) — have won National Assembly seats, citing unofficial results.

people of Indonesia on the successful Presidential elections and @prabowo on the lead. Look forward to working with the new Presidency to further strengthen Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between India and Indonesia," PM Modi said. Branded as the “reformed" general, Prabowo Subianto is a former officer of the special forces and previously served as the Defence Minister of Indonesia.

₹1,000, ₹10,000, ₹1 lakh, ₹10 lakh and ₹1 crore. The apex court directed that the issuing bank, State Bank of India (SBI), shall herewith stop the issuance of electoral bonds and submit complete details—name of the purchaser and the denomination of the electoral bond.