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The Indian Express and The Times of India. He was nominated as a Rajya Sabha MP by the BJP from Uttar Pradesh in 1998 and remained in the Upper House till 2010. He was minister of communications and information technology in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government.

Narendra Modi is likely to visit Jammu later this month to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of various development projects. The PM may also address a rally in Jammu division as well. The PM is likely to visit Jammu around February 20 and the administration in Kashmir has been alerted to remain prepared for his possible visit to the Valley also. However, as of now, the officials are yet to receive the PM's exact itinerary. A senior official said they have been formally informed about the PM's visit. «We are yet to get the specific details though,» he said. «Visit of PM anywhere is always of great significance. His visit to Jammu was long overdue and assumes more importance when J&K is undergoing a huge positive change,» said Brigadier (Retd) Anil Gupta, spokesperson of the BJP in J&K. He further said that the PM's visit around February 20 will formally sound the poll bugle in Jammu and Kashmir.

Pakistan's imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan and members of other political parties blocked key highways and started a daylong strike in the volatile southwest Monday to protest alleged rigging of last week's elections. Candidates backed by Khan won more seats than the political parties who ousted him from power nearly two years ago, according to the final tally published Sunday. However, no party won a majority, so the parties will have to hold talks on forming a coalition government. While election winners were celebrating victory, PTI and other parties refused to accept their defeat in dozens of constituencies. Dozens of Khan's supporters were briefly detained in the eastern city of Lahore over the weekend while protesting alleged vote-rigging.

ALSO READ: 'Aaj main kis muh se inkaar karoon': RLD's Jayant Chaudhary on joining NDA When asked when would he "officially" join the NDA, Jayant Chaudhary evaded the question and said, "We are celebrating today.." He was speaking at the sidelines of an event to mark the birth anniversary of his father Ajit Singh. Speaking with the media on Monday, Jayant Chaudhary said, “… There was no big planning behind this decision, we had to take this decision within a short time because of the situation. We want to do something good for the people..." ALSO READ: Lok Sabha election 2024: After alliance with Nitish Kumar, what other pre-poll tie-ups BJP is looking at The RLD leader added that he is happy about Bharat Ratna being conferred to his grandfather Chaudhary Charan Singh.

Rakesh Tikait, who was a bit player when the protests for repeal of three agricultural laws began but grew to be the face of protests. There were other big farmer leaders from Punjab such as Balbir Singh Rajewal, Joginder Singh Ugrahan, Darshan Pal and Gurnam Singh Charuni. All of them are missing now when farmers are again heading to Delhi with more demands nearly two years after they forced the government to repeal the farm laws after a protracted siege of Delhi. Now they want a legal guarantee for the minimum support price (MSP) for agricultural produce and implementation of the Swaminathan Committee report, besides many other demands. The umbrella body that leads the protests now is Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (non-political) which includes two large farmer organisations, BKU (Dallewal) led by Jagjit Singh Dallewal and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha led by Sarvan Singh Pandher. It claims support of 17 farm organisations. Pandher and Dallewal from Punjab and Abhimanyu Kohar from Haryana have been the most visible faces of SKM (non-political) ahead of the February 13 Delhi Chalo march. Farmers Protest: Click here for live updates

India Inc has come in full support of the idea of 'One Nation One Election' as it would synchronize electoral cycles at the central and state levels, thus enhancing governance efficiency and fostering economic development. Representatives from industry bodies FICCI and CII recently met a high-level committee on One Nation One Election chaired by former President Ram Nath Kovind and briefed the panel on its benefits.

Jairam Ramesh on Monday said the opposition INDIA bloc is strong and all constituents will soon finalise seat sharing for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Addressing a press conference in Barpali village in Chhattisgarh's Korba district, he said Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U) as well as the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) quitting the Congress-led bloc will not have any impact. "INDIA alliance is strong. Nitish ji has done volte-face and RLD is trying to do the same. There were 28 parties in the alliance and two have left. However, discussion is underway with AAP, DMK, NCP, Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) and Mamta Banerjee ji over seat sharing (for Lok Sabha polls)," he said. «We are strong and soon seat sharing in different states will be given a final touch,» he added. Attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Ramesh said the former spoke about 'one nation, one tax' and 'one nation, one election' but in reality it has become about «one nation, one company» in the last 10 years (of NDA rule).

LONDON (Reuters) -As China's troubled markets take time out for the Lunar New Year holiday, U.S. inflation numbers, key UK data, Russia's central bank meeting and an election in the world's third-largest democracy vie for the spotlight.

Aage aage dekhiye hota hai kya (wait and watch what will happen in the days to come)", Fadnavis said. Ashok Chavan joins the list of heavyweight exits from Maharashtra Congress that also includes Milind Deora, and Baba Siddique. Earlier in January 2024, Congress leader Milind Deora also submitted his resignation from the primary membership of Congress, bringing an end to his family’s 55-year association with the party.

SJVN emerging as the top loser with a nearly 19% drop due to its lacklustre performance in Q3. Following closely are NBCC (India), HUDCO, Mishra Dhatu Nigam, NHPC, Indian Overseas Bank, The New India Assurance Company, Engineers India, KIOCL, NLC India, General Insurance Corporation of India, and Punjab & Sind Bank, all experiencing drops of over 6%. Additionally, railway PSU stocks, which have been significant wealth creators, are also witnessing a decline in today's session due to the underperformance in the December quarter.

Faiz Festival in Lahore's Alhamra, veteran Congress leader and former Union Minister, Mani Shankar Aiyar, highlighted that since PM Modi has consistently failed to secure more than one-third of the votes in elections, the Indian electoral system often translates this into a two-thirds majority in seats. As a result, a significant portion of the Indian population may be inclined towards certain perspectives or actions, Dawn reported.

Md Nadimul Haque, Mamata Bala Thakur, and Sagarika Ghose. The Rajya Sabha Polls are scheduled to ne held on 27 February. Amongst all, TMC's surprise nomination of journalist Sagarika Ghose seemed to have caught attention.

BJP national secretary Pankaja Munde has said her name is discussed whenever any election is announced and people think she is waiting for a position, but there is «no constituency» left for her after the formation of a tripartite government in the state. Former Maharashtra minister Munde, who has been sidelined in state politics, was relying to a question in her home district Beed on Sunday about the her name being discussed against the backdrop of the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls. «My name is discussed in every election that has been announced in the last five years. People think that I have been waiting for a position for many years, so it is natural that they take my name,» she said in response to the question during the 'Gaon Chalo Abhiyan'. «As the three-party government has been formed in Maharashtra, there is no constituency left for me. So such talks happen,» said Pankaja Munde, who is the daughter of late BJP leader Gopinath Munde.

Some farm groups plan to march to Delhi to protest on 13 February. The last time farmers agitated, three years ago, the Centre stood firm against an attempted siege of the capital, but later relented and scrapped the three farm bills they were opposing. The exact discontent this time is unclear, and so are the extent and depth of it, but efforts have been mounted to squeeze the flow of protestors to Delhi.

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Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) won a clear majority in the 336-member National Assembly. Here are top 10 updates on Pakistan general election results, 1) Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and PPP President Asif Ali Zardari held a meeting with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday.

(Reuters) — German software company SAP has nominated Finnish businessman Pekka Ala-Pietila to stand for election as chair of its supervisory board after current chair designate Punit Renjen decided to resign, SAP said on Sunday. Ala-Pietila, a former president of Nokia (HE:NOKIA) Corporation who sat on SAP's supervisory board from 2002 to 2021, will stand for election at the next general meeting, the company said in a statement.

Pakistan Election Results 2024: Pakistan is facing a deadlock with key political parties mulling option to form the new government in the crisis-hit country. Neither Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League (N) nor Bilawal Bhutto Zardari's Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) seem to be winning a clear majority in the 336-member National Assembly. Follow Pakistan Election Results 2024 LIVE Updates here Although Independent candidates backed by Imran Khan Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) are leading the race, their "symbol-less" party will not be able to form the new government independently.

Amit Shah has asked Karnataka’s BJP unit that it must win all 28 Lok Sabha seats in the upcoming elections with a 10% increase in the party’s vote-share at each booth compared to 2019. The political environment across the country was favourable to the BJP. The State unit must work hard to convert Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity into votes with increased vote-share, Shah said, at strategy meetings he held in Mysuru with the BJP core committee leaders as well as with the cluster leaders of Mysuru-Kodagu, Mandya, Hassan and Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha seats. Shah’s meeting to get the election preparations rolling comes amid Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President DK Shivakumar targeting to win 15-20 seats on the back of five-guarantees it has rolled out.

BJP on Sunday named 14 candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls including former Union minister R P N Singh and outgoing MP Sudhanshu Trivedi from Uttar Pradesh and its Uttarakhand unit president Mahendra Bhatt from the hill state. None of the Union ministers, whose terms are coming to an end, were named in the list amid a strong possibility that many of them will contest the Lok Sabha polls. However, the party is yet to name many candidates. Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, who represents Karnataka in Rajya Sabha, and BJP chief spokesperson and media head Anil Baluni, the outgoing MP from Uttarakhand, have not been nominated.