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Lok Sabha seats in Haryana, including two reserved for Scheduled Castes, as part of the INDIA bloc seat-sharing talks, spurring a fresh pushback from Congress' state unit. It put forth the demand for contesting Ambala, Kurukshetra and Sirsa seats, of which Ambala and Sirsa are reserved for Scheduled Castes, according to people aware of the development. The party said it would like to contest the three seats since they border Punjab, where it is in power, having won a landslide victory in the 2022 assembly elections. At present, BJP holds all 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana.

election politics, what stands between Donald Trump's Second Gig at the big white house with pillars in Washington and him opening skilling centres in Maga-rage is the last non-Don Republican standing: Nikki Haley. By the time you are reading this, New Hampshire will have conducted its first Republican primary to make its choice of whom to send as proto-Potus.

India’s electoral landscape is set for a transformative gender shift. A gender gap in voter turnout still exists, although it has reduced considerably since the early years of Indian democracy.

Germany’s parliament has paid tribute to Wolfgang Schaeuble

Some Georgia lawmakers are looking for ways to provide relief from property taxes

Legislators in Jackson County, Missouri, voted Monday to override the veto of Jackson County Executive Frank White and place the renewal of a sales tax on the April ballot to help fund a new ballpark for the Kansas City Royals

A little-known federal agency, The National Institute of Standards and Technology, was tapped by the Biden administration to set testing parameters for ensuring generative AI systems are safe, secure, trustworthy and socially responsible

Kamala Harris was not Joe Biden's first choice as his running mate because he knew that she was not up to the job. He preferred Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as his running mate in 2020 but succumbed to public pressure. Veteran Washington journalist Charlie Spiering has made this startling revelation in his book 'Amateur Hour: Kamala Harris in the White House'. He has written in the book that Biden chose Harris days before that year’s virtual Democratic National Convention after promising to select a woman. He also wrote that Biden chose Kamala Harris under pressure from former President Barack Obama.

Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray in a party rally in Nashik cautioned Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath that the Bharatiya Janata Party leadership would ‘shunt’ him out the same way as former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. “The BJP leadership has a use and throw policy, they used Devendra and then they threw him away, they will do the same way with Eknath Shinde, they sidelined Vasundhra Raje in Rajasthan, in Madhya Pradesh they shunted out Shivraj Singh Chouhan after he won the state. I am now afraid for Yogi(Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister), it is time for him to be cautious, once the MP’s are elected in his state, they may shunt him out too.”said Thackeray while addressing a rally in Nashik. Thackery claimed that the BJP leadership had ‘used’ the Shiv Sena leadership when the BJP was going through a ‘tough’ time and then dumped it. Thackeray who heads the Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray faction of the Sena claimed that the BJP had not done anything in the last ten years and hence it had resorted to use the name of ‘Lord Ram’ to win votes.

Lok Sabha election date. The Chief Electoral Officer of Delhi in a post on social media platform X has said that the letter dated 19th January 2024 to District Election Officers, which went viral, had indicated that 16th April as a tentative poll date «purely for the purpose of advance planning, preparations and completion of activities related to ensuing General Election to Lok Sabha 2024.» The date of April 16, 2024, is mentioned in the letter only for reference purpose for the election officials to «plan activities as per Election Planner of Election Commission of India and has no bearing on the actual schedule of election which shall be announced by Election Commission of India at an appropriate time,» the Chief Electoral Officer of Delhi further said.

Karnataka are now eligible to vote in the Lok Sabha elections, about 10 lakh of which are first time voters. Chief electoral officer Manoj Kumar Meena released the state's final electoral roll on Monday, in preparation for the Parliament polls a few months away. “Efforts have been undertaken to ensure the enrolment of all eligible electors in the electoral rolls and to create error-free, robust electoral rolls across all assembly constituencies.

Legislation that would renew expired small-business tax breaks and bolster the child tax credit faces a difficult legislative path, even with initial support on both sides of the aisle.

Budget expectations: Different segments of the population have hopes from the interim budget Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present on February 1. Many think Sitharaman might deliver a populist budget in view of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections while many others think the government is under no pressure to please different voting segments with benefits in the budget due to the BJP's bright poll prospects. Also Read: Budget 2024 can sow inclusive growth for farmers & women to get a vibrant Bharat There is another argument that Sitharamn might offer some benefits to the people at the bottom rungs of the economy in view of the high inflation in this financial year. These are likely to be rural people as they have been suffering from inflation as well as the depressed demand in rural areas. However, another category that the budget might target is the urban poor, not just to provide relief to them from high inflation but also to consolidate a new voting bloc. A scheme for domestic staff

U.S. Supreme Court gave the go-ahead for Border Patrol agents to temporarily take down razor-wire fencing along the Texas-Mexico border. This fencing, set up by Texas to prevent illegal crossings, was causing a legal tug-of-war. Let's break it down for you. Texas installed razor-wire fencing along the Rio Grande as part of a plan called Operation Lone Star, led by Governor Greg Abbott. They aimed to stop people from illegally crossing the border. However, the Biden administration wasn't happy with it and took the matter to court.

Budget 2024and the potential reforms it may bring, particularly in the realm of income tax. The annual budget is a crucial policy document that outlines the government's fiscal plans for the year ahead. For taxpayers and businesses alike, understanding the potential changes in income tax regulations is of paramount importance.

A leading Japanese crypto advocate has won a seat in the House of Councilors, the nation’s lower parliamentary house.

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As we all know, the S&P 500 index achieved a new intraday record high last Friday. It is the most recent of the three major U.S. indexes to attain such a milestone since the bear market of 2022, joining the Nasdaq 100 index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

MANCHESTER (NEW HAMPSHIRE) : As the last major challenger in Donald Trump's way, Nikki Haley is hoping New Hampshire voters feel so strongly about keeping the former president away from the White House that they turn out to support her in large numbers. “America does not do coronations," Haley said at a VFW hall in Franklin, joined by her daughter and son-in-law. “Let’s show all of the media class and the political class that we’ve got a different plan in mind, and let’s show the country what we can do." It's an uphill battle for the former UN ambassador and South Carolina governor.

Mamata Banerjee slammed BJP for resorting to vote bank politics ahead of elections and dividing votes on the basis of religion, hinting at Ram Temple consecration ceremony on Monday. Banerjee condemned the Babri Masjid demolition and divisive politics and spoke about religious inclusiveness.

The average deal size increased 8% to $119 million. Foreign institutional investors continued to be the largest contributors with a 63% share of the total investments, according to data from JLL India. Interestingly, the market also witnessed a significant increase in investments from domestic domiciled investors.