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Samajwadi Party will be organising a 'PDA Fortnight' (Pakhwara ) from January 26 in all the assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh to rally support from the backward and minority sections, a party member said on Sunday. SP national spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary said the details of the programme will be decided in a meeting of party office bearers.

Donald Trump's effort to march to the Republican presidential nomination faces perhaps its greatest challenge on Tuesday when voters in New Hampshire hold the first-in-the-nation primary. The former president enters the contest emboldened by his record-setting performance in last week's Iowa caucuses. But New Hampshire has a more moderate political tradition and primary rules that allow unaffiliated voters to participate in the race. Trump-backed MAGA candidates have struggled here in recent years. Nikki Haley is hoping to capitalise on those vulnerabilities. The former UN ambassador is the only candidate left in the GOP primary aiming to defeat Trump outright. After a disappointing finish in Iowa, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is effectively surrendering new Hampshire and focusing on South Carolina's Feb. 24 primary.

Lok Sabha elections could be held in the first week of April in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy here on Sunday said the BJP is gearing up for the polls and that Narendra Modi would become Prime Minister for the third time. Going by the schedule of the elections last time (in 2019), the polls could be held in AP and Telangana in the first week of April, Kishan Reddy, the Telangana BJP president said. «Under the leadership of Narendra Modi ji, we are (going to) polls for the third time, notification is going to come next month.

Ron DeSantis proved to be a capable campaigner and looked poised to defeat Donald Trump in New Hampshire and beyond, we would be facing a multitude of left-leaning essays on a single theme: «Why DeSantis is actually more dangerous than Trump.» In this world, the only threat to Trump in New Hampshire is Nikki Haley, and her candidacy doesn't look built to last much beyond that primary. But in the spirit of slipping in your controversial opinions while you can, and because she might yet be Trump's running mate, here is my own fear: A Haley presidency could be more dangerous than a second Trump term.

TMC and BJP in West Bengal will evaluate their political prowess on Monday, aligning with the Ram temple consecration in Ayodhya, with Mamata Banerjee slated to lead an «all-faith» rally seeking to project a counter-narrative to BJP's hindutva politics. The much-awaited Ram temple consecration will be held in Ayodhya on Monday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi attending the rituals, following which the shrine will be opened for the public a day later. The TMC, which has accused the BJP of trying to politicise a religious event by attempting to put up a «gimmick show» ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, has announced to hold a mega all-faith harmony rally in the metropolis led by West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee.

Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, when Rahul Gandhi entered Assam for the second time from the Rajgarh-Hollongi (Assam-Arunachal Pradesh) border, Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh took a dig at Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, saying that the latter is suffering from an illness. «Assam Chief Minister is suffering from an illness. Whenever he sees Rahul Gandhi or hears Rahul Gandhi's name or the Congress party's name, he loses his cool.

Read our full Budget 2024 coverage here While we have become the fifth largest economy, the target is to become the world’s third largest economy by 2030. Given the rapid growth in public expenditure especially in the infrastructure space, it is quite clear that the aim of the government is to do so on the back of our ambition of becoming the next global manufacturing hub, which in turn would be aided by a single-minded focus on improving logistics and other core infrastructure required by the manufacturing sector to flourish. Indian Government has rightly prioritized “Infrastructure and investment” by terming it as one of the “Sap rishi” (i.e., Key Priority) in Budget 2023.

₹17.9 trillion) will now amount to 6% of GDP. But there, the second big number—tax collections—comes to the government’s relief. For the third straight year, the mop-up has been robust, and in the first eight months of 2023-24, has risen way faster than what the government had projected.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday alleged that Assam's BJP-led government has been threatening people against joining the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra and also refusing permissions for programmes along the route. But people are not afraid of the BJP, Gandhi claimed addressing a while public gathering at Biswanath Chariali, the headquarters of Biswanath district. He also asserted that the party will win by huge margins against the BJP in the coming elections. At the gathering, Gandhi said, «We don't make long speeches as part of the Yatra.

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Ram Temple. This significant day is brimming with auspicious ceremonies, public engagements, and a meticulously planned schedule that underscores the spiritual and cultural significance of the occasion. PM's Spiritual Journey: A Glimpse into the Day Prime Minister Narendra Modi, actively involved in the Ram Temple movement since 1990, will oversee the 'pran pratishtha' ceremony after an 11-day 'anushthan' ritual.

AIIMS Delhi, Safdarjung Hospital, Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Lady Hardinge Hospital had announced that they will remain closed on Monday. According to a circular by Safdarjung Hospital, the registration timing of OPD services on January 22 (Monday) will be from 8 am to 10 am. “All registered patients should be attended to.

AIIMS), Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in New Delhi have announced a half-day closure of its offices and institutions tomorrow till 2.30 pm as Ram Lalla 'Pran Pratishtha' at Ayodhya will be celebrated across the country. However, all critical clinical services will continue their operations. OPD services in Lady Hardinge Medical College will remain open from 8:00 am to 10:00 am.

Main Atal Hoon Box Office Collection Day 2: Pankaj Tripathi’s movie, Main Atal Hoon, opened with a lukewarm response at the box office. On the first Saturday, The biopic of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, directed by Ravi Jadhav, earned ₹1.80 crore. On its release day, the movie did the business of ₹1.15 crore.

Sunil Subramaniam, MD & CEO, Sundaram Mutual, says PSU banks are an exception to the whole PSU story, because they are in effect going to finance the whole capex cycle and be the vehicle of government dispersal. “Among PSU banks, I would still go for good quality banks, not an issue, but as for other PSUs, it will be to some extent stock specific but bearing in mind that a low PE and a liquidity have been the causes for the rally there, I would exercise caution in terms of jumping into them unless I get a clear signal that there is going to be a strong EPS growth independent of all of this.” The earning season so far, what do you make of it and the kind of reactions or the exaggerated moves that we are seeing on stock price? Sunil Subramaniam: It has been tepid so far and it is early days though, let us not draw any conclusions.

Ayodhya on 22 January, in several cities, bridges, temples, roads have been lit up to celebrate the grand opening. Mumbai's Bandra-Worli Sea Link also jumped on the bandwagon to celebrate on Saturday night with Lord Ram's image seen illuminated on the sea bridge. Mumbai Bandra-Worli Sea Link is a cable-stayed bridge with eight lanes and a length of roughly 5.6 kilometers which links Worli in South Mumbai with Bandra in the Western Suburbs of Mumbai.

Ayodhya are full and the shops have run out of gold-plated idols, as wealthy devotees prepare for the invite-only opening ceremony of one of holiest temples. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Asia's richest man Mukesh Ambani are among the 8,000 or so attendees at Monday's inauguration event for the Ram Temple, which devotees believe is built on the birthplace of Lord Ram, a sacred Hindu deity. The construction of the temple, which began after the Supreme Court awarded the site to Hindus in 2019 more than two decades after a Hindu mob razed a mosque there, triggering deadly riots, fulfils a key campaign promise of Modi and his nationalist party. The opening ceremony, organised by the trust that built the temple, comes months before a national election which the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party is widely expected to win, and the who's who of India is expected to be there. «It's become like a status symbol to be invited to this event,» said Rajan Mehra, CEO of Indian luxury charter service Club One Air, adding that his fleet, which includes the Dassault Falcon 2000, is booked to make multiple trips next week. Officials estimate 100 private jets will descend on Jan. 22 on Ayodhya airport, filling it to capacity.

Concord: Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley was set to campaign across New Hampshire this weekend in a final push against Republican rival Donald Trump ahead of Tuesday's nominating contest, as the former US president ramped up his verbal attacks and again targeted her Indian heritage.