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BNP) that played a key role in overthrowing PM Sheikh Hasina is now frustrated over the delay by the Md Yunus-led interim government in organising elections and has taken potshots at the student leaders and advisers to the regime. The party feels the interim regime has hijacked the political process in Bangladesh and denied the party a chance to return to power. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir this week indirectly chided the students by mentioning that student leaders alone were not powerful enough to bring down the government. He also pulled up one of the advisers to the government for his comments on political parties in Bangladesh and demanded that such a statement be withdrawn.

Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole on Saturday said he had not tendered resignation from his party post. Party sources had claimed on Friday that following the rout faced by the Congress in the assembly elections, Patole had emailed a letter to party president Mallikarjun Kharge and expressed the desire to be relieved of his current responsibility. «I have not tendered any resignation...rumours are being spread,» he told reporters here. «Actually, the tenure of MPCC (Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee) chief is of three years, and I have completed four years. I have earlier also said that I fulfilled my responsibilities properly, and it is an internal matter, not to be disclosed. The party will decide, and I feel everyone should get the opportunity to work in the organisation,» Patole added.

Delhi Assembly elections, BJP MP Manoj Tiwari launched a scathing attack on AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal, accusing him of neglecting critical issues in the national capital. Tiwari criticised the AAP government and alleged that 21,000 deaths in Delhi over the past decade were linked to water pollution. He said Kejriwal had failed to address worsening pollution, halted pensions for the elderly and neglected the issuance of ration cards for the poor. He further accused Kejriwal of protecting «illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators and Rohingyas» and blamed him for Delhi's deteriorating law and order.

«Congress has apologised for the Emergency but you are silent on various things you have done… Congress toppled elected governments, but you divided our state into two Union Territories, which was unnecessary,» he said. Communist Party of India (Marxist Leninist) Liberation MP Raja Ram Singh named activists like Stan Swamy, who was jailed in the Bhima Koregaon case and died in the prison, Umar Khalid, Gulfisha and Meeran Haider, who have been arrested on the allegations of links with the 2020 Delhi riots.

US Vice President Kamala Harris hugely hosted a holiday brunch at her residence named the Naval Observatory for friends, family and her supporters just ahead of the Kennedy Center honors, reported News Nation. According to News Nation, though, however the absence of US President Joe Biden sparked a widespread speculation while eminent sources suggested that he and his wife First Lady Jill Biden were not even invited. During the ongoing holiday brunch event, US Vice President Harris engaged with all the attendees and actually delivered her usual motivational remarks but avoided all sorts of questions regarding the whereabouts of the US President Joe Biden. Also Read: Why did Time magazine fact check its own Person of the Year, Donald Trump; here's the reason

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Parvesh Verma stated on Saturday that he is preparing to contest from the New Delhi constituency in the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections. Speaking to ANI, Verma expressed confidence in the BJP's ability to win the New Delhi seat, which has been held by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal for the past three terms. «I am preparing to contest from here. All the workers are supporting me, and we will definitely secure victory. The people are determined to give a befitting reply to Kejriwal,» Verma said.

People's Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti Saturday said the idea of 'one nation, one election' undermines the the country's federal structure. «Unfortunately, this NDA government is destroying India's Constitution day by day. India is a federal country, which has a federal structure. By talking of 'one nation, one election', you are undermining that federal structure,» Mufti told reporters here. The NDA government talks of making a «Viksit Bharat» by 2047, but actually they are «taking the country backwards», she said. «They talk of 2047, but they are rather moving backwards. After the country became independent, there was 'one nation, one election' (in the early years). After that, there has been distribution of power among regions and a federal structure was born. They want to take us back to the same dictatorship which I think is very wrong,» she added.

AAP leader Manish Sisodia on Saturday expressed confidence of former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal returning to power in the national capital after the assembly elections, saying «the people of Delhi have faith in Kejriwal and they do not need anyone else». Talking to PTI on his return from the Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine, the former deputy chief minister of Delhi slammed the BJP over Delhi's «deteriorating law and order situation». «We have fought all the elections without any alliance with the Congress, whether it was in 2013, 2015 or 2019 and we will fight the upcoming (assembly) election alone as well,» Sisodia, who had reached the shrine atop Trikuta hills in Reasi district on Friday evening, said. He said it is the people of Delhi who make AAP leaders fight the elections.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has bluntly termed the dual governance model in the Union Territory — where he shares power with the lieutenant governor — a «recipe for disaster», as he urged the Centre to keep its promise and restore statehood to the region at the earliest. In his first sit-down interview since assuming office in October, Abdullah expressed cautious optimism over the Centre's commitment to restoring J-K's statehood, citing repeated promises made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah during election campaigns. The chief minister's candid remarks underscore the complex political landscape in Jammu and Kashmir, and the difficulties in pushing for a more defined and unified administrative leadership by virtue of getting statehood. Abdullah drew parallels with corporate leadership, challenging anyone to name a successful business with multiple leaders.

volatility return across asset classes, as one would have expected with Trump winning the US presidential election and Republicans taking control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate. The latest economic data suggests that the US economy is resilient. It will be interesting to see whether the Fed cuts rates again in the December policy or pauses. The progress on the inflation front has stalled and given that Trump's policies are likely to be expansionary, there could be upside risks to inflation.

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Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday took a dig at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra, saying that they should take out a procession of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and take the decision to construct an EVM temple. He said that during the first cabinet meeting, they should announce the construction of an EVM temple in front of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) headquarters in Nagpur. First of all, the procession of the Chief Minister will be taken out there (in Nagpur). I think that before taking out the procession of the CM, they should take out a procession of EVMs and in the first cabinet they should make a decision to construct a temple of EVMs in front of RSS Headquarters," Raut said in a press conference here.

simultaneous elections for various reasons as polls have become expensive and time-consuming, according to the proposed bill being brought to implement the ambitious 'one nation, one election' plan. According to the constitution amendment bill listed for introduction in the Lok Sabha on Monday, the imposition of a Model Code of Conduct in several parts of the country which are poll-bound puts on hold the entire development programmes and causes disruption of normal public life. Frequent poll code imposition also impacts the functioning of services and curtails the involvement of manpower from their core activities for deployment for prolonged periods for election duties, the 'Constitution (129th) Amendment Bill, 2024' underlined. The bill proposes to insert a new article 82A — simultaneous elections to the House of the People (Lok Sabha) and all legislative assemblies and to amend Article 83 (Duration of Houses of Parliament), Article 172 (Duration of State Legislatures) and Article 327 (power of Parliament to make provision with respect to elections to Legislatures).

investment demand in 2025, according to ICICI Securities. There are signs of bottom formation and recovery in commodity prices such as cement, metals and oil, along with gross refining margins of oil companies, the brokerage said in a note to clients.

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US Vice President Kamala Harris has eventually taken a significant hit, revealed a recent Economist/YouGov poll which was conducted in the month of December, reported The Sacramento Bee. According to The Sacramento Bee, her favorability rating has eventually dropped to 43% while 52% are viewing her pretty unfavorably which is a sharp decline from a peak of 49% in the month of August during the Democratic National Convention. Whereas, during recent days, in comparison, US President Joe Biden holds a lower favorability at 38% while US President- elect Donald Trump enjoys a favorable rating of 49%. Also Read :Big dilemma for China: Should Xi Jinping accept Donald Trump's invitation and attend his inauguration on January 20?

president-elect Donald Trump, who was recognised as the 2024 Person of the Year, talked about Melania's plans for his second term. Trump was given the prestigious title by the magazine Thursday for the second time; the first time was following his election victory in 2016. In an interview with a Time reporter, the president-elect talked about his successful campaign, his goals for a second term, and Melania's intentions to run for president again, as quoted in a report by The Independent. Even though she accompanied Trump when he rang the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, the former first lady was conspicuously absent from the campaign trail.