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Moscow for the return of Indians who were duped into fighting Russia's war against Ukraine, the Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that India is “pressing very hard with the Russian authorities for their early discharge." He also said that efforts are going on to bring back the mortal remains of two Indians who passed away in Russia. He said that the paperwork has been done and there are chances that the mortal remains of the two Indians will be handed over to the family in India by 16th or 17th March. “We also have two people who passed away.

Hamas under attack in Gaza, the head of Iran's Quds Force visited Beirut in February to discuss the risk posed if Israel next aims at Lebanon's Hezbollah, an offensive that could severely hurt Tehran's main regional partner, seven sources said. In Beirut, Quds chief Esmail Qaani met Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the sources said, for at least the third time since Hamas' deadly Oct. 7 attacks on southern Israel and Israel's devastating retaliatory assault on Gaza. The conversation turned to the possibility of a full Israeli offensive to its north, in Lebanon, the sources said. As well as damaging the Shi'ite Islamist group, such an escalation could pressure Iran to react more forcefully than it has so far since Oct. 7, three of the sources, Iranians within the inner circle of power, said.

This year, the fight for Thrissur got even more interesting with Congress fielding Lok Sabha MP K Muraleedharan from the seat. Interestingly, he is the brother of Padmaja Venugopa who recently joined BJP. Thrissur 2024 Lok Sabha polls: Date The Election Commission will on March 16 announce the results of 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Elections are expected to be held in various phases.

'Tired of talking with INDIA bloc': AAP declares candidates for 3 Lok Sabha seats in Assam In an official release, AAP expressed displeasure towards the Congress party over seat-sharing and alleged, "We (AAP) were told that a solution would be found, but, when the Congress announced its candidates for all the seats in Assam on March 12. We are totally in shock by this approach of Congress, will it not be helping the BJP by dividing the votes? Will it not help BJP?" AAP added that the Political Affairs Committee (PAC) of AAP has decided not to contest the Guwahati Lok Sabha seat, by stating that the Aam Aadmi Party won the second-highest number of votes in the Guwahati Municipal Corporation elections after the BJP.

ABC on Thursday night. 9-1-1 episodes will release every Thursday on Hulu. Aside from the gripping cruise ship emergency featuring Bobby and Athena fighting for survival on «9-1-1», the members of the 118 under interim Captain Hen will face a myriad of other high-stakes crises. Among these emergencies is a harrowing situation involving a crashed military airplane carrying missiles, which unexpectedly touches down perilously close to a residential area.

Top hedge funds and private equity firms including Citadel, KKR & Co. and Blackstone Inc. are discussing ways to blunt penalties by the Securities and Exchange Commission stemming from their use of disappearing messaging apps.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is unveiling a plan to fight climate change

The New York Times is fighting off Wordle “clones.”

“If they don’t start putting money back in people’s pockets instead of filling their pockets, guess what? They’re going to get annihilated, as I’ve said before, they’re done. They’re done like dinner,” Ford said at a housing announcement in Pickering, Ont. Wednesday.

Timur Bekmambetov's upcoming sci-fi action-thriller, "Mercy," starring Chris Pratt and Rebecca Ferguson, is set to premiere in theaters nationwide on August 15, 2025. The film, written by Marco van Belle, follows Pratt's character, a detective in a future society as he fights to prove his innocence amid rising crime rates, a report by The Hollywood Reporter said. Release Date

BJP announced names of 195 candidates. It included Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Union ministers Rajanath Singh and Smriti Irani.

Chirag Paswan on Wednesday said that his party has agreed to a seat-sharing formula with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the Lok Sabha elections in Bihar and the formal announcement of the same will be made in due course. Taking to microblogging site X (formerly known as Twitter) after meeting BJP national president JP Nadda, the LJP president wrote," As a member of the NDA, today in a meeting with BJP National President Hon Shri @jpnadda ji, we have together finalised the seat sharing in Bihar for the ensuing Lok Sabha polls.

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Nagpur. Earlier today, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray again asked Gadkari to leave the BJP if he is being "insulted". Thackeray said that Sena (UBT), the Maharashtra opposition, would ensure his victory in Lok Sabha elections.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday named Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar of the Mysore royal family from Mysuru Lok Sabha seat in the second list of candidates for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The saffron party replaced the two-term sitting MP Pratap Simha with the US-educated YKC Wadiyar of the Mysore royal family. Wadiyar is the adopted son of Pramodadevi Wadiyar, whose late husband Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar had also represented the Mysore Lok Sabha seat four times in the 1980s and 1990s.

MLA Manoranjan Talukdar will contest from the Barpeta Lok Sabha seat, for which the grand old party has announced its candidate. Addressing a press conference here, CPI(M) Assam State Secretary Suprakash Talukdar said the party has decided to field its veteran leader and legislator Talukdar from the Barpeta seat. The MLA currently represents the Sorbhog assembly constituency, which falls under the Barpeta Lok Sabha seat. «For the greater interest of the people, we appeal to Congress to withdraw its candidate from Barpeta. We appeal to everyone to vote for the strongest anti-BJP candidate and make him win», the CPI(M) state secretary said.

Nazara Technologies is setting aside about Rs 830 crore ($100 million) to finance mergers and acquisitions in India, Europe and North America. The firm’s total cash position stands at Rs 1,500 crore, including funds from its various subsidiaries, from which it is earmarking this amount for buyouts, managing director and chief executive Nitish Mittersain told ET in an interaction.

Citizenship Amendment Act and related rules were "unconstitutional" and "discriminatory" under Article 14 of the Constitution and there was no clarity or transparency in the rules. She urged all states to get ready to fight against CAA. «The Centre notified CAA rules yesterday (Monday). I have doubts if CAA is legal. There is no clarity on the rules. There is an attempt at falsification and a conspiracy to take away citizenship from people,» Banerjee warned people at the Habra rally in North 24 Parganas district. «There is no transparency about CAA. Once people apply for it, despite being citizens, their citizenship will be taken away and they will become foreigners or illegal immigrants again. What will happen to your property, children studying in schools and jobs? It is a game plan to take away citizenship. It is connected with NRC. You will be taken to detention camps,» she warned.

Also Read: Hyderabad's Chaithanya Madhagani murdered in Australia by spouse; body dumped in bin, details here Even after India's independence on August 15, 1947, Hyderabad did not get independence and continued to remain under the rule of the Nizams for 13 months, the Union Home Ministry said in a notification on Tuesday. The city was liberated from Nizam's rule on September 17, 1948, after a police action namely 'Operation Polo'. Also Read: ‘Owaisi represents 140 crore Indians, not just minorities’, says Telangana CM Revanth Reddy "Now to remember the martyrs who liberated Hyderabad and to infuse the flame of patriotism in the minds of youth, the Government of India decided to celebrate the 17th day of September every year as 'Hyderabad Liberation Day'," the notification read.

Haryana chief minister along with his cabinet ministers, senior BJP leader Manohar Lal Khattar Tuesday hinted that he may be fielded by the party in the coming Lok Sabha polls. Khattar also said he has come to know that the JJP has decided to contest the coming Lok Sabha polls separately. Speaking to the media, Khattar said the party leadership has told him that another responsibility will be given. «It may be decided soon.» «Maybe it is about Lok Sabha polls. I think it is possible...whatever the parliamentary board (of BJP) decides, I will abide by it,» he said.

Vaibhav, Assam Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi and Nakul Nath, the son of former Madhya Pradesh chief Minister Kamal Nath. The Congress' second list revealed candidates for 12 seats in Assam, seven seats in Gujarat, 10 seats in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan each, three seats in Uttarakhand and one seat in Daman and Diu. The Congress is contesting the Lok Sabha elections in partnership with INDIA bloc allies.