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Narendra Modi on Monday met family members of former Bihar chief minister late Karpoori Thakur, who was bestowed Bharat Ratna, the nation's highest civilian award, last month. The family members of the prominent socialist leader, led by his son Rajya Sabha member and JD(U) leader Ram Nath Thakur, met the prime minister at his 7, Lok Kalyan Marg residence. «Very happy to meet the family members Bharat Ratna awardee Jananayak Karpoori Thakur ji. Karpoori ji has been the messiah of the backward and deprived sections of the society, whose life and ideals will continue to inspire the countrymen,» the prime minister said. Ram Nath Thakur said he thanked the prime minister for the honour on behalf of his family, on behalf of Bihar and on behalf of the oppressed, Dalits, and backward communities.

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.

Congress leader Ashok Chavan has resigned from the Congress party, the senior Congress leader is likely to soon join the Bharatiya Janata party. Chavan wrote a two line letter to state Congress Chief Nana Patole saying, “I have resigned from the primary membership of the Indian National Congress party on 12-2-2024.” Significantly in Chavan’s two line resignation also indicated that he has resigned as a Congress MLA too, as in his letter to Patole he has identified himself as a ‘former’ MLA from Bhokar. There is talk that Chavan could either be the Rajya Sabha candidate from the BJP or stand in the Lok Sabha polls on a BJP ticket.

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.

(Reuters) — Shares of New Zealand's SkyCity Entertainment slumped the most in nearly two months after the casino operator said its ‍Skycity Casino Management Ltd (SCML) unit will face a proposed lawsuit for alleged breaches anti-money laundering laws.

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. The two parties have agreed «in principle to save the country from political instability.» The leaders of two parties spoke about the overall situation of the country and political cooperation in the future, according to the statement released by PML-N President on X. Shehbaz Sharif and Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari agreed to cooperate politically to bring the nation to political stability.

life insurance companies met with the chairman and members of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) recently, to express their concerns over a proposed change in the guidelines to calculate the surrender value of prematurely terminated policies. Industry representatives said the changes as proposed could deal a «killer blow» to the sector. Any higher surrender value would lead to a fall in the persistency ratio — which indicates the proportion of policyholders regularly paying premiums — that has been just about 50% for more than five years, they claimed. During the meeting with the regulator, they flagged the potential detrimental effects of the proposed policy on persistency, the chief executive of a company said on the condition of anonymity. «The proposed hike in surrender values could lead to higher lapsation of insurance policies, thereby lower profitability,» he said.

Delhi police have issued an order prohibiting the gathering of public at all borders between Delhi and Uttar Pradesh in view of the protest march to the national capital called by farmers, officials said on Sunday. The police have also barred the entry of tractors, trolleys, buses, trucks, and commercial vehicles into the National Capital from Uttar Pradesh. The order that has been enforced today will remain in force up until March 11, unless withdrawn earlier, read the official statement by Delhi police.

Delhi Police is on high alert ahead of the farmers' march to the national capital. According to NDTV, the Delhi Police is making every attempt to avoid the unfortunate 26 January 2021 incident wherein protesting farmers clashed with Delhi Police and one particular wing of the tractor rally, led by Deep Sidhu, moved to Red Fort causing chaos in the national capital. The farmers who are planning a protest march to Delhi on 13 February, have several demands, including a law to guarantee Minimum Support Price and pension benefits.

Jagdeep Dhankar and leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge. The debate arose when Congress MPs questioned the Vice-President for giving the floor to RLD's Jayant Singh to speak on the government decision to confer the Bharat Ratna on his grandfather and former prime minister Chaudhary Charan Singh.

Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma on Saturday held meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Officials said the chief minister discussed the fencing along the India-Myanmar border issue and shelter of refugees of the neighbouring country in his state. The FMR allowed citizens residing close to both sides of the border to move 16 km into each other's territory without passport or visa.

Amit Shah as saying in Lok Sabha. “Our leadership displayed resolve and not an inch of India's land was lost," he added. Congress-led Opposition parties have attacked the PM Modi-led Union government on the issue and claimed that Chinese troops have encroached on India's territory.

payment application Paytm, is focussing on the third-party payment app (TPAP) route to ensure that the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) remains open for its users, people aware of the matter told ET. Discussions on this have started with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), one of the persons said. NPCI runs the UPI ecosystem in the county.

world cricket committee (WCC) of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the custodians of laws of the game. The WCC met in Cape Town last week on the sidelines of SA20. In a statement, the Committee rued the lack of a series decider in the drawn series between Australia and West Indies following the visitors’ stunning win at the Gabba. India and South Africa too drew a fiercely contested two-match series in December.

Last evening, PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) released its quarterly earnings, disappointing investors once again. Alongside Alibaba Group Holdings (NYSE:BABA), this stock has been a significant letdown.

Paytm founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday. The meeting comes amid reports of Sharma’s meeting with officials of the Reserve Bank of India on Monday. According to an NDTV report, the meeting between Sitharaman and Sharma concluded in 10 minutes. The report said that Sharma was told that he needs to sort out the regulatory concerns by the RBI. He was also told that the Narendra Modi government has no role in the current crisis.

A volcano in southwestern Iceland has erupted for the third time since December and sent jets of lava into the sky

India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday said heavy rain and snowfall are likely to occur over the western Himalayan region on January 31 and February 1 under the influence of two back-to-back western disturbances, that started on Sunday. The weather department said it is expecting more rainfall and snowfall activity over the western Himalayas than has been recorded in the past systems during this winter season. IMD scientist Soma Sen said, “We expect up to heavy rainfall and snowfall to occur over Jammu and Kashmir mainly, and Himachal Pradesh afterwards.

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) today with immediate effect. On 10 November 2023, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) were suspended for violation of responsibilities as an ICC Member, in particular, "the requirement to manage its affairs autonomously and ensure that there is no government interference in the governance, regulation and/or administration of cricket in Sri Lanka." The ICC Board met on 21 November and it was decided that Sri Lanka can continue to compete internationally both in bilateral cricket and ICC events, but the ongoing U19 Men's Cricket World Cup was moved to South Africa, having initially been set to be played in Sri Lanka. The ICC Board has been monitoring the situation since the suspension and are now satisfied that SLC are no longer in breach of membership obligations.

The internet, our smartphones and the mechanics of social media have irreparably altered friendship. In late December, Melissa Cabrera was enjoying her day, cooking, cleaning and creating a vision board for the new year. Her friend kept up with her on a video call throughout those activities—for over eight hours.

Nitish Kumar has decided to return to the BJP. Nitish Kumar met Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar at Raj Bhavan in Patna and submitted his resignation letter. Nitish Kumar's reaction had come after BJP workers in Bihar were told that there would be no realignment with "unpopular" Nitish Kumar.