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Mukhtar Ansari joined the court proceedings via video conference from Banda Jail, where he is currently lodged. The order was passed by the special MP-MLA court of judge Awanish Gautam, district government counsel Vinay Singh said. The case against Mukhtar Ansari was registered under IPC sections 467 (forgery), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating) and 120B (criminal conspiracy), along with provisions of the Arms Act at Mohammadabad police station of Ghazipur district in December 1990, News agency PTI quoted Vinay Singh.

Pakistan Peoples Party said he decided to encourage prudent financial management and not burden the national exchequer. It is pertinent to note that Zardari is one of the richest politicians in Pakistan. “The President considered it essential not to burden the national exchequer and preferred to forgo his salary," President Secretariat Press Wing said in a press release on Tuesday as quoted by PTI. Former president Arif Alvi was drawing ₹8,46,550 per month, which was fixed by Parliament in 2018.

Vaibhav Gehlot had contested the Lok Sabha election unsuccessfully from Jodhpur seat in 2019 against present Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. The 43-year-old politician is the President of Rajasthan Cricket Association. After Congress declared the second list of candidates for the Lok Sabha Elections, which also does not feature Ashok Gehlot, and Sachin Pilot, Vaibhav Gehlot took to microblogging site X to express gratitude to Congress for nominating him.

Chinese-made cargo cranes that have been flagged as a security concern by an ongoing congressional probe in the United States are widely deployed throughout Canada’s ports.

 'Kudlow' panelists Art Laffer and Steve Moore react to voters ditching 'Bidenomics' ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

Optimism surrounding the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) approval of Ethereum spot ETFs by May 23 is diminishing.

In August 2022, a college professor in Maharashtra posted on a Whatsapp group his good wishes to Pakistan on its independence day. He also protested India’s revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. The police filed charges against him for “promoting enmity" between communities.

The media magnate turns 93 next week and is planning to get married again.

A top U.S. Treasury official has pressed Lebanese authorities to prevent funds from being funneled to Hamas by way of Lebanon during a visit to Beirut

Yusuf Pathan, the former Indian cricketer who played 57 ODIs and 22 T20Is for India between September 2007 and March 2012, has ventured into politics. He has been named as the Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate from West Bengal's Berhampore seat for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Pathan, 42, is expected to face Congress' Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, a vocal critic of TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, who has held the seat since 1999. Cricket to Politics: Pathan's Political Journey Hailing from Gujarat's Vadodara, Pathan is renowned for his cricketing career, particularly with the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL). He joins a list of Indian cricketers who have transitioned into politics, including Gautam Gambhir, Kirti Azad, Navjot Singh Sidhu, Manoj Tiwary, Mohammed Azharuddin, and Chetan Chauhan, among others.

Rupert Murdoch, who turns 93 next week, has been married four times — and is engaged again, his representative said Saturday. He plans to marry Elena Zhukova, 67, a Russian-born retired scientist he met last year. Her ex-husband Alexander Zhukov is a billionaire energy investor and Russian politician. Their daughter Dasha was previously married to Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, who used to own the Premier League football club Chelsea.

A well-funded political action committee (PAC) backed by prominent figures in the cryptocurrency industry has set its sights on key Senate races, with the goal of potentially shifting the balance of power in Congress. 

Vivek Ramaswamy once again spoke against the TikTok ban saying that ‘bashing the China-based social media platform is easy. Understanding the actual issue is harder’. Coming in support of Donald Trump, he noted that ‘the former president was right in opposing a legislative ban’ and further criticised ‘other Republic candidates’ saying ‘many people in professional politics say what they are supposed to say without thinking about the why’.

Powell said that the Fed were not close to implementing a digital dollar, as it has no interest in a system that would require user data, saying that the US government would not back a service where the government would be able to see and monitor citizens’ transactions.

Indra Sena Reddy Nallu on Thursday administered the oath of office and secrecy to the two new ministers — Animesh Debbarma and Brishaketu Debbarma, both from Tipra Motha Party (TMP) in Raj Bhavan. Six days after signing of a tripartite agreement with the Centre and the Tripura government, the opposition and the tribal-based TMP decided to join the BJP-led coalition government. TMP legislator Animesh Debbarma, who was the opposition leader before becoming a cabinet minister, and lawyer turned politician Brishaketu Debbarma, took oath as minister of state and both are the new entrants in the council of ministers in Tripura.

As Solana meme coins like Dogwifhat (WIF) and Bonk (BONK) surge, a vanguard of new meme coins themed after politicians and celebrities are stealing the spotlight with daily gains in the thousands of percent.

Canada’s fourth-quarter GDP numbers were published last week, and while the economy barely dodged the technical definition of a recession, the figures again painted an ugly picture of Canadians’ economic well-being. Adjusted for inflation, GDP barely budged in Q4. Add the effect of population growth, and real GDP per capita declined for the sixth consecutive quarter. Relative to Q3:2015, the last quarter before the Trudeau Liberals took power, it is up just 0.8 per cent, versus 15.4 per cent in the United States. That constitutes a shocking relative decline in Canadians’ standard of living.

Bitcoin price is climbing over 4% to hit $66,300 during the Asian session on Wednesday. This surge reflects growing investor confidence and forecasts a bullish trend in the cryptocurrency market.

Jeju Island, a subtropical province off the South Korean mainland’s south coast, says it wants to use non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to transform its economy.

Quiver Quantitative — In a new disclosure filed today, U.S. Representative Earl Blumenauer reported the sale of $1,001 — $15,000 of UNILEVER PLC COMMON STOCK, in a trade that took place on February 12. Since that trade was made, the stock has fallen approximately 2.85%.

Alberta’s budget had lots of good news — unless you own an electric car, which will now be taxed at $200 a year. The provincial surplus is expected to be $5.6 billion this fiscal year, followed by a wafer-thin $0.4 billion next. Even though resource revenues are down, program spending isn’t being cut. It rises 3.7 per cent in fiscal year 2024-25.