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IHCL) has partnered with Merlin Group to open a new resort near Joka on Diamond Harbour Road, Kolkata. IBIZA – an IHCL SeleQtions will have 130 keys, including eight suites, spread over 11 acres in Kriparampur, a popular tourist destination. The property will also boast a 5,400 sq. ft. ballroom, conference halls, pre-function areas, meeting rooms and scenic outdoor venues. “The existing resort will be refurbished and expanded under a new brand, with plans to open in October 2025. A total investment of Rs 60 crore will be infused for the planned expansion,” said Sushil Mohta, Chairman of Merlin Group, hinting the company may look at more assets with IHCL.

LS polls: BJP releases 7th list of candidates, Navneet Rana to contest Amravati Rana had challenged the Bombay High Court order of 2021, where the court observed that she fraudulently obtained a 'Mochi' certificate, even though records showed she belonged to the 'Sikh-Chamar' caste, Live Law reported. The Bombay HC had also imposed a fine of ₹2 lakh on the Amravati MP. After this Rana knocked Supreme Court's door and argued that her forefathers belonged to the Sikh-Chamar caste wherein 'Sikh' is a religious prefix and is not related to a caste.

Rahul Gandhi, has stock market investments worth ₹4.3 crore, mutual funds deposits worth ₹3.81 crore, and savings worth ₹26.25 in two bank accounts, according to the affidavit that he has submitted to the Election Commission of India. Gandhi is seeking re-election from Wayanad seat in Kerala which he won with a margin of over four lakh votes in 2019.

Donald Trump has had a recent conversation with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, according to the New York Times, citing information from two individuals briefed on the matter. Reuters reported that the newspaper reported that it was unclear what Trump and the prince, known as MBS, discussed and whether this was their first conversation since Trump, who was president from 2017 to 2021, left office.

Buy or sell stocks for today: On account of the US Fed Chair Jerome Powell's speech later in the day, the Indian stock market remained choppy on the entire Wednesday session. The Nifty 50 index went off 18 points and closed at the 22,434 level, the BSE Sensex shed 27 points and ended at the 73,876 mark while the Bank Nifty index gained 78 points and finished at the 47,624 level.

Anna Morris and PDO Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy Eric Van Nostrand are travelling to New Delhi and Mumbai from April 2-5 to meet with government and private sector counterparts, the Treasury said in a statement on Wednesday. «They will discuss key bilateral issues, including cooperation on anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism, other illicit finance issues, and continued implementation of the price cap, which seeks to further limit the profits Russia receives to fund its illegal invasion while promoting stable global energy markets,» it said. Following Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the G7 nations, the European Union, and Australia jointly implemented a price cap. This cap prohibits the utilisation of Western maritime services, including insurance, flagging, and transportation, for tankers transporting Russian oil priced at or above USD 60 per barrel.

Biju Janata Dal (BJD) President Naveen Patnaik has announced the second list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Odisha. BJD candidates for five Lok Sabha seats declared by the CM are Surendra Singh Bhoi from Balangir), Manjulata Mandal (Bhadrak), Parineeta Mishra (Bargarh), Bhrugu Baxipatra (Berhampur) and Dhanurjay Siddu (Keonjhar). The names of 27 candidates for simultaneous assembly polls have also been announced.

President Javier Milei’s aggressive campaign to slash spending, the latest in a series of painful economic measures that have put the libertarian government on a collision course with angry protesters and powerful trade unions. Presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni announced the job cuts in a news conference, portraying them as key to Milei’s promised shake-up of Argentina’s bloated public sector.

The film imagines a Civil War-like scenario which is impending upon the US and stars the very popular Kirsten Dunst as an agile journalist who is working on reports around a devastated and broken country, at the bring of another war. The story follows a three-term US President fighting off forces from California and Texas who are allies in the political spectrum, while the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which is one of the biggest federal agencies of the US has been disbanded. Meanwhile, there are cases of drone strikes on American citizens, leading to heightened chaos. According to Hollywood Reporter, it is the President, played by Nick Offerman, who has ordered these drone strikes, in an attempt to become a three-term President.

International Olympic Committee on Wednesday said it needs to find a suitable new international boxing body by early next year or else risk boxing dropping out of the Olympics for the Los Angeles Games in 2028. The IOC stripped the International Boxing Association of the right to run the Olympic boxing tournaments in Tokyo in 2021 and Paris this year. On Tuesday, the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld the IOC's decision to formally de-recognize the IBA, in effect cutting it out of the Olympic movement altogether.

National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah will not contest the upcoming Lok Sabha election due to his "health condition", party vice president Omar Abdullah said on Wednesday. Farooq Abdullah, 86, a former chief minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, is the sitting member of Parliament from Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency. The NC has decided to field candidates in all three LS constituencies in Kashmir and support the INDIA alliance on two seats of Jammu division.

Kshatriya community unrelenting over its demand to drop Union minister and Rajkot candidate Pashottam Rupala from the BJP's Lok Sabha candidate list, the meeting between BJP and the community leaders failed to break the stalemate. While talking to the mediapersons after the meeting, Kshatriya leaders said that they had one demand — to get Rupala dropped — and will not meet with BJP again. «No political party can pressurise us,» Karansing Chavda, one of the community representatives said, adding now posters and banners will be put up on the issue. Another leader of the community told the media that Rupala forgot the glorious history of Rajputs while making the controversial comments and now it has become an issue of self-respect for the community. «So unless BJP doesn't cancel Rupala's ticket, the entire Rajput community will assume that BJP is with Rupala and will respond accordingly.»

Bad economic ideas don’t die. Instead they just return a decade later to haunt another generation. That seems to be the situation with China’s steel industry.

Muizzu highlighted the presence of Indian troops on three platforms in Maldives. ALSO READ: How did China strengthen its bond with Maldives amid India exit? 10 key collaborations between Male, Beijing He said the troops on the third aviation platform will be withdrawn by May 10. He was quoted as saying that the withdrawal of foreign troops from Maldives is being "pursued in accordance with diplomatic norms and principles".

Former Chrysler and Home Depot CEO Bob Nardelli on consumer expectations clashing with EV market results and the state of the U.S. economy.

Xi Jinping has told his US counterpart Joe Biden that the Taiwan question is the «first red line» that must not be crossed by Washington, and warned that Beijing will not «sit on its hands» if "Taiwan independence" forces step up their "separatist activities" with the help of external elements. Biden spoke on the phone with Xi on Tuesday, marking the first conversation between the two leaders since their historic in-person summit last November in San Francisco and the latest in ongoing efforts by US and Chinese officials to defuse tensions between the two countries. The White House described the one-hour-45-minute conversation as «candid and constructive» on a range of issues on which the leaders agreed and disagreed. Biden stressed the need to maintain «peace and stability» across the Taiwan Strait and he also raised his concerns over China's support for Russia's defence industry, the White House said.

Radisson Hotel Group currently has a hotel at every four hours of driving distance in India. The global hospitality chain targets to have a property at every two hours of driving distance, a senior official said. Radisson signed 21 new hotels in India last year, including signings for locations such as Jhansi and Sonipat. It now plans to sign about 30 hotels every year in the country for the next five years, said Elie Younes, executive vice president and global chief development officer at Radisson Hotel Group. The next five years are likely to see a record phase of expansion by global chains, including Marriott, Hilton, IHG and Wyndham, in India. CEOs, regional heads, and industry insiders say this is the most bullish they have ever been.

Anti-smoking groups are suing the U.S. government over a long-awaited ban on menthol cigarettes, which has been stalled at the White House for months

Federal Reserve officials will likely reduce their benchmark interest rate later this year, Chair Jerome Powell said, despite recent reports showing that the U.S. economy is still strong and that U.S. inflation picked up in January and February

A push for a revenue package that includes hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes and fees in the Maryland General Assembly is raising concerns among some leading Democrats

Two Florida brothers have pleaded guilty to insider trading charges, admitting they made over $22 million illegally before the 2021 public announcement that an acquisition firm was taking former President Donald Trump's media company public