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Congress Central Election Committee has cleared the first list of about 60 party candidates for the Lok Sabha polls, including Rahul Gandhi from his sitting seat Wayanad. The list is expected to be released on Friday or Saturday. The CEC will decide the question of Rahul Gandhi also contesting from Amethi when it takes up the proposals for Uttar Pradesh later. After the CEC meeting ended late Thursday night, party sources said almost all 15 sitting Congress MPs of Kerala will fight again this time. The only exception may be in Thrissur from where sitting MP TN Pratapan could be replaced by sitting MP of Vadakara K Muralidharan. This as seen as a precaution against late Congress veteran K Karunakaran's daughter Padmaja Venugopal, joining BJP and reinforcing the party's best bet Sureshgopi's chances in Thrissur. The political heavyweight Muralisharan is the son of Karunakaran besides being a former PCC president. Another significant decision is CEC clearing the proposal of AICC general secretary (org) K C Venugopal, now a Rajya Sabha member, returning to fight from his Alappuzha seat. But if the leaderdhip once again asks Venugopal to focus on AICC organisational matters during election campaign, the seat will go to his nominee from the state Youth Congress.

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Asif Ali Zardari is set to be elected as the next President of Pakistan, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that there will be strong coordination between them, according to ARY News. Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-chairman and former Pakistan President Asif Zardari will be the candidate of the allied parties in the presidential election on March 9, Sharif said while speaking at a dinner hosted in honour of the allied parties' leaders.

Konyak Union (KU) of Nagaland declared ‘public emergency’ due to Centre’s delay in settling its offer for creation of ‘Frontier Nagaland Territory’. In line with the Eastern Nagaland Peoples’ Organization (ENPO) declaration of “public emergency” KU) and Tikhir Tribal Council (TTC) have declared ‘public emergency’ in their respective jurisdictions with immediate effect. In separate statements, KU president Tingthok Konyak and general secretary Manpang K Wangyen and TTC president P. Timong and general secretary James Tikhir declared strict implementation of the February 23, 2024 ‘Chenmoho Resolution’, which mandated the abstention from participation in any central or state elections because of the delay to settle the offer for creation of FNT by Government of India through the Ministry of Home Affairs.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Thursday that Congress' inaction in approving new U.S. aid to Ukraine is «nothing short of a gift» to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iran and other adversaries as Ukrainian forces run short of ammunition to fight Russia's invasion.

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Sandeshkhali will sweep Bengal" and decimate the ruling party, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Thursday met a group of women from Sandeshkhali and accused the BJP of spreading lies about her party. Asserting that Bengal was the safest place for women, Banerjee hit out at PM Modi, asking why is the BJP silent on Bilkis Bano, Hathras rape case of UP, women of Manipur and women athletes who have accused BJP leader and WFI president of sexual assault. Banerjee said that a «political tornado» will rise against the BJP while claiming that the BJP is angry with the Trinamool as the party doesn't allow divisive politics in Bengal.

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Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for felicitations on his election to the top political office in the country. «Thank you @narendramodi for felicitations on my election as the Prime Minister of Pakistan,» Shehbaz Sharif posted on X.

Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), which has been placed under suspension by the Centre, told the Delhi High Court on Thursday it will withdraw its circular on conducting selection trials for the Senior Asian Wrestling Championships 2024 and Asian Olympic Games Qualifier Wrestling Tournament. Taking note of the statement made by WFI's counsel, Justice Sachin Datta said the trials shall proceed as per the circular issued by the ad-hoc committee supervising the affairs of the Wrestling Federation of India. The ad-hoc committee of the WFI had issued a press release on February 9 saying it will hold the trials for the Asian Olympic Qualifiers (April 19-21) and World Olympic Qualifiers (May 9-12) on March 10 and 11 at Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports, Patiala and Sports Authority of India (SAI) complex in Sonipat.

Cordelia Cruises, said Cordelia has a 100% sold out status for this Mahashivratri long weekend as well as for a cruise starting on Holi. Close to 4,000 guests will be on board for both the cruises. “How Indians used to cruise has changed post the Covid-19 pandemic,” Bailom said. “One of our key strategies has been to ensure we cater to weekend travellers who would like to holiday without taking too much time off work,” he added. The long weekends business has turned out to be a money spinner for hotels and travel companies post the pandemic, and most key properties in the north and west are sold out for the long weekends this month. Some are available at very steep rates.

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi at the party headquarters in Delhi. Sources told news agency ANI that the states such as Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Karnataka, Telangana, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Meghalaya, Tripura, Sikkim, and Manipur will be put for discussion during the meeting. "Discussion can likely take place on a total of 60 seats among these states," they were quoted as saying.

Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday thanked his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for felicitations on his re-election to the top political position in the country. Taking to microblogging platform X (formerly known as Twitter) the Pakistan prime minister said," "Thank you @narendramodi for felicitations on my election as the Prime Minister of Pakistan." Earlier on Tuesday, Prime Minister Modi congratulated Shehbaz on taking oath as the 24th prime minister of Pakistan. "Congratulations to @CMShehbaz on being sworn in as the Prime Minister of Pakistan," Modi posted on X.

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With Rhode Island this week becoming the seventh U.S. state to launch internet gambling, industry panelists at an internet gambling conference say they foresee several additional states joining the fray in the next few years