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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said giving tickets to the children and relatives of ministers was not dynastic politics but acknowledging the recommendation of voters. In its second list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the Congress on March 21 announced fielding its national president M Mallikarjun Kharge's son-in-law and children of five ministers in Karnataka. «Yes, we have given. We gave tickets to those whom the people of the constituency recommended. This is not dynastic politics but acknowledging people's opinion,» Siddaramaiah told reporters. He was replying to a query about 10 family members and relatives of Karnataka ministers getting tickets to contest the Lok Sabha polls on behalf of Congress.

fiscal bias against Congress-ruled Karnataka and non-provision of funds, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Sunday every penny due to the state is accounted for and was released on time. Speaking at an informal interaction organised by the Thinkers Forum here in the Karnataka capital, Sitharaman said, «The claim that Rs 5,495 crore as a special grant was not released for Karnataka is totally false. The Finance Commission, in its final report, did not recommend any such special grants.» «Under PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, 80 crore people all across the country and 30.5 lakh from urban Bengaluru get free rations at home every month. I want to flag those guarantees that we fulfilled to help the common people, especially the poor. In urban Bengaluru, 14.68 lakh Jan-Dhan accounts were opened as against 52 crore across the country,» the Union Finance Minister added.

ICICI Securities Ltd its wholly-owned subsidiary. On Friday, Norges Bank Investment Management, which is the single-largest public shareholder in ICICI Securities, voted in favour of the resolution, according to a filing reviewed by Mint. Norway’s $1.55 trillion sovereign wealth fund is an influential voice in deciding the outcome of whether ICICI Securities would continue as a standalone listed business entity, as it owns 3.2%.

Stock Market News: The domestic benchmark equity indices, the Sensex and the Nifty 50, ended the day higher for the third straight session on Friday amid mixed global cues. On Friday's session, the 30-share BSE Sensex ended higher by 190.75 points or 0.26% at 72,831.94 level while the Nifty 50 closed at 22,096.75 level, up 84.80 points or 0.39%.

Is MS Dhoni going to retire after IPL 2024? "The BCCI offered me captaincy in 2007, but my body was in terrible shape. My observation of MS Dhoni was very good. His mind is very stable, he's calm, he's instinctive, and makes the right decisions.

Instagram has started an automatic clamp down on the amount of political content appearing in its users' feeds, but there is a relatively quick and easy way to turn off the controls if you don't want to keep the limitations place. As part of an initiative Instagram announced last month, the popular social media service owned by Meta Platforms has stopped «proactively» recommending political content posted on accounts that users don't choose to follow. To do that, Instagram has automatically set the «political content» control to «limit» on user accounts.

Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday approached Delhi High Court against his remand order in connection with the money laundering case related to the alleged excise policy case. The Delhi CM has also been seeking an early hearing of his plea against his arrest, preferably by Sunday, PTI reported, citing sources. The AAP chief was on Friday remanded to the custody of the Enforcement Directorate for seven days i.e., till March 28, a day after he was arrested by the probe agency.

ET Now: What is your assessment of the current market conditions? We observed from derivatives data that Nifty found solid support at 21,900. Additionally, market breadth displayed bullish tendencies. Do you anticipate a continuation of the relief rally or is consolidation also probable? Rajesh Palviya: This week, both indices experienced a breakdown of crucial support levels. Nifty briefly dipped belo

survey has revealed that about 60 per cent of children between the age of 5-16 years exhibit behaviours indicative of potential digital addiction, underscoring the urgent need for effective strategies to mitigate these negative effects. The survey, based on a sample size of 1,000 parents, is conducted by smart parent solution company Baatu Tech. The survey aims to expose how heightened screen exposure poses various risks, including poor sleep quality, reduced physical activity, social withdrawal, and decreased academic performance. «A staggering 60 per cent of children exhibit behaviours indicative of potential digital addiction, and an overwhelming 85 per cent of parents express difficulties in managing their children's online content consumption,» read the survey.

Foreign portfolio investors turned net sellers in the secondary market last week, selling stocks worth over Rs 7,200 crore on Dalal Street. Selling by the big bulls restrained the upside in benchmark indices, as the BSE Sensex clocked just 0.3% gains.

SRM Contractors IPO: The initial public offering (IPO) of SRM Contractors Limited is going to hit the Indian primary market on 26th March 2024 i.e. on Tuesday next week. The three days of bidding for the public issue will end on 28th March 2024 i.e.

₹20 apiece level on 13th March 2024, Reliance Power share price finished at ₹26.30 per share level on Friday last week. So, in the last seven straight sessions, this Anil Ambani-backed company's stock has surged to the tune of over 30 percent. Out of the five sessions in the week gone by, Reliance Power share price touched the upper circuit in four sessions.

Buy or sell stocks: The Indian stock market joined the global market rally after the US Federal Reserve and Bank of England kept the interest rate unchanged. The Nifty 50 index added 84 points and finished at 22,096 level, the BSE Sensex gained 190 points and closed at 72,831 mark whereas the Bank Nifty index shot up 178 points and finished at 46,863 level. In the board market, the small-cap index rose more than the Nifty 50 index even as the advance-decline ratio remained positive at 2.7:1.

Lok Sabha election 2024: After the sell-off on Dalal Street, the Indian stock market investors must be looking for bottom fishing opportunity. For such value investors, Lok Sabha election 2024 is one of the biggest factors and they are looking at all possible stocks that may yield whopping returns in the medium to long term.

cut the interest rates later this year, thus kicking off the rate cut cycle in the market. However, RBI in its Feb 2024 monetary policy meeting (MPC) kept the interest rates unchanged for the sixth time in a row. But this is expected to change as the banking regulator is likely to go for the interest rate cut later this year, Reuters reported.

Income tax e-filing: If you missed linking your PAN with Aadhaar by the June 2023 deadline and your PAN is inactive, don't worry, you can still file your income tax return. The income tax department had previously clarified that an inoperative PAN remains active. The deadline for individuals not requiring an audit for the Financial Year 2023-24 (Assessment Year 2024-25) to file their Income Tax Returns (ITR) is July 31, 2024.

Arvind Kejriwal has prompted many to demand his resignation from the post. Kejriwal is also the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) national convenor. His arrest in connection with the money laundering case linked to the excise policy has already raised questions about the party's next leadership.

Principal Securities Inc. is again facing ugly allegations about a financial advisor’s handling of a client’s account in the Midwest, this time in Minnesota.

Deep-pocketed, sovereign wealth funds are among the investors clamoring to get a stake in Anthropic, the red-hot artificial intelligence startup that's taking on OpenAI. One country that's being left out: Saudi Arabia.

Metro Brands over high growth prospects driven by the Sports & Athleisure (S&A) category business and key structural trends such as premiumization. ‘’We believe Metro Brands is better positioned with respect to key structural trends like premiumization and rising S&A penetration,'' said Goldman Sachs in its report.

Apple’s newest iPhone software has a switch turned on by default: “Discoverable by Others." This creepy-sounding setting is leading people to think their name and location are being shared without their knowledge or consent. That’s not the case, says Apple, but you might want to turn it off anyway. Last year, as a part of iOS 17.2, Apple released the Journal app.