Schools Financial News

Basavaraj Bommai, BJP leader Pralhad Joshi and actor Shivarajkumar's wife Geetha Shivarajkumar were among the prominent persons who filed their nominations on Monday for the May 7 Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka. Bommai filed his papers as the BJP candidate from Haveri and was accompanied by former Minister B C Patil and other party leaders. He earlier paid respects to his parents' memorial. Bommai is the son of veteran Janata Party leader and former Chief Minister late S R Bommai. Bommai's opponent from Congress, Anandswamy Gaddadevarmath, too filed his papers on Monday. Joshi who is the Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines, formally entered the fray from Dharwad. Veteran party leader B S Yediyurappa and former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar were among the leaders who were with him. Prior to filing his nomination, Joshi held a road show accompanied by the leaders. Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers and New and Renewable Energy Bhagwanth Khuba filed his nomination papers from Bidar.

Kakani took to the platform X to share a breakdown of expenses for a family of four, emphasizing that the figure of Rs 20 lakh annually was devoid of any luxury expenses. His post, accompanied by a screenshot of an Excel sheet detailing monthly and yearly expenditures, quickly gained traction, garnering over 8.3 lakh views since its posting on April 14.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman says: “Whether it is aimed at employment or not, it is certainly aimed at helping the MSMEs and the small ticket loan seekers. The small ticket loan seekers are the people who cannot give collaterals at all. We had extended a lot of help for them.” Excerpts from the interview

Oman News Agency. The expatriate who died was identified as Sadanandan, a Kollam native, after a wall collapsed on him, according to Onmanorama.com.

LiveMint to track live updates on Lok Sabha elections. Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today address a public rally at Agasthiarpatti near Ambasamudram in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. The PM will arrive at Thoothukudi airport by a special flight from where he would reach the Cambridge Matriculation Higher Secondary School grounds to address public.

shooting incident that took place on the city's South side when everybody was standing outside a family gathering on Saturday night, said police. The cop stated that an 8-year-old girl was fatally shot, while a 1-year-old and a 8-year-old boy were shot multiple times in what Chicago police believe was gang-related violence. Speaking to media persons, Department Deputy Chief Don Jerome said the shooting happened when the offenders fired at a crowd standing outside a family gathering around 9 pm on Saturday.

Apple's smartphone shipments dropped about 10% in the first quarter of 2024, hurt by intensifying competition by Android smartphone makers aiming for the top spot, data from research firm IDC showed on Sunday. Global smartphone shipments increased 7.8% to 289.4 million units during January-March, with Samsung, at 20.8% market share, clinching the top phone maker spot from Apple.

UP Board Results 2024 shortly. According to a report by Hindustan Times citing sources, “Results of Class 10th and 12th will likely be announced by April 25." After the results are announced, students can access their scores through the official websites of UPMSP: - upmsp.edu.in - upresults.nic.in result.upmsp.edu.in. It is to be further noted that this year, over 55 lakh students took the UP Board High School and Intermediate examinations.

Lok Sabha polls, former party MLA Pawan Kumar Tinu on Sunday joined the AAP here. Tinu is likely to be the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate from the Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat, said party sources. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann welcomed Tinu into the party fold. Along with Tinu, another Akali leader Gurcharan Singh also joined the AAP.

Taylor Swift. It is possibly something more ridiculous, a column about all the columns about Taylor Swift. And yet attention must be paid, because so much attention is being paid.

Nifty Bank, which hit a fresh lifetime high above 49,000 last week, has given an average return of 5% during the March quarter earnings season 7 out of 10 times in the last 10 years, says Anand James, Chief Market Strategist, Geojit Financial Services. Edited excerpts from a chat with James on the market outlook in the near term

No woman has appeared more often before the Supreme Court than Lisa Blatt, who'll make her 50th argument this month

Google is removing California news websites from some users' search results

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed wishes for the quick recovery of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy following the stone-pelting incident targeting him last evening. PM Modi, through his official X (formerly known as Twitter) handle, conveyed his wishes for the speedy recovery and good health of the politician. "I pray for the speedy recovery and good health of Andhra Pradesh CM @ysjagan Garu," he wrote.

PTI, the Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party chief was attacked by unknown persons. Reddy suffered a small cut on his temple above the eye during his ‘Memanta Siddham’ Lok Sabha poll 2024 canvassing bus tour. "The stone struck the CM while he was acknowledging the crowds as part of his bus tour at Vivekananda School Centre in Singh Nagar, Vijayawada," the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said a statement.

Haryana Transport Ministry will launch a campaign to check the fitness of all school buses and is also considering to proposal to have Alcometers for checking whether drivers are drunk. The move come after school bus accident in Haryana's Mahendragarh left five students dead and 15 others injured. Haryana Transport Minister Aseem Goel said a fitness campaign for school buses will be launched.

ET Now: The deposit growth what we have seen for private banks has been strong. In fact, the advances growth for PSU banks has also been in a very comfortable range. Now, should we expect stellar numbers from banks and finance also? What are you making out of it?

BJP candidate from the New Delhi Lok Sabha seat and daughter of late Union minister Sushma Swaraj, said the values of Sangh run through her veins and that she cannot even think of filling her mother's shoes owing to her stature and legacy. In an interaction with PTI editors at the agency's headquarters, Bansuri Swaraj reminisced the deep connection she had with her mother since childhood and revealed that she has continued the late minister's tradition of sending BJP veteran L K Advani his favourite cake on his birthday every year. Bansuri Swaraj, the only child of Sushma Swaraj and Swaraj Kaushal, said while growing up, there was a strict rule in the house — she had to converse with her mother in Hindi, and father in English — which made her proficient in both the languages. Forty-year-old Bansuri Swaraj, the youngest BJP candidate in Delhi, said she had a normal upbringing which has kept her grounded while her family consisting of her parents and grandparents had a nationalistic outlook.

Citi presumably wanted to keep Matt Fink. 

UP Board Class 10, 12 Result Live Updates: The Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad (UPMSP) is expected to declare the results of the Matric and Intermediate – Class 10 and 12 – board examinations 2024 soon. The UP Board Class 10, 12 Result will be declared on official website – upresults.nic.in.Students can check their results on the UPMSP official websites at:As per the latest update, the UPMSP completed the evaluation process of the answer sheets of both classes on March 30, 2024.

Mahendragarh that claimed the lives of six children and left at least 20 others injured. Speculations arose on how the authorities did not take notes which led to such a situation. State Education Minister Seema Trikha, while visiting the injured students in hospitals, issued a show-cause notice to the private school, questioning why it remained open on Thursday, a designated holiday for Eid.