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The NSE Nifty index closed 203.25 points up at 22326.9, while BSE Sensex ended up 655.04 points at 73651.35.

On the BSE, Unistar Multi(down 11.40 per cent), GalaxyCloudKitchen(down 10.05 per cent), Arcee Ind(down 10.00 per cent), East West Holdings(down 9.94 per cent) and Uravi T and Wedge(down 9.90 per cent) stood among the top losers in today's trade.

The category reserved for non-institutional investors was subscribed the most at 133 times, followed by retail investors at nearly 32 times and institutional buyers at 9.7 times.

Lok Sabha polls, and exuded confidence that the coalition would win all the 40 Lok Sabha seats in the state. Deputy Chief Minister and Bihar BJP president Samrat Chaudhary, senior JD(U) leader Shrawan Kumar, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan and Rashtriya Lok Morcha president Upendra Kushwaha were among the leaders who spoke to reporters at the airport here. The NDA leaders are headed to Gaya, where Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) founder, Jitan Ram Manjhi, is scheduled to file his nomination papers. Later, they are slated to visit Nawada, where nominations will be filed by BJP candidate Vivek Thakur, and Jamui, which Chirag Paswan, the two-term MP, has given up for brother-in-law Arun Bharti.

Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday addressed the Rouse Avenue Court where he questioned the legitimacy of his arrest by the federal agency. The arrested leader was produced before special Judge Kaveri Baweja by the Enforcement Directorate as his custody ends today. Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in his statement before Rouse Avenue court said, «I was arrested, but no court has proved me guilty yet. CBI filed 31,000 pages and ED has filed 25,000 pages related to this matter. Even if you read them together, I would like to ask why have I been arrested? My name came to light only in four statements of four people.»

Au Small Finance Bank Ltd. traded at Rs 568.35 on BSE at 12:07PM (IST) on Thursday, up 1.24 per cent. The stock quoted a 52-week low price of Rs 550.8 and a high of Rs 813.0. Earlier in the day, the stock saw a gap up opening.

Congress on Thursday attacked the Modi government after it notified revised MGNREGS wages for 2024-25, saying the daily wage rates in all states are well below the Rs 400 a day promised by the party under its 'Shramik NYAY' guarantees. The Union government has reportedly notified the revised wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). In a post on X, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said MGNREGA wages are revised annually with effect from April 1. «For 2024/25, the Modi Government has just announced revised MGNREGA wages. Leaving aside the issue of whether this violates the spirit of the Model Code of Conduct in view of the forthcoming elections, the announced daily wage rates in ALL states are well below the Rs 400 a day, which is part of the 'Shramik NYAY' Guarantees of the Indian National Congress,» he said.

Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray Sena faction on Thursday bluntly told the Congress party that if it wants to harbor ambitions of it leading the country and its party leader becoming the Prime Minister of the country then it should let the UBT have the Sangli Lok Sabha seat. “Congress is a big party, we believe that the Congress is to lead the country, we (UBT) don’t want to lead it. We want the Prime Minister of the country to be from the Congress party. For just one seat (Sangli) are you ready to lose the Prime Minister’s post, they (Congress) should think it over.”said UBT Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut. Referring to threats of the local leadership of Sangli announcing that they would not be working for the UBT candidate, Raut warned, “ If someone is talking of a boycott then it is very dangerous for the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance, if the same situation happens in other constituencies in the state then who would be responsible.”

₹3,402 crores. GOCL Corp share price opened at an intraday high of ₹453.35 apiece on BSE.

Election Commission on behalf of the president early on Thursday. The last date for filing nomination papers for this phase is April 4. On April 5, the nomination papers will be scrutinised in all states and Union Territories, except Jammu and Kashmir.

earthquake of magnitude 4.2 jolted Afghanistan on Thursday, as per National Centre for Seismology data. According to the NCS, the tremors were felt at around 5:44 am on Thursday.

banks and NBFCs that invest in Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs). The investments will exclude equity investments, but debt and hybrid instruments will continue to face additional curbs the regulator had announced earlier. It also eased the provisioning requirements, giving relief to banks at the end of the fiscal year.

Jujutsu Kaisen, a manga and anime sensation, continues to captivate audiences worldwide with its gripping storyline and dynamic characters. Following the success of Season 2, fans are eagerly awaiting the release of Season 3 to delve deeper into the world of JJK.

Smriti Irani on Wednesday said the Congress leadership fears a loss in Amethi and Rae Bareli, and that's why there is a delay in announcing candidates for these two seats. Irani was speaking at the Times Now Summit. Attacking Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Irani said Amethi is his second choice. «Rahul Gandhi has already declared his candidature from Wayanad.

Shiv Sena (UBT) left Congress seething on Wednesday after it announced its first list of 17 candidates for the Lok Sabha polls, with the ally saying talks were still on for Sangli and three Mumbai constituencies. The Uddhav Thackeray-led party has named wrestler Chandrahar Patil for Sangli, Anil Desai for Mumbai South Central, Sanjay Dina Patil for Mumbai North East and Amol Kirtikar for Mumbai North West seats. Congress Legislature Party leader Balasaheb Thorat and Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra assembly Vijay Wadettiwar asked their MVA partner to reconsider its decision, stressing that it did not suit "coalition dharma".

BJP is looking to bring in prominent Sikh faces, mostly Jats, from other parties and from outside the political circles after the party decided to go solo in Punjab after 28 years. The party is in touch with many Sikh leaders from various parties to join its fold as part of its efforts to rely on faces outside the party so as to field 13 candidates in the state, where for nearly three decades it has contested mostly on three Lok Sabha seats. Two sitting MPs Sushil Kumar Rinku and Ravneet Singh Bittu and diplomat Taranjit Singh Sandhu joined the party in the last few days. Rinku is an SC and was the lone AAP MP and also its nominee for the coming Lok Sabha polls.

Congress on Wednesday night announced 14 more Lok Sabha candidates including four from Uttar Pradesh. Virendra Chaudhary is fielded from Maharajganj, where Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate was the party candidate in 2019 polls.

investment are going to create more job opportunities during the decade, Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) V Anantha Nageswaran said on Tuesday. The last decade of the century was marked by a decline in capital formation in the economy and moderation in credit growth, he said at an event here. «Hopefully, those things are a thing of the past. Non food credit growth is now running close to 20 per cent, balance sheets of companies and banks are in good shape and hiring (is showing improvement),» he said. Quoting 2021-22 data, he said, employment in agriculture declined by 15 lakh, manufacturing and services added 37 lakh jobs each and the construction sector generated 19 lakh jobs, he said.

BJP’s seventh list of candidates has fielded former Deputy Chief Minister Govind Karjol from Chitradurga, side-stepping both the ticket aspirants from the region – sitting MP and MoS A Narayanaswamy, as well as former MP Janardhana Swamy. Karjol, a close associate of BS Yediyurappa, was the deputy CM during the latter’s government back in 2019. He had contested the assembly polls last May from Mudhol in Bagalkot, but had lost to Congress’ Ramappa Balappa Timmapur. The party’s choice of an outsider for the constituency was a completely unexpected move, given the fierce competition between Narayanaswamy and Janardhana Swamy for the ticket. BJP leader Raghu Chandan – the son of Holalkere MLA M Chandrappa – was lobbying for the ticket as well, and a scuffle had broken out among his supporters when it became known that he would miss the ticket. Given the internal strife in the party over candidate selection, party leaders may have their task cut out for them in trying to soothe the ruffled feathers of the aspirants.

Amit Palekar, the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Goa unit chief, and some other party leaders from the coastal state for questioning in a money-laundering case linked to the Delhi excise policy on March 28, official sources said on Wednesday. The AAP leaders have been asked to depose at the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) office in Goa's Panjim on Thursday, the sources said. Palekar, who was the AAP's chief ministerial face during the February 2022 Goa Assembly polls, had recently said there was no evidence to prove that any illicit money was sent to the state, asserting that he and his party colleagues were ready to face any inquiry. The ED arrested AAP national convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the case on March 21.

Warburg Pincus is likely to exit IDFC First Bank by selling its entire 2.3% stake in the lender through block deals on Thursday, according to news reports. Cloverdell Investment, an affiliate of Warburg Pincus, is likely to offload 15.9 crore shares and has set a floor price of Rs 75 apiece. It is looking at raking in Rs 1,191.40 crore through the sale, reports said.