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'No Scope for Individuality in Party', K'taka DyCM Shivakumar Warns Warring Leaders
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Thursday said that there was no scope for individuality and all the party leaders had to work towards victory in the Kolar Lok Sabha constituency.He said this a day after a minister and five legislators threatened to submit...
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Political Conspiracy, Claims Kejriwal While Being Taken to Rouse Avenue Court
Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal, while being taken to the Rouse Avenue Court on Thursday, dubbed his arrest in the liquor policy case as a "political conspiracy" and said the public would give an apt reply to it.The AAP National Convenor was taken to Rouse Avenue...
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Akhilesh Continues with His 'my Candidate, Your Symbol' Policy
Continuing with his policy of 'my candidate, your symbol', Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav is now convincing the Congress to field Ujjawal Raman Singh of SP from Allahabad seat of Prayagraj district on Congress symbol.The Allahabad seat has gone to the Congress in...
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CM Vijayan & CPI(M) Tread Cautiously after ED Case against Veena Vijayan
A day after the Enforcement Directorate initiated an investigation into a money laundering case involving Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's daughter Veena Vijayan's IT firm and the Cochin-based mining firm CMRL, the CM and the CPI(M) are treading cautiously.The case...
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With Erstwhile Royal in Fray, Krishnanagar LS Poll Battle Will Be Tough
Krishnanagar in Nadia District, is one of the most watched constituencies in West Bengal in these Lok Sabha elections for multiple reasons.On one hand, Trinamool Congress has re-nominated controversial leader Mahua Moitra and on the other hand the BJP has fielded Amrita...
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Ukrainian FM Arrives in India to Build on Talks between PM Modi, Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba arrived in New Delhi on Thursday to reinvigorate bilateral ties with India.He will build on the dialogue between Prime Narendra Modi and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for peace.In a first high-level visit by a Ukrainian...
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EAM Jaishankar's Three-nation Southeast Asia Tour to Enhance Ties Concludes
External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Thursday concluded his three-nation Southeast Asia tour, beginning March 23, to strengthen bilateral relations and engage on regional issues of mutual concern.During his official visit from March 27-28, he paid a courtesy...
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India, China Hold Crucial Meet to Resolve Issues along LAC
The 29th meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Border Affairs was held in Beijing to discuss and resolve the remaining issues along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).From the New Delhi side, the Joint Secretary (East Asia) from the...
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India's Disaster Management Authority Head Appointed UN Asst Secretary-General
Kamal Kishore, the head of India's National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), has been appointed UN Assistant Secretary-General with the disaster risk reduction portfolio."Kishore brings to the position nearly three decades of experience in disaster risk reduction,...
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NCLT Refuses to Defer Byju's EGM to Raise Capital via Rights Issue
In a breather for embattled edtech company Byju's, the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Thursday refused to stay the extraordinary general meeting (EGM) called by the board of directors to raise the capital via the rights issue.The tribunal in Bengaluru has given...
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India's Trade Policy Is Calibrated with Economic Growth Path: Piyush Goyal
India's trade policy is calibrated with its economic growth trajectory as it aims to achieve a target of $2 trillion in exports by 2030, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday."Our trade policy is calibrated based on our development journey, yet open...
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Kia Unveils K4 Compact Sedan in US Ahead of Launch
Kia, South Korea's second-biggest carmaker by sales, said on Thursday that it has unveiled the K4 compact sedan at the New York auto show as it plans to launch the vehicle in North American markets this year.Kia will assemble the K4 compact at its plant in Mexico, and sell...
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Over Half of Indian Equity Large-Cap Funds Failed to Beat the Benchmark
Over half of Indian Equity Large-Cap funds failed to beat the benchmark, with 52 per cent of actively managed funds underperforming the S&P BSE 100, as per S&P Dow Jones Indices.In 2023, performance among Indian active managers varied across categories. The underperformance...
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Credit Cards Woes Form Largest Chunk of Complaints for Private Banks, Mobile Banking for Public Sector Banks
The largest share of public sector banks' complaints is for mobile banking while for private banks, it is for credit cards, brokerage firm Elara Securities said.Customer complaints rose 68 per cent YoY in FY23, with 6.69 complaints per 100,000 accounts.Most complaints are...
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Sensex Surges More than 700 Points Led by Gains in Financial Stocks
The BSE Sensex on Thursday was trading at 73,755 points, up by 758 points or 1.04 per cent, led by gains in the financial stocks.The charge is being led by the Bajaj twins -- Bajaj Finserv and Bajaj Finance -- both up more than 4 per cent.SBI is up more than 1 per cent...
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Adani's Copper Unit in Mundra Begins Operations, to Generate 7,000 Jobs
Making a debut for the Adani Portfolio in the metal industry, Kutch Copper, a subsidiary of Adani Enterprises Limited (AEL), on Thursday commissioned the first unit of its greenfield copper refinery project at Mundra, Gujarat, by dispatching the maiden batch of cathodes to...
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Only 4 PC of Indian Firms Are 'mature' to Tackle Modern Cyber Attacks: Report
Only 4 per cent of organisations in India have the "mature" level of readiness needed to be resilient against modern cybersecurity risks, a new report showed on Thursday.Readiness is critical as 82 per cent of respondents said a cybersecurity incident is likely to disrupt...
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Top VC Firm Accel to Nurture 8 Early-stage Startups in India
Leading venture capital firm Accel on Thursday announced eight early-stage startups in India which are part of the third cohort of its accelerator programme called 'Atoms'.The cohort receives up to $500,000 in funding, access to perks worth more than $5 million from Accel's...
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ECI Rejects Congress Ramtek LS Nominee's Caste Certificate
Jolting the Congress, the Election Commission has rejected the caste certificate of the party nominee in the reserved Ramtek (SC) Lok Sabha constituency, Rashmi S. Barve, here on Thursday.The validity of the caste certificate came up during the scrutiny of Barve's...
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LS Polls: Filing of Nominations for 2ND Phase Begins in 13 Raj Seats
Notification was issued for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections in Rajasthan on Thursday, said officials, adding that with this, the nomination process began on 13 Lok Sabha seats.In the second phase, voting will be held on April 26 in Tonk-Sawaimadhopur, Ajmer, Pali,...
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Bihar: Troubles Mount for INDIA Bloc as Bima Bharti, Pappu Yadav Adamant to Contest from Purnea
RJD's Bima Bharti and Congress' Pappu Yadav are adamant about contesting the Lok Sabha election from Bihar's Purnea constituency, aggravating the difficulties for the two INDIA bloc partners.Bima Bharti, who recently quit the JD-U, on Wednesday claimed that the RJD has...
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LS Elections Phase 1: 64 Candidates of Different Parties File Nominations for 6 Seats in MP
Sixty-four candidates of the various political parties have filed nominations for the six Lok Sabha constituencies in Madhya Pradesh that will go to the polls in the first phase on April 19.Of them, six each are from the BJP and Congress while the remaining are from other...
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BJP Appoints Election In-charges, Co-incharges for States, UTs
The BJP has appointed its poll in-charges and co-in-charges for several states and Union Territories ahead of the Lok Sabha.The party on Wednesday appointed Rajya Sabha MP and former Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma as the election in-charge for Maharashtra...
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PM Modi, Party Chief J.P. Nadda among BJP'S Star Campaigners for Rajasthan
The BJP has released the list of 40 star campaigners for Rajasthan in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections.The party has named Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party chief J.P. Nadda, and Union Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Bhupendra Yadav, Arjun Ram...
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BJP Chooses Former Dy CM Govind Karjol over Union Minister Narayanaswamy for Karnataka's Chitradurga Seat
In a surprise move, the BJP has announced former Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Govind Karjol as its candidate from the state's Chitradurga (SC) seat, dropping sitting MP and Union Minister A. Narayanaswamy.Following stiff opposition to Narayanaswamy's candidature by local...