Monday, 23 December 2024
Monday, 23 December 2024
The 2024 Lok Sabha elections will be held in seven phases, starting April 19 and end on June 1. The counting of votes for the 543 parliamentary constituencies and the four Assemblies will happen together on June 4.
Indian Navy has foiled attempts by a group of Somali pirates to hijack ships in the high seas off the east coast of Somalia as it intercepted their vessel, officials said. "The ex-MV Ruen, which had been hijacked by Somali pirates on 14 December, was reported to have sailed out as a pirate ship towards conducting acts of piracy on high seas," the Navy said.
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose expressed his commitment to actively engage in the upcoming general elections, pledging to put an end to violence and corruption in the state. Bose conveyed that his two main priorities for the election are ending violence and corruption.
Congress and the BRS together shattered every dream of Telangana's development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, hitting out at the opposition parties. Even before the announcement of the poll schedule, people have given their decision on the NDA crossing 400 seats, Modi said.
Central government banned the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Freedom League and all factions of the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples League associated with the separatist conglomerate Hurriyat Conference under strict anti-terror laws. The announcement came just hours before the schedule for the general elections was to be declared.
A Delhi court sent BRS leader K Kavitha to ED custody till March 23 in a money laundering case linked to the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy. The agency produced Kavitha, daughter of former Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao, before the special court, and sought her custody for 10 days.
AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has moved the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Rules till the apex court disposes of the petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019. Owaisi, one of the petitioners who have challenged the validity of certain provisions of the CAA has now filed an application in the top court seeking a stay on the implementation of the Act and the 2024 rules till the final disposal of the petitions.
Zee Entertainment Enterprises shareholders have approved the appointment of three independent directors to the company's board. All three special resolutions received over 75 per cent of the total number of valid votes, according to the Consolidated Report of the Scrutinizer shared by the company to bourses.
Noted Bollywood singer Anuradha Paudwal, who is also known for singing devotional songs, joined the BJP in Delhi ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. She also sang 'Sarva Mangal Mangalye' and paid obeisance to Adi Shakti.
It was hours after people in the Gaza Strip had broken their daylong fast for the holy month of Ramadan, but with famine stalking the enclave under a near total Israeli siege, few felt full, and many were already thinking about how to secure their families’ next meals. Even before the aid trucks carrying flour arrived around 9 p.m., carnage and chaos engulfed the square. Gaza health officials said 20 people were killed and more than 150 wounded when Israeli forces targeted the crowd.
