Weeks ahead of the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections, Pune rural police on Monday seized Rs 5 crore cash from a car amid the model code of conduct in force in the state as the polls are set to take place in a single phase on November 20. The cash was confiscated on Monday evening near
In a setback for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), several BJP leaders, including three former MLAs, switched to the ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) just weeks before the upcoming Jharkhand Assembly elections. On Monday, former legislators Lois Marandi, Kunal Sarangi, and Lakshman Tudu made the move to join JMM. This shift follows closely on the heels
Jharkhand Congress full list of Candidates: The Congress party announced its first list of 21 candidates for the Jharkhand elections on Monday. Finance Minister Rameshwar Oraon will contest from the Lohardaga seat, while senior leader Ajoy Kumar will run in Jamshedpur East. The candidates were finalised by top Congress leadership, including President Mallikarjun Kharge and
The Congress party has announced its first list of candidates for the Jharkhand Assembly elections, featuring 21 names, including key figures like state Finance Minister Rameshwar Oraon, senior leader Ajoy Kumar, and Health Minister Banna Gupta. Oraon will be contesting from the Lohardaga (ST) seat, reserved for Scheduled Tribes, while Gupta will run from Jamshedpur
The Election Commission has appointed senior IPS officer Ajay Kumar Singh as the new Director General of Police (DGP) for Jharkhand, PTI reports, citing official sources said. This decision follows the removal of acting Director General of Police (DGP) Anurag Gupta due to his “history” of election-related misconduct in previous polls. Singh, a 1989-batch officer
Amid a stalemate in the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) over seat-sharing for the upcoming Maharashtra assembly polls, allies Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT) met with Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar faction) chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday. Deliberations aimed at finalising a seat-sharing deal are expected to conclude in the next day or two, according to
In a scathing attack on the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) government, BJP Jharkhand president and Dhanwar constituency candidate, Babulal Marandi, accused the JMM of widespread corruption and exploitation of the state’s resources over the last five years. “There will be a transformation in Jharkhand. The JMM government has done nothing but loot the state over
With assembly polls in Maharashtra just a month away, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has launched an extensive outreach programme aimed at shaping public opinion in favour of the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance in the state. The elections to the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly will take place on November 20 in a single phase. According to PTI
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ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company’s share price slumped 10% to an intra-day low of Rs 572 despite reporting a 43% year-on-year jump in its net profit. The life insurance company reported a net profit of Rs 325 crore compared to Rs 227 crore in the same quarter a year ago. However, despite a stellar performance
The brokerage firm Kotak Institutional Equities has reaffirmed its ‘Buy’ rating on Karur Vysya Bank (KVB), citing the lender’s strong fundamentals and consistent financial performance as the key reasons for the positive outlook. According to them, the bank’s return on equity (RoE) of 17% and strong earnings growth have prompted the brokerage to increase its
Denta Water, a company specialising in the water treatment sector, has opened its IPO with a total size of Rs 220.50 crore today , January 22. As of the first day of bidding, the IPO made waves in the grey market, garnering the attention of many investors and analysts. Let’s take a look at the
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