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Talks for BJP-BJD alliance in Odisha is in advanced state. “There were discussions on the alliance among other issues,” said BJP MP Jual Oram, adding “the party’s central leadership will make the final call.” Obviously, there is greater possibility of pre-poll alliance between the two parties, and if it becomes a reality, BJP may hope for shielding its possible loss from Odisha in the Lok Sabha election 2024, especially those seats which it had won by a very thin margin in 2019. BJP wants to “prioritise the greater interests of the people of Odisha” as BJD’s Vice President Debi Prasad Mishra told reporters.

New Delhi: World Championships bronze medallist Nishant Dev opened his campaign at the 1st World Olympic Boxing Qualifier with a 3-1 win against British boxer Lewis Richardson in Busto Arsizio, Italy.

New Delhi: India, who will start its campaign at the Paris Olympics on July 27 against New Zealand, is placed in very tough pool B, as per the Olympic grouping and schedule released by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) on Wednesday.

The Indian election season is a vibrant spectacle. Rallies thrum with energy, multi-coloured flags flutter, and manifestos lay out grand visions for the future. Yet, beneath the celebratory veneer lies a troubling question: are these promises merely a game of rhetoric, with little chance of translation into reality? Maybe, it is time to institutionalise an ombudsman for election promises - a mechanism to hold parties accountable for the feasibility and follow-through on their pledges.

With the mission to protect and sustain the Jharkhandi pride and its identity, the constituents of INDIA bloc have finalised the seat sharing and the draft proposal has been forwarded to the national coordination committee for its approval.

The India TV-CNX survey, conducted between February 5 and 23, a period when BJP and PM Narendra Modi believed unprecedented gain after inauguration of Ram Temple in Ayodhya on January 22 and a prospect of INDIA alliance falling apart, revealed that their hope of winning 370 on their own, and 400+ for NDA was just a result of exaggerated self-importance. The survey found that BJP could win just 335 seats and NDA 378.

According to a NITI Aayog survey report, Gujarat is failing in reduction of poverty despite emerging as the fastest growing state in industrialization. The ranking of Gujarat in poverty alleviation is even lower than West Bengal - one of the poorest states in the country. Gujarat ranked 16withpopulation living below Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) in 2019-21. West Bengal was above Gujarat, ranking 15th. In Gujarat, population below MPI was 9.03 percent and in West Bengal, it was 8.60 percent.

The State Bank of India’s plea to the Supreme Court seeking extension of time till June 30 this year to disclose details of electoral bonds encashed by political parties instead of March 6 as ordered by the apex court is nothing but a sordid attempt by the Finance Ministry to save the ruling party from acute embarrassment before the Lok Sabha elections due in April/May this year.

Union government led by PM Narendra Modi has come out with “Key Employment Unemployment Indicators” for 2023 just on the eve of Lok Sabha election 2024, to present a rosy picture on “declining unemployment” since 2021 in India. Media headlines declared unemployment rate declined to the lowest to 3.1 per cent, a figure that one cannot reconcile with, since it gives a partial picture of the reality on the ground. The document also gives a figure of unemployment in the country in 2023 at 5 per cent, but could not make in the headlines of the media.

No family for Narendra Modi’ sounds innocuous enough. So why is the BJP making a hue and cry over Lalu Prasad Yadav pointing this out at the March 3 Patna INDI-Alliance Maharally? Lalu’s comment spawned 'Modi Ka Parivar', which the BJP says will be Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ticket to a third straight term.