Over one crore voters will decide the electoral fate of the candidates in Delhi in the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha Elections for which polling is scheduled on 25th of this month. Addressing media about the preparedness of the Lok Sabha polls, Delhi Chief Electoral Officer P Krishnamurthy said that of the total voters
Election Commission has directed social media platform X to immediately take down an objectionable post made from the handle of Karnataka BJP. In a letter to the Nodal Officer of ‘X’, the Commission said, post by the Karnataka BJP is violative of extant legal framework. It said, an FIR has already been registered in the
The Prime Minister and senior BJP leader Narendra Modi has said that Garib kalyan, National security, Development and country’s self-respect is the agenda of NDA government. Addressing the public meeting in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, he took a dig on I.N.D.I. alliance and congress. He highlighted the steps taken by the NDA government in the last 10
The Israeli military has seized control of the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt today. Authorities said its tanks pushed into the southern Gazan town of Rafah after a night of air strikes on the Palestinian enclave. However, the cease-fire negotiations with Hamas remain precarious. The development came after hours of
Key Asian stocks ended mixed today. South Korea’s Kospi gained 2.11 percent, Japan’s Nikkei-225 jumped 1.54 percent and China’s Shanghai Composite rose 0.22 percent. On the other hand, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index slipped 0.54 per cent and Singapore’s Straits Times Index fell 0.10 percent. Major European markets were trading higher today. London’s FTSE
In the forex market, the rupee closed at 83 rupees and 51 paise against the US dollar today. The dollar index, which indicates the US dollar’s strength against a basket of six other leading currencies was up at 105.25 in intra-day trade.
All three benchmark US indices closed higher yesterday in the third straight session as investors continued to gain hope that there was a greater chance of the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates this year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.46 percent, the S&P 500 gained 1.03 percent and the Nasdaq Composite jumped 1.19
Oil prices remained stable today despite concerns over escalating conflict in the West Asia, particularly as Israel intensified its attacks in southern Gaza. The Brent Crude Oil futures was down by 0.35 percent to trade at 83 dollar and four cents, whereas Western Texas Intermediate was lower by 0.36 percent at 78 dollar and
Gold prices slipped today in the futures market. The precious metal for the June contracts was lower by 274 rupees or 0.38 percent, trading at 71,095 rupees per ten grams. Silver futures for July contracts were down by 260 rupees or 0.31 percent, trading at 82,695 rupees per kilogram, when the reports last came in.
Paring all its early gains, the 30-share BSE Sensex went lower by 384 points or 0.52 percent to settle at 73,512. The NSE Nifty declined 140 points or 0.62 percent to settle at 22,302.50. From the Sensex basket, Power Grid, IndusInd Bank, Tata Motors, JSW Steel and HCL Technologies were among the major laggards.