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Lok Sabha Polls 2024 Highlights: The State Bank of India earlier today submitted complete details of electoral bonds including the ‘Unique alpha-numeric’ details of bonds to ECI.
March 21, 2024 / 08:44 pm IST
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: This move comes after SBI earlier today submitted complete details of electoral bonds including the ‘Unique alpha-numeric’ details of bonds to ECI.
The Election Commission has instructed the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to stop sending 'Viksit Bharat' messages on WhatsApp. The ministry had stated that although the letters were sent out before the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) period, there is a possibility that some letters may have been delayed due to system architecture and network limitations. However, the Election Commission has received complaints that such messages are still being delivered to citizens' phones.
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A view of Election Commission of India office, in New Delhi. (Image- PTI)
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March 21, 2024 / 08:44 PM IST
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March 21, 2024 / 08:23 PM IST
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BJP releases 2nd list of candidates for the upcoming Arunachal Pradesh Legislative elections.
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March 21, 2024 / 06:54 PM IST
Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE:Annamalai from Coimbatore, Tamilisai from Chennai South: BJP releases 3rd list of candidates
--The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on March 21 released its third list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. According to the list, K Annamalai will contest from Coimbatore, Tamilisai Soundararajan from Chennai South and L Murugan from Nilgiris.
--Vinoj Selvam will contest from Chennai Central, AC Shanmugam from Vellore, C Narasimhan (Krishnagiri), TR Paarivendhar (Perambalur), Nainar Nagendran (Thoothukkudi), Pon. Radhakrishnan (Kanniyakumari).
--Former Telangana Governor, Soundararjan rejoined the BJP in the presence of Tamil Nadu BJP President K Annamalai on March 20.
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March 21, 2024 / 03:46 PM IST
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live Updates: SBI submits details of electoral bonds to ECI
- State Bank of India (SBI) Chairman files compliance affidavit in Supreme Court saying that all details of Electoral Bonds, including the alphanumeric numbers, have been disclosed to the Election Commission.
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March 21, 2024 / 03:35 PM IST
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live Updates: SBI submits complete details of electoral bonds to ECI
- SBI has submitted complete details of electoral bonds including the ‘Unique alpha-numeric’ details of bonds to ECI.
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March 21, 2024 / 03:31 PM IST
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live Updates: Sachin Pilot's talks about the Centre and the INDIA alliance
- Congress leader Sachin Pilot said, "The policies of this government made the rich richer and the middle class who were poor have been left to fend for themselves. Now, just before the elections, the government is reducing some money on gas cylinders and petrol and diesel. After robbing the pockets of the poor for 9 years, if you do this kind of thing at the time of taking votes, then the public will understand."
- "I believe that the INDIA alliance is fighting this election very strongly. You know, we all were there in Mumbai a few days ago. All the leaders of INDIA were present there, so the opposition is fighting the elections strongly, but if Congress is targeted like this, then democracy is getting weakened somewhere," he added.
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March 21, 2024 / 03:10 PM IST
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live Updates: Over seven decades since first Lok Sabha polls, national parties count fell from 14 to 6
- Fifty three political parties had contested the first Lok Sabha polls in 1951. The number of political parties today stands at over 2,500. However, the national party count has gone down to six from 14 in over seven decades.
- Contesting the general elections in May to elect the 18th Lok Sabha will be six national parties. The journey of political parties all these years has been an interesting ride from mergers to emergence of new players while some of them have ceased to exist.
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March 21, 2024 / 02:36 PM IST
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE Updates: EC tells IT Ministry to stop sending 'Viksit Bharat' Messages with Modi's letter
The Election Commission has instructed the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to stop sending 'Viksit Bharat' messages on WhatsApp. The ministry had stated that although the letters were sent out before the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) period, there is a possibility that some letters may have been delayed due to system architecture and network limitations. However, the Election Commission has received complaints that such messages are still being delivered to citizens' phones.
Since the MCC period is now in effect, the Election Commission has directed the ministry to ensure that no further delivery of WhatsApp messages takes place during this period. The Election Commission has requested a compliance report in this regard to be sent immediately.
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March 21, 2024 / 02:23 PM IST
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE Updates: Lok Sabha elections 2024 likely to spur housing demand in India, says report
With most real estate regulatory reforms in place and strong International Monetary Fund (IMF) GDP growth predictions for India, the Lok Sabha elections 2024 could spur housing demand in the country, according to a report by ANAROCK India.
The report said that housing sales grew significantly in both the election years of 2014 and 2019.
In 2014, sales in the top seven cities scaled up to about 3.45 lakh units while new launches were the highest ever at nearly 5.45 lakh units. Likewise, in 2019, housing sales scaled up to about 2.61 lakh units while new launches increased to about 2.37 lakh units after a dip in the residential real estate market between 2016 and 2019. Read the whole story here
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March 21, 2024 / 02:00 PM IST
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE Updates: EC to disclose details of electoral bonds today
The Supreme Court (SC) has directed the State Bank of India (SBI), the country's largest lender, to divulge comprehensive information regarding the electoral bonds, including the unique bond numbers, before 5 pm on March 21.
A Constitution bench, led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, has ruled that the SBI will disclose all details and ordered the Election Commission of India (ECI) to immediately upload the details received from the state-run lender on its website.
Here is the timeline and likely impact of today's court proceedings
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March 21, 2024 / 01:57 PM IST
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE Updates: Supreme Court stays the notification of Fact Check Unit by the Union Government
Supreme Court stays the operation of March 20 notification of the Fact Check Unit (FCU) by the Centre government under the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules 2023 (IT Amendment Rules 2023).
Supreme Court stays the notification till the Bombay High Court decides the challenges to the Information Technology Rules Amendment 2023.
FCU was set up to monitor content on social media concerning its business under the recently amended IT Rules.
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March 21, 2024 / 01:45 PM IST
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE Updates: Lal Singh, who drew controversy in Kathua rape-murder case, returns to Cong
Lal Singh, who attracted controversy in the Kathua rape and murder case and a two-time MP, is back in the Congress camp days before the Lok Sabha polls to take on Jitendra Singh, MoS PMO, at the Udhampur seat.
The 65-year-old politician has returned to the party after a 10-year divorce. Lal Singh moved to the saffron squad after the Congress denied him the ticket to contest the 2014 general elections despite representing Udhampur since 2004. Read here
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March 21, 2024 / 01:43 PM IST
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE Updates: Sonia, Rahul, Kharge's all-out attack on Centre - Top points
Just weeks before the biggest democratic exercise is set to take place in the country with Lok Sabha polls 2024, the Congress party has levelled serious allegations against Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, while addressing a press conference on March 21, said that a systematic effort is underway by the Prime Minister to cripple the Congress party financially.
Her statement came as the party says all its bank accounts have been frozen by the Income Tax (IT) department over a discrepancy in filing its 2018-19 tax returns.
Here are the accusations made by the Congress against the central government and PM Modi.
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