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Former Congress spokesperson Gourav Vallabh joins BJP ahead of Lok Sabha polls

Gourav Vallabh, the fiery Congress spokesperson who quit the grand old party on Thursday, has joined the BJP ahead of Lok Sabha elections. Vallabh, known for articulating the party’s positions on finance and economy-related matters during television discussions, tendered his resignation in a letter to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, calling the grand old party “directionless”….

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LS polls: EC transfers 2 IGs, 8 DMs, 12 SPs in five states; says it done as part of regular review

The Election Commission on Tuesday issued transfer orders for two inspectors general of police, eight district magistrates and 12 superintendents of police in five states as part of its “regular review” for the Lok Sabha elections. The decision was taken by the commission during a meeting chaired by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar along with…

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Lok Sabha elections 2024: Election Commission prohibits exit polls between April 19 to June 1

The Election Commission (EC) on Friday (March 29) issued a notification announcing a prohibition on conducting, or publicising exit polls connected to the upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2024 and the Assembly polls scheduled in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha, and Sikkim. The prohibition period is set to commence from 7 am on April 19, and…

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President confers Bharat Ratna on ex-PMs Narasimha Rao, Charan Singh, 2 others posthumously

President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday conferred Bharat Ratna, the country’s highest civilian honour, on former prime ministers P V Narasimha Rao and Chaudhary Charan Singh, agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan and two-time former Bihar chief minister Karpoori Thakur, posthumously at a ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The awards to Rao, Singh, Thakur and Swaminathan were…

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