NEW DELHI: In a dramatic shift in the ranks of the world’s wealthiest individuals, Mukesh Ambani has surpassed Gautam Adani to reclaim the title of Asia’s richest person again. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Ambani is ranked 11th among the world’s wealthiest individuals.Adani, whose conglomerate suffered a loss of $25 billion in a single…
NEW DELHI: Those active in stock market understand how failure to meet expectations can be disastrous despite good results. We got a glimpse of that today also as Sensex tanked over 4,000 points on failed expectations and investors lost lakhs of crores. Well, that perhaps explains the political mood after the 2024 Lok Sabha election…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi following the NDA‘s third consecutive win in the Lok Sabha elections expressed his gratitude to the ‘janata janardan’ (public) for thier affection.“People have placed their faith in NDA, for a third consecutive time! This is a historical feat in India’s history,” PM Modi said in a post on X…
NEW DELHI: The 2024 Lok Sabha elections have been marked by several surprising upsets, with some prominent political figures facing unexpected defeats in their strongholds. Among the biggest upsets, Union minister Smriti Irani appears to be on the verge of losing the Amethi seat to Congress candidate Kishori Lal Sharma, despite her previous victory against…
NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha elections, which witnessed the highest voter turnout, will determine the electoral destiny of numerous prominent leaders from various political parties as the vote counting commences today.Senior BJP leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, are in the running.Prominent opposition figures such as…
NEW DELHI: On the eve of Lok Sabha elections counting day, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday wrote a letter to civil servants and officers urging them to discharge their duties “in the spirit of the Constitution, without any coercion, threat, pressure or intimidation either from the ruling party/coalition or from the opposition party/coalition”.Contending that…
NEW DELHI: In a few hours from now, the results of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 will be announced. If exit polls turn out to be true, the BJP-led NDA will easily cross the majority mark securing around 350-400 seats. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who led a high-charge election campaign, is likely to get a…
NEW DELHI: Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Monday reacted to recent social media memes that referred to election commissioners as ‘Laapataa Gentlemen’, Kumar and reassured the public, stating, “We were always here, never went missing.” He humorously added, “Now memes can say the ‘Laapataa Gentlemen’ are back,” indicating that the election commissioners have been…
NEW DELHI: In a bitter-sweet prediction for the Congress, an exit poll carried out by the VMR-Manorama News has suggested a massive erosion in Rahul Gandhi‘s vote share in the recently-concluded election in Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency.The exit poll has predicted a clean sweep by the United Democratic Front (UDF), which has an alliance with…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mega south push may help BJP make significant gains in the region, with the exit polls predicting saffron party may win its first Lok Sabha seat in Kerala. The pollsters also see considerable increase in BJP’s voteshare in most of these states. Here is what poll of exit polls…
