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Banking industry doyen N Vaghul dies at 88
Veteran banker N Vaghul, who led the transformation of ICICI into a private sector lender, died on Saturday afternoon due to health complications. He was 88. Vaghul took over the reins of ICICI, then a public finance institution, in 1985 and turned it into a universal bank during his 11-year stint at the helm with the help of a young team as the economy liberalised. He fell down at his Chennai home a few days ago and had to be put on ventilator support at a private hospital, where he breathed ...
Banking industry doyen N Vaghul dies at 88 at "Anand"'Ambani, Adani, Tata will move to Dubai if India imposes inheritance tax'
Political economist and author Gautam Sen has said the idea to impose a wealth tax in India will lead to the country's super rich, the Ambanis and the Adanis, moving their bases out to countries like Dubai to avoid paying tax. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the interaction with business leaders Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani, Tata Group patriarch Ratan Tata, Chairman of the Mahindra Group Anand Mahindra, Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani in New Delhi. Photograph: ANI ...
'Ambani, Adani, Tata will move to Dubai if India imposes inheritance tax' at "Anand"Bahubali Wives Charge Up Bihar Contest
The RJD has fielded six women candidates, some of them are wives of bahubalis. IMAGE: Heena Sahab (in blue scarf), the late gangster Mohammad Shahabuddin's wife, is an Independent candidate from the Siwan parliamentary constituency. Photograph: Kind courtesy Heena Sahab/Facebook There have been few elections in Bihar that haven't seen bahubalis, as musclemen politicians are called, jostling for political dominance. However, this time, it's the wives of convicted or deceased bahubalis ...
Bahubali Wives Charge Up Bihar Contest at "Anand"BJP, Congress Pull Up Sleeves In Gujarat
After BJP candidate Mukesh Dalal's Surat win, Gujarat will see 25 Lok Sabha seats go to polls today with 266 candidates in the fray. IMAGE: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Narendra D Modi at an election meeting in Jamnagar. Photograph: ANI Photo The Bharatiya Janata Party, which won all 26 seats in the previous two Lok Sabha elections in 2014 and 2019, is aiming to repeat the success story in Gujarat this time as well. The Congress, which has seen an early setback in the Surat ...
BJP, Congress Pull Up Sleeves In Gujarat at "Anand"Cong spokesperson Radhika Khera quits citing 'injustice'
All India Congress Committee spokesperson Radhika Khera on Sunday resigned from the party claiming that criticism over her visit to Lord Ram temple in Ayodhya led to the denial of justice to her in the incident that happened at the Chhattisgarh Congress office. IMAGE: Radhika Khera. Photograph: Courtesy @Radhika_Khera/X Khera also claimed she didn't get justice even after repeatedly informing all the top leaders of the party. Stating that those who support religion have always faced ...
Cong spokesperson Radhika Khera quits citing 'injustice' at "Anand"Kasparov clarifies after post on Rahul Gandhi goes viral
'I very much hope my little joke does not pass for advocacy or expertise in Indian politics!' IMAGE: Garry Kasparov was the youngest-ever undisputed World champion at the age of 22 in 1985 and is a political activist now. Photograph: Stephane Mahe/Reuters Russian chess great Garry Kasparov has expressed hope that his "little joke" on Indian politics does not pass for "advocacy or expertise" after his cheeky social media post on Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's love for the game went viral. Within ...
Kasparov clarifies after post on Rahul Gandhi goes viral at "Anand"Cong manifesto talks about reservation to Muslims: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday attacked the Congress over party president Mallikarjun Kharge's recent remark on Lord Ram and Lord Shiva, and accused the opposition party of trying to divide Hindus for its appeasement politics. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses during a public meeting ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, in Anand on Thursday. Photograph: ANI Photo Addressing an election rally at Surendranagar in Gujarat to campaign for Bharatiya Janata Party's candidates for ...
Cong manifesto talks about reservation to Muslims: Modi at "Anand"Thackeray Jr. Holds A Roadshow
On Monday, April 29, 2024, Aditya Thackeray, the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) MLA, embarked on a roadshow for Rajan Vichare, the sitting MP and party candidate for the Thane Lok Sabha seat. IMAGE: Rajan Vichare polled 740,969 votes in the 2019 Lok Sabha election, defeating the Nationalist Congress Party's Anand Paranjpe by 412,145 votes.Anand Paranjpe's late father Prakash Paranjpe had won the Thane seat four times (1996, 1998, 1999, 2004).After his father's death, Anand won ...
Thackeray Jr. Holds A Roadshow at "Anand"Why BSP Wants To Go Solo In Lok Sabha 2024 Polls
The BSP has not entered into any alliances and has also been keen to shed the tag of being a 'B-team' of the BJP. IMAGE: Mayawati with her nephew Akash Anand at the Bahujan Samaj Party office in Lucknow. All photographs: ANI Photo The Bahujan Samaj Party has entered the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh facing the twin challenge of retaining its support base among Dalits and establishing Akash Anand, party chief Mayawati's nephew, as her political successor. In 2019, the BSP, in ...Political Movies Surge before Lok Sabha Polls
'Elections and audience interest in specific movies are often independent factors.' IMAGE: Randeep Hooda as Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in Swatantrya Veer Savarkar. Photograph: Kind courtesy JioStudios With the election season upon us, the spotlight has once again turned to politics, a perennial muse for the silver screen. In the realm of Indian cinema, a surge of political narratives has emerged. Telugu cinema, in particular, has witnessed a flurry of biographical depictions of Andhra ...
Political Movies Surge before Lok Sabha Polls at "Anand"AAP seeks forgery case against Cong's Surat candidate
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Gujarat on Wednesday urged poll authorities to register a case against Nilesh Kumbhani, whose nomination form as a Congress candidate for the Surat Lok Sabha constituency was rejected recently over alleged discrepancies in the signatures of proposers that ultimately led to the Bharatiya Janata Party winning the seat unopposed. IMAGE: Nilesh Kumbhani. Photograph: Courtesy @INCGujarat/X AAP leader and party's Surat Lok Sabha president Rajnikant Vaghani demanded that ...
AAP seeks forgery case against Cong's Surat candidate at "Anand"Ajit Pawar's wife gets clean chit in MSCB 'scam' case
Mumbai Police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW) gave a clean chit to Sunetra Pawar, wife of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who was named as the ruling National Democratic Alliance's surprise pick for Baramati Lok Sabha constituency, in the Rs 25,000 crore Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank (MSCB) 'scam' case. IMAGE: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar with his wife and NCP candidate from Baramati seat Sunetra Pawar and State Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis during a public ...
Ajit Pawar's wife gets clean chit in MSCB 'scam' case at "Anand"Numbers Don't Add Up For BJP In Tamil Nadu
Indications are that the DMK combine will win more seats than the AIADMK and BJP, but is facing a tough fight in about half a dozen from the rest, predicts N Sathiya Moorthy of the electoral contest in Tamil Nadu. IMAGE: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam President M K Stalin at an election meeting in Coimbatore, April 12, 2024. All photographs: ANI Photo The curtain has rung down on the campaign scene in Tamil Nadu and the state cast its lot in the first of seven-phase ...Maha CM's son vs ex-MNS leader? Sena-UBT declares list
The Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray on Wednesday declared four more candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, fielding Vaishali Darekar-Rane from the high-profile Kalyan constituency, currently represented by state Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's son Shrikant Shinde. IMAGE: Shiv Sena-UBT Chief Uddhav Thackeray at INDIA alliance rally in New Delhi on March 31, 2024. Photograph: Shrikant Singh/ANI Photo With this, the Uddhav Thackeray-led party has so far declared nominees for 21 ...
Maha CM's son vs ex-MNS leader? Sena-UBT declares list at "Anand"'We've not quit BJP; working for Modi's 400+ dream'
'Since the last ten days our own people were spreading canards and propaganada against me and my family.''I was upset by this behaviour and I decided that I should not contest this Lok Sabha election.' IMAGE: A Modi roadshow in Coimbatore, March 18, 2024. Photograph: ANI Photo Two probable Bharatiya Janata Party candidates -- two-term sitting MP Ranjanben Bhatt from Vadodara and debutant Bhikhaji Thakor from Sabarkantha -- have withdrawn their names voluntarily from contesting the Lok ...
'We've not quit BJP; working for Modi's 400+ dream' at "Anand"Neither panacea nor...: Anand Sharma differs with Cong over caste census
Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma has written to party president Mallikarjun Kharge saying a caste census cannot be a panacea nor a solution for unemployment and inequalities in society. IMAGE: Congress leader Anand Sharma. Photograph: ANI Photo Sharma's letter comes at a time the Congress has intensified its demand for a nationwide caste census and promised to carry out the exercise if elected to power in the Lok Sabha elections. In his letter to Kharge, Sharma said the Congress has never ...
Neither panacea nor...: Anand Sharma differs with Cong over caste census at "Anand"Rein in your leaders and follow coalition dharma, Ajit-led NCP warns Shinde
The Nationalist Congress Party on Wednesday claimed Chief Minister Eknath Shinde apparently lacks control over leaders of his party and demanded the coalition dharma be followed, an outburst coming in view of Shiv Sena leader Vijay Shivtare launching a diatribe against deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. IMAGE: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde with Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, during the release of a booklet at Mantralaya, Mumbai, July 4, 202. Photograph: ANI ...
Rein in your leaders and follow coalition dharma, Ajit-led NCP warns Shinde at "Anand"BJP resorts to cartoon campaign against Cong LS candidates in Chhattisgarh
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Chhattisgarh has come up with a set of cartoons on social media to target the Opposition Congress' Lok Sabha poll candidates, including former chief minister Bhupesh Baghel, over politics of appeasement and other issues. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the launch of Mahtari Vandan Yojana in Chhattisgarh via video conferencing, March 10, 2024. Photograph: ANI Photo While the BJP said it has only portrayed some incidents, which happened during ...
BJP resorts to cartoon campaign against Cong LS candidates in Chhattisgarh at "Anand"'Veer Savarkar is an anti-propaganda film'
'I owe it to Veer Savarkar, to his spirit, to his legacy and to his untold story so that I tell it well and it reaches people, and people absorb it and feel what he went through and all the sacrifices that he made, which have been brushed under the carpet.' Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com More than 50 years after his death, Vinayak Damodar 'Veer' Savarkar remains relevant today, and perhaps that's why Randeep Hooda has taken it up himself to make a film on the freedom fighter. Hooda ...
'Veer Savarkar is an anti-propaganda film' at "Anand"Amid Kamal Nath suspense, many Congressmen from Chhindwara join BJP
Amid suspense over the next political move of Congress veteran Kamal Nath, several local leaders of the party from his stronghold of Chhindwara district joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday. IMAGE: Speaker of the Madhya Pradesh assembly Narendra Singh Tomar with senior Congress leader Kamal Nath on the first day of the budget session of the state assembly, in Bhopal, February 7, 2024. Photograph: ANI Photo Welcoming them into the BJP fold, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav cryptically said ...
Amid Kamal Nath suspense, many Congressmen from Chhindwara join BJP at "Anand"
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