General Election

Clashes erupt outside Bangladesh chief adviser Muhammad Yunus’s residence ahead of elections

With six days until Bangladesh’s general election, government employees clashed with police outside Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus’s residence, demanding implementation of the Ninth National Pay Scale amid rising political tensions.

Market to stabilise in couple of days, sector rotation to come into play, says Rohit Srivastava

After their bull run in the past year, PSU stocks may see a near-term cool down as they come off extremely overbought zones. In such times, other sectors like banking, information technology and others may take the lead to lift the market, said Rohit Srivastava of Indiacharts.com.

In seats with significant Lingayat votes, Congress takes the lead with 5 wins, BJP takes 4

In the assembly polls last year, Congress won several of the Lingayat seats in the north Karnataka region

BJP wins big in all 3 Coastal Karnataka seats despite setbacks in north

Congress had made some inroads in the region during the assembly polls, but the trend of voting for BJP in the general elections continued in the state even though its overall seat tally came down

South African general election results start coming in, trends show ANC losing ground

Analysts emphasised that it was still too early to confirm whether this would be a trend to support widespread predictions that the African National Congress (ANC) would lose the majority it has held since Nelson Mandela became the country's first democratically president 30 years ago after the end of the apartheid regime.

Diamond West Bengal Harbour Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Voting date, results, candidates, main parties and schedule

In this Diamond West Bengal Harbour Lok Sabha Elections 2024, Diamond Harbour comprises seven Assembly seats, namely Falta, Satgachhia, Bishnupur, Maheshtala, Budge Budge, Metiabruz, and Diamond Harbour itself.

Chris Wood predicts market correction on 'surprisingly bad outcome' for BJP, probable capital gains tax changes

A repeat of the shock BJP defeat in 2004 remains unlikely in the extreme, said Chris Wood. At that time, the Sensex corrected by 17 percent in the two days after the election results. In GREED & fear’s view there would be an even worse outcome in the event of a repeat of such a shock result.

Companies launch voter initiatives for Lok Sabha Election 2024

Among the strategies being implemented are voter registration drives, where employees are provided with information and assistance to get on the electoral roll

'Outright' win for Modi’s BJP highly likely, will trigger positive reaction in stocks: Nomura

An outright election win for Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP has a ‘high likelihood’, and will trigger a positive reaction in Indian equities, said Nomura in a note.

Colleges directed to organise programmes to increase voting turnout among youths 

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan directed all higher education institutions to conduct comprehensive voter awareness activities at their campuses to increasing youths' participation in electoral processes

PM Modi to inaugurate 4 thermal power plants in Odisha on Feb 3

Moneycontrol was the first to break the news on January 29 about PM Modi's plan to launch projects worth nearly Rs 69,000 crore in Odisha in February, of which at least Rs 58,000 crore will be for coal and power projects alone.

Delhi EC issues clarification on 2024 Lok Sabha poll date

April 16 was mentioned as the tentative date in an internal circular issued by Delhi poll panel office

Bangladesh to hold general elections on Sunday; PM Hasina poised to win 4th consecutive term

Bangladesh prepares for polls on Sunday, with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina poised for a fourth consecutive term. The main Opposition BNP initiates a 48-hour nationwide strike in protest against the "illegal government," marked by sporadic violence.