With eye on upcoming polls, BJP to hold 2-day meeting from Monday

When Gujarat votes in the last phase of the assembly polls on Monday, senior organisational leaders of the BJP from across the country will begin a two-day meeting in the national capital to review the party’s preparedness for the coming electoral challenges, including the all-important Lok Sabha elections in 2024.

Aftab’s post-narco session done

The post-narco analysis session of Aaftab Amin Poonawala, the accused in the Shraddha Walkar murder case, was completed within two-hours on Friday, officials said.

Will get majority in Gujarat elections: Mallikarjun Kharge

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday claimed that the party would get a majority in the Gujarat Assembly elections, a day after the conclusion of the first phase of polls. “We will get a majority in Gujarat elections,” he said while speaking to reporters.

Gujarat Polls: 60% females & 65% males voted in 1st phase

In the first phase, 63.31 per cent of the voters cast their votes in 89 assembly seats in Saurashtra and Kutch and South Gujarat. Out of the total 2,39,76,670 voters, the polled votes are 1,51,78,862, which includes 81,66,905 males and 70,11,795 females — 65.69 percent males and 60.75 percent females voted.

A game changer?

The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI)’s first pilot for the retail digital rupee kicked office.