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Top Todays Headlines Of The Day: April 19, 2024, to start your day.

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Here are the top 10 Todays Headlines News from April 18, 2024, to start your day, including everything from the start of the Lok Sabha elections to the BCCI’s action against Hardik Pandya.

Voting begins for 1st phase of Lok Sabha elections

On Friday morning, the 2024 Lok Sabha elections got underway. In the first round of the seven-phase general elections, voters in 102 seats distributed throughout 21 states and union territories cast ballots. Young people and first-time voters are being exhorted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make widespread use of their constitutional rights. Read More

The next chief of naval staff announced

The Indian government announced on Thursday night that Vice Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi will succeed Admiral R Hari Kumar, who is retiring after leading the Indian Navy for two years and five months, as the country’s next navy chief on April 30. Read More

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Salman Khan House Firing Probe Reveals New Link

The police have found that the Facebook account with the name of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi’s brother Anmol Bishnoi, who claimed responsibility for the incident, came up three hours before the shooting. The police have found that the IP (Internet Protocol) address of the post was traced to Portugal and it is suspected the message was uploaded using a VPN. Read More

Elections for the Sikkim and Arunachal Assembly are now underway.

On Friday, voting for the 92 assembly seats in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh got underway. Elections for the first phase of the Lok Sabha are being held parallel with the 60 Assembly seats in Arunachal and 32 seats in Sikkim. Read More

The US vetoed a UN resolution on Palestine that was largely supported.

On Thursday, the United States vetoed a resolution that was overwhelmingly supported by the UN and would have allowed the state of Palestine to become a full member. Twelve members of the fifteen-member Security Council voted in favor, two abstained, and the United States opposed. Read More

Bitcoin slides below $60,000 on reports Israel strikes Iran

Following concerns of an Israeli missile assault on Iran, investors fled riskier assets, sending cryptocurrencies plunging sharply down. On Friday, bitcoin plunged below $60,000. During the Asia session, Bitcoin fell over 5.5% to $59,961 as the US dollar strengthened significantly. Ether declined similarly, falling to $2,895 from below the $3,000 threshold. Read More

Ex-McKinsey employee quits ₹1.7 crore job

A former employee of McKinsey & organization, who joined the organization in 2021 and worked there for 1.5 years, talked about his reasons for quitting, even though he was receiving a staggering ₹1.7 crore in compensation annually. “My normal workday spanned from 7.30 am to 8 am until 11.30 pm. And I didn’t take a break from my work, neglected to eat, and drastically reduced my weight,” he stated. Read More

BCCI takes action against Hardik Pandya

After the Mumbai Indians were Todays Headlines found guilty of violating the IPL Code of Conduct, Captain Hardik Pandya had to pay the consequences. at an IPL 2024 match at Mullanpur on Thursday, the MI skipper was fined ₹12 lakh for his team’s sluggish over rate against Punjab Kings. Read More

Vineeta Singh on biological clock vs career clock

Sugar CEO and Shark Tank India judge Vineeta Singh took to Instagram to share a post on the biological clock vs career clock debate. In her share, she explained her opinion and wrote, “There is no career clock”. Read more.

Civil War review is out

Alex Garland, the writer-director behind sci-fi/fantasy allegories like Men (2022), Annihilation (2018), and Ex Machina (2014), turns to the real world Todays Headlines with his latest movie – Civil War. The film follows a ragtag group of journalists led by Kirsten Dunst’s Lee Smith on their way from New York to Washington in the hopes of interviewing the President. Their journey takes them through conflict zones and refugee camps, showing us the cost of this war in very real terms. Read More

Assembly Election 2024: Sikkim records 21.2% voter turnout, while Arunachal Pradesh records 19.4%. Watch live

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Assembly Election 2024 live: The first phase of the Lok Sabha elections is being held concurrently with voting in Arunachal and Sikkim.

Assembly Election 2024 live: Today marked the start of voting for the 92 assembly seats up for grabs in the state elections in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh. The Election Commission of India states that polling started at 7 a.m. and would end at 6 p.m. On June 2, the results will be made public. Here is coverage of the entire 2024 Lok Sabha election.
Elections for the first phase of the Lok Sabha are being held concurrently with the 60 Assembly seats in Arunachal and 32 seats in Sikkim. Sikkim will cast a ballot for its single parliamentary seat, while Arunachal will vote for two Lok Sabha seats. Watch LIVE voting for the Lok Sabha Election 2024 here.

8,92,694 voters in Arunachal Pradesh, where border area development and infrastructure are considered to be important poll issues, will determine the fate of 133 candidates vying for 50 assembly seats and 14 for the two Lok Sabha seats.

In the Arunachal West Lok Sabha seat, former Congress chief minister Nabam Tuki will face off against Union minister Kiren Rijiju.

In Sikkim, chief minister and SKM supremo Prem Singh Tamang, former CM and SDF chief Pawan Kumar Chamling are among the 146 candidates in the fray for the assembly seats. An estimated 4.64 lakh electorate, comprising 2,32,381 male voters and 2,31,545 females will be eligible to exercise their franchise in the state.

More on the Assembly elections:

  • Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Thursday issued an appeal to voters to exercise their democratic rights.
  • Reminding the significance of each vote, Kumar said that there have been instances when one vote has mattered in a critical contest.
  • “In the last two years, the Election Commission and its employees have worked hard to ensure a peaceful and simple voting experience. I would like to appeal to all to cast their vote,” he said in a video message.
  • Besides Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim, assembly elections will also held in Odisha (in the fourth phase). Check the full election schedule here.
  •  The polling on Friday will kick off the world’s largest democratic exercise that will span the next six weeks and see nearly a billion citizens exercise their franchise.
  • In terms of span, this will be the longest general election since India’s maiden Lok Sabha polls which lasted four months – from October 1951 to February 1952.

Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim Assembly Elections Latest News

  • Voting for the 60 Assembly seats in Arunachal and 32 seats in Sikkim has commenced.
  • Voter turnout was recorded at 4.95% in Arunachal Pradesh and 6.63% in Sikkim till 9:00 am.
  • Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu urged all “eligible voters to exercise their franchise in large numbers”.
  • “As Arunachal Pradesh votes today to elect representatives for the eighth State Legislative Assembly and 18th Lok Sabha, I appeal to all eligible voters to exercise their franchise in large numbers. Let us overwhelmingly participate in this vibrant festival to enrich democracy. I also call upon the youth and first-time voters to take part in the elections,” the Arunachal CM wrote in an X post.
  • The BJP won 41 seats in Arunachal Pradesh in the 2019 Assembly polls, and subsequently, seven MLAs of other parties, including the Janata Dal-United, joined the BJP.
  • In the 60-member Assembly in Arunachal Pradesh, 59 seats are reserved for the Scheduled Tribes (ST).
  • The results of Assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim will be announced on June 2.
  • In Sikkim, chief minister and SKM supremo Prem Singh Tamang, former CM and SDF chief Pawan Kumar Chamling are among the 146 candidates in the fray for the 32-member Assembly.
  • The BJP has an informal alliance with the ruling SKM in Sikkim, whose government it supports from the outside.
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday took to microblogging site X and urged voters of 102 constituencies across 21 states which are set to go to polls today, to “exercise their franchise in record numbers”.
  • “The 2024 Lok Sabha elections commence today! As 102 seats across 21 States and UTs go to the polls, I urge all those voting in these seats to exercise their franchise in record numbers. I particularly call upon the young and first-time voters to vote in large numbers. After all, every vote counts and every voice matters!” the prime minister said.

Visit our website to follow live coverage of the 2024 Lok Sabha Election, as well as the elections in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, and Sikkim’s Phase 1 Polling. Get real-time analysis, polling trends, and the most recent developments. Keep up to date with all the real-time updates related to the Lok Sabha Election 2024.

Lok Sabha elections: PM Modi announces that voting is now taking place in historic numbers.

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Lok Sabha elections: 16.63 crore of Indwia’s 97 crore registered voters are eligible to cast ballots in today’s session of the 543-seat Lok Sabha.

The Lok Sabha elections of 2024 saw the start of voting on Friday morning. In the first round of the seven-phase general elections, voters in 102 seats distributed throughout 21 states and union territories cast ballots. Young people and first-time voters are being exhorted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make widespread use of their constitutional right to vote.

The Lok Sabha elections of 2024 saw the start of voting on Friday morning. In the first round of the seven-phase general elections, voters in 102 seats distributed throughout 21 states and union territories cast ballots. Young people and first-time voters are being exhorted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make widespread use of their constitutional right to vote.

16.63 crore of the 97 crore registered voters in India are eligible to cast ballots in today’s election for the Lower House of Parliament, which consists of 543 members.

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3.51 crore young voters, aged 20 to 29, and 35.67 lakh first-time voters are also eligible to cast ballots in the first round of the Lok Sabha elections.

Following the first round of voting, the Lok Sabha elections will be concluded in Tamil Nadu (39 seats), Uttarakhand (5), Arunachal Pradesh (2), Meghalaya (2), Andaman and Nicobar Islands (1), Mizoram (1), Nagaland (1), Puducherry (1), Sikkim (1), and Lakshadweep (1).

In Rajasthan, elections were held in 12 seats. The following states will also hold elections today: eight seats in Uttar Pradesh, six in Madhya Pradesh, five in Assam and Maharashtra, four in Bihar, three in West Bengal, two in Manipur, and one in each of Tripura, Jammu and Kashmir, and Chhattisgarh.

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In addition to Gadkari and Sonowal, seven other Union ministers are running in the first round of the polls: Bhupendra Yadav, Kiren Rijiju, Sanjeev Baliyan, Jitendra Singh, Arjun Ram Meghwal, L Murugan, and Nisith Pramanik.

Getting a great result in Tamil Nadu is essential to the BJP’s strategy of gaining 370 seats and leading the NDA to more than 400 seats.

In Tamil Nadu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has led a vigorous campaign where his primary platform has been the advancement and respect of Tamil language and culture. The Katchatheevu dispute also led to attacks between the BJP and the DMK.

The BJP had drawn a blank in Tamil Nadu in the 2019 general elections. The DMK had won 38 seats.

In 2019, the BJP had pulled off its best-ever performance by winning 303 seats.

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Can’t find your voter ID card at last moment? Check 11 alternative documents to cast a vote.

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Lok Sabha elections 2024: On April 19, general elections will begin with the first round of voting. Voters are permitted to cast their ballots with an alternate ID card, per the announcement from the Election Commission.

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Approximately 102 constituencies, dispersed across more than 20 states and Union Territories, will host the first round of general elections on April 19. To cast a ballot in their constituency, voters must bring their voter ID cards. Eleven alternate forms of identification that can be used to cast a ballot have been made available by the Election Commission for individuals who are unable to locate their voter ID cards in time.

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Lok Sabha Elections 2024: 11 Voter ID cards that are backups

  • Voters without their Voter ID card can use their Aadhaar Card at the poll booth during the Lok Sabha 2024 elections.
  • Passbooks are accepted as an alternative document, provided they contain a photograph issued by the Bank/Post Office.
  • MNREGA Job Card is a valid identity document for voting.
  • Health insurance smart card under the Ministry of Labour scheme is accepted.
  • The driving license serves as proof of identity for casting votes at polling booths.
  • Indian passport holders can present their passports for voting.
  • PAN card is an acceptable alternative to Voter ID cards for voting.
  • Smart Card issued by RGI under NPR is valid for voting.
  • Service Identity Cards with Photograph issued by Central /State Govt./PSUs/Public Limited Companies are accepted.
  • Official Identity Cards issued to MPs/MLAs/MLCs can be used for voting.
  • A unique Disability ID (UDID) Card from M/o Social Justice and Empowerment is a valid identity document.

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Lok Sabha elections 2024 voting

According to the Election Commission of India, a voter can cast his or her vote only if his/her name appears on the official voter list. Once it is confirmed that a person’s name is mentioned on the voter’s list, then the person can easily cast a vote either by using a voter ID card or any other form of authorised identification.

It is always advisable to check your name on the official voter list before visiting the polling booth for the voting process.

Removed Art. 370, BJP will now win 370 seats

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The ambitious goal set by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is to win 370 seats in the Lok Sabha by 2024, which is 67 seats more than they did in 2019. This will enable it to surpass the 400 mark, another ambitious goal for its National Democratic Alliance (NDA). The BJP has won 282 and 303 of the 543 seats in the Lok Sabha in 2014 and 2019, respectively.

The objective of 370 has been associated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the repeal of Article 370 in the former state of J&K. Not long after seizing power again in August 2019, the Modi administration removed Article 370 of the Constitution, which granted the former state special status.

“370 is not just a number for the BJP,” Modi declared in February, speaking to a gathering of the party’s national office-bearers. It represents a deep emotion. In order to maintain the unity and integrity of our country, Mookerjee offered the ultimate sacrifice for the repeal of Article 370. The BJP ought to win 370 seats as a fitting homage to him.”

Though the NDA is expected to win the polls handily, the figure highlights the BJP’s growing aspirations as well as a cunning goal-setting tactic when the cadre gets complacent. But the party may find it difficult to win 67 more seats.

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The BJP faces a difficult task in trying to win 370 seats, even though most pundits concur that the party is quite likely to return to power. In states where it won all the seats in 2019, it would not only have to make sure that it replicates that success, but also maintain its advantage in states where it won more than half the seats, maximize its gains in areas where it performed below expectations, and secure seats in places where it came up empty.

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The BJP won all or nearly all of the following states: Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Jharkhand, and Chhattisgarh. It can encounter difficulties in Haryana and Rajasthan. It won every award in Rajasthan.

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Case against BJP leader after chaos at Bengal police station.

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Agnimitra Paul, a West Bengal BJP leader, and other party employees are the targets of a formal complaint (FIR) for causing disturbance at a police station when they attempted to submit a complaint against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

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According to police sources, BJP leader Agnimitra Paul and 14 other employees are the targets of a First Information Report (FIR) for causing mayhem at a police station in the West Midnapore district of West Bengal. Paul had gone to the police station to register a complaint against Mamata Banerjee, the chief minister.

Paul and the BJP representatives went to the district’s Kotwali police station to complain to Banerjee, claiming that she had made an offensive comment about Ram Navami at a gathering in north Bengal, according to police sources.

But after the police declined to file a formal complaint against Banerjee, Paul and the BJP employees began to demonstrate in front of the police station.

During the demonstration, Paul secured the police station’s gate.

Banerjee said earlier on Wednesday that there were schemes afoot to instigate unrest in the state on Ram Navami.

A few hours later, stones were thrown from rooftops in Murshidabad’s Shaktipur neighborhood at the Ram Navami procession, injuring about twenty people.

In a letter to West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose, BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari requested that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) look into the altercations that occurred during a Ram Navami parade in Murshidabad.

Ram Navami: Bengal police on ‘high alert’ ahead of Hindu Jagran Manch’s 5,000 religious processions

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Ram Navami celebrations in Bengal have become a political battleground in recent years with rallies escalating into major political face-offs and communal riots.

Ahead of the state’s Ram Navami celebrations, has reported that a number of police stations in West Bengal are on high alert in an effort to prevent any communal unrest. In all of the state’s districts, the Hindu Jagran Manch is said to organize over 5,000 religious processions at the ward or panchayat level. The group, which is connected to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), has also organized large-scale processions in Burrabazar, Kolkata, and Barasat, Siliguri.

The publication said that the district administrations of Hooghly, Howrah, Uttar and Dakshin Dinajpur, Asansol, and Barrackpore—which have previously seen intercommunal strife during the Ram Navami celebration—are also on guard.

According to the authorities, anyone caught disobeying the legislation would face harsh consequences.

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“Wagons will not be displayed in public during processions on this festive occasion,” an unnamed police official  “Permission has been granted to a few akharas and traditional groupings. Their processions will also be captured on camera.

In recent years, Ram Navami celebrations have evolved into a political battleground, with protests turning into large-scale political confrontations and even intercommunal riots.

On March 30 of last year, clashes broke out in Howrah and eventually extended to North Dinajpur and Hooghly, two more districts. There were ten injuries.

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“We have not forgotten”: The Supreme Court’s remarks regarding the “paper ballot”.

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The Supreme Court has been contacted by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and other parties in an attempt to cross-verify the votes cast via VVPAT.

During its Tuesday hearing on a number of petitions seeking cross-verification of votes cast using Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT), the Supreme Court raised concerns about returning to paper ballots for general election voting.

Senior advocate Prashant Bhushan made three recommendations to increase voting transparency during his appearance on behalf of the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), one of which was to go back to paper ballots. Bhushan offered two further options: either make the VVPAT glass transparent or give voters the slip that the VVPAT generates to place in the voting box.

A paper slip has been produced by a VVPAT equipment and is shown to the voter on a screen for approximately seven seconds before being placed inside a sealed drop box.

Bhushan stated, “We can go back to paper ballots.” Giving the voters in question a VVPAT slip is an additional choice. If not, the slips fall into the machine, from where they can be taken by the voter and placed in the voting box. Subsequently, the original design of the VVPAT was altered. Originally intended to be transparent glass, it is now made of black opaque mirror glass that is only visible during brief periods of light.

In answer, Judge Sanjiv Khanna said, “We are in our 60s.” You may have forgotten, but we all know what occurred when there were ballot papers.

One of the petitioners, the ADR, has asked the supreme court to order the Election Commission and the Union government to make sure that voters can use VVPATs to confirm that their vote has been “counted as recorded”.

The plea states that while the VVPAT slip is visible for roughly seven seconds after pressing the button on the EVM through a transparent window, the need that voters confirm that their votes have been “recorded as cast” is partially satisfied.

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CM Pinarayi Vijayan challenges PM Modi’s depiction of Kerala and requests that he consider U.P.’s development.

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Rahul Gandhi, a senior Congressman, attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 16 by claiming that he was aiding a small number of wealthy nationals. In addition, he criticised PM Modi on the electoral bond problem, calling it a type of extortion in which the intimidation techniques are “much more sophisticated” and involve the use of central agencies to target businesspeople.

“The threats are significantly more complex at the level of electoral bonds. The current Congress MP from Wayanad LS constituency claimed that the ED, CBI, and Income Tax personnel would arrive, question, and then ask, “Why don’t you give this (their business) to Adani?”

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Patanjali case: Supreme Court hearing on April 23; Ramdev and Balkrishna Acharya prepared for “public apology”

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Patanjali misleading advertisements case: The Supreme Court lists the matter on April 23 for further hearing.

Yoga master Ramdev and Patanjali Ayurved Ltd MD Balkrishna Acharya were given a week by the Supreme Court on Tuesday to take action to clear their names of any supposed disrespect after their attorneys pledged to apologise in public for their deceptive advertisement case.

The court has adjourned the matter next for April 23.

Senior counsel Mukul Rohatgi, speaking on behalf of Ramdev and Balkrishna, told a bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Ahsanuddin Amanullah, “I am willing to give a public apology,” according to news agency PTI.

Ramdev and Balkrishna, who were both present in court, were invited by the Supreme Court to come forward and speak with the bench.

The bench stated, “They ought to feel a connection with the court.”

The bench is currently speaking with Ramdev during the matter’s hearing.

Before the supreme court, Ramdev and Balkrishna submitted a “unconditional and unqualified apology” about advertising the company released that made exaggerated claims about the therapeutic value of their goods.

Ramdev and Balkrishna have submitted two distinct affidavits to the court, in which they unconditionally apologize for the “breach of the statement” noted in the apex court’s November 21st, 2018 judgment.

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In the order dated November 21, 2023, the Supreme Court mentioned that the legal representative of Patanjali Ayurved had given it the assurance that “from now on, there won’t be any infractions of any laws, particularly concerning the branding or advertising of its manufactured and marketed products and, additionally, that no trite remarks asserting therapeutic effectiveness or disparaging any medical system will be disclosed to the media in any manner.”

Patanjali Ayurved Ltd. was declared “bound down to such assurance” by the supreme court.

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