oppn parties Supreme Court says government has not given full details of Election Commissioner picks, expresses concern at procedure adopted

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  • Stocks bounce back on Wednesday as NDA firms up government formation - Sensex gains 2303 points to 74382 and Nifty rises 735 points to 22620
  • Indonesia Open badminton: P V Sindhu loses in first round
  • T20 World Cup: india make a winning start, beat minnows Ireland by 8 wickets on a tricky pitch as pacers restrict Ireland to 96 and then Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant ensure India romp home even though Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav ffail
  • RBI may keep rates unchanged in the June MPC meeting
  • Stock markets are expected to rally stringly in view of exit poll predictions of NDA win
  • T20 WC: South Africa face Sri Lanka today
  • T20 WC: WI beat Papua New Guinea by 5 wickets
  • PM Modi says anti-India forces are against him but he will not bend
  • Campaigning ends for the 6th and penultimate phase of polling for the 2024 general elections. Voting on Saturday, May 25
  • Arvind Kejriwal waits at home but Delhi cops did not turn up to question him and his family in the Swati Maliwal case
  • Delhi HC denies bail to Manish Sisodia, says non-recovery of cash not a proof that there was no corruption
  • H D Deve Gowda asks his grandson Prajwal Revanna, accused in rape and sexual molestation cases, to return to India or face his anger
  • Kolkata cops search for Bangladeshi MP Anwarul Azim Anar's chopped body parts in Bangar, near Kolkata. The MP was murdered in an apartment complex in New Town, Kolkata by opponents from bangladesh who hired a contract killer for the job
  • Clashes break out in Bengal's Nandigram as a BJP worker's mother is killed by miscreants
  • Google in talks with Foxconn to make Pixel phones and drones from plant near Chennai
Modi gets written support from Chandrababu Naidu and Nitish Kumar, elected NDA leader and will be sworn in as Prime Minister for the third time on Saturday, June 8