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BJP’s hyper animated TV face Sambit Patra will now contest from the beach city of Puri in Odisha. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released 36 names from Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Assam and Meghalaya at a little past 1 AM on Saturday.

After all the parties contesting in the 2019 elections have released their list of candidates, there are a few where the battle assumes more substantial importance. The sheer fact that the stakes are higher, the anticipation makes some battles more consequential than the others.

Sources say Congress leader Jitin Prasada was unhappy with the party ever since he has been asked to change his seat from Dhorohra to Lucknow

Hrithik Roshan, Akshay Kumar, Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit and more Bollywood celebs have sent out Holi wishes to their fans.

BJP so far has decided the names for only those constituencies that will go to vote in the preliminary phases. Though the final decision is left to Amit Shah, sources say that the others seem to have arrived at a broad consensus with respect to a few names.

In a matter of 5 months, India's currency has become the best performing currency across the world. The optimism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi continuing for a second term amid the recent tension between India and Pakistan has ensured that the carry-trade returns on the Indian rupee are at their highest.

The government on Tuesday called an emergency meeting with Jet Airways management to contain the crisis. The meeting took place after civil aviation minister Suresh Prabhu intervened and asked the secretary to take stock of the situation.
 

BJP leader Babul Supriyo is facing a police complaint for singing a song. Complainants, who are believed to have an affiliation to the Trinamool Congress (TMC), allege the lyrics of the song are defamatory.

Soon after making the payment, RCom announced the termination of a Rs 17,000 crore deal to sell telecom assets like spectrum, fibre and tower to Mukesh's Reliance Jio, citing delays in approvals from the government and lenders.

Following the death of Goa's chief minister Manohar Parrikar, it is increasingly clear that Goa BJP president Vinay Tendulkar could be the next chief minister. In a meeting between 9 of BJP's supporting MLAs and BJP minister Nitin Gadkari, the name of Goa BJP chief Vinay Dinu Tendulkar has been proposed.

Vishal and Arjun Reddy actress Anisha Alla Reddy made their relationship official early this year. The couple got engaged in a lavish ceremony amid close friends and family at a plush hotel in Hyderabad on March 16.
 

Within hours of TMC MP Arjun Singh joining BJP, a frivolous police complaint has been lodged against him by leaders of TMC Youth Wing and attacks have been made on his business associates. 

The CEC of the BJP will begin at 6pm on Saturday where the names of candidates for all the 91 constituencies that fall in the first phase will be discussed . This will be followed by consecutive meetings on March 18 and March 22.