As per the directions of the Election Commission, the authorities have seized cash to the tune of Rs 12.17 crore and drugs, gold and silver ornaments valued at Rs 52.65 crore in a bid to ensure a free, fair and safe Assembly polls in Assam.

Election officials on Tuesday night said that the Assam Police, state excise department, income tax department, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, the Narcotics Control Bureau, flying squads, static surveillance teams and other regulatory agencies have been working round-the-clock to detect any suspicious movement of cash, liquor, valuables.

Aditya Birla Capital on Wednesday said its board has given in-principle approval to explore an initial public offering (IPO) of its arm Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC.

Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Ltd, the investment manager of Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund, is a joint venture between the Aditya Birla Group and the Sun Life Financial Inc. of Canada.

Shares of Indigo Paints hit their lowest level since listing at Rs 2,377.70, down 2.7 per cent on the BSE in intra-day trade on Wednesday. The stock was trading lower for the fourth straight day, having fallen 5.5 per cent during the period. With four days of decline, the stock of Indigo Paints has corrected 29 per cent from its high of Rs 3,348 touched on February 3, 2021.

Shares of Vedanta hit a fresh 52-week high of Rs 230, up 2 per cent on the BSE, in the intra-day trade on Wednesday after the promoter, Vedanta Resources Plc, raised the open offer price for buying shares in flagship Indian firm to Rs 235 per share from Rs 160 per share earlier. At 10:38 am, the stock was trading flat at Rs 226.15, as compared to a 0.12 per cent decline in the S&P BSE Sensex.

Two-time BJP MP Ram Swaroop Sharma, 62, from Mandi in Himachal Pradesh was found dead on Wednesday at his official residence in Delhi under mysterious circumstances, police said.

In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, low profile, soft-spoken Sharma defeated Congress candidate Ashray Sharma, 32, the grandson of former Telecommunications Minister Sukh Ram in his electoral debut.

Hyderabad-headquartered Gland Pharma on Tuesday said it had inked a pact with Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) to supply 252 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V.

This is part of the Russian sovereign wealth fund’s efforts to increase manufacturing capacities in India to make for the country and to augment global supplies.

The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday wrote to West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee over her suggestion to meet political parties. Reminding her of the multiple meetings that the commission has with the representatives of All India Trinamool Congress (AITMC), the EC said that her repeated innuendos were only intended to belittle the commission.

Delhi is the most polluted capital city in the world, according to a report released on Tuesday.

As per the 'World Air Quality Report, 2020', prepared by Swiss organisation IQAir, Bangladesh, China, India, and Pakistan have 49 of the 50 of the most polluted cities worldwide.

An intruder from Pakistan was shot dead by the Border Security Force on the international border in the Ramgarh area of Jammu`s Samba district.

According to top sources in BSF quoted by news agency ANI, the incident took place on Tuesday at about 3:55 pm and the intruder was found moving aggressively towards wild growth (sarkanda) while approaching the border fence from the direction of Pakistan`s village Lehri Kalan.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a virtual meeting with all chief ministers today. This meeting is crucial as it will be held amid rising COVID-19 cases across the country. The virtual interaction will reportedly take place at 12.30 pm today.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called a meeting of all chief ministers to discuss the sudden rise in coronavirus cases in several states. PM Modi's last interaction with chief ministers was in January before the vaccination roll-out.

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