BJP state vice-president & Guruvayur candidate B Gopalakrishnan was booked for his alleged communal remark during campaign. But, constituency has a different picture altogether.
The BJP manifesto promises a special commission to audit 30 years of temple administration and inspect temple assets. It also promises a time-bound CBI inquiry into the Sabarimala gold theft.
CM Mamata Banerjee’s welfare machine for women rewrote politics in West Bengal. But safety fears and corruption allegations have become topics of contention.
Party manifesto vows to protect ‘civilisation, culture & rights’ of the people, to free encroached land from ‘Bangladeshi Miyas’—a pejorative term for Bengali-speaking Muslims.
People have not stopped grieving the singer’s death. While parties promise justice for him, the matter has not quite translated into an electoral fault line that could shape poll outcomes.
According to the complaint, the alleged violations include using 30 loudspeakers, blocking an ambulance’s path, gathering more than 5000 people, & causing inconvenience to the public.
Despite its new avatar, Kerala’s culture remains rooted in socialistic principles. Yet there is growing acceptance to ‘privatisation with participation', observers say.
Priyanka dismissed PM Modi’s remarks about Kerala alliances, asserting voters understand the reality, and demanded a parliamentary debate on the West Asia conflict, stranded Indians and gas shortage.
Indians tend to fuss more about the damage done to the Indian psyche by Thomas B Macaulay’s infamous Minute of 1835, but he was preceded in this unholy endeavour by James Mill.
A govt official said that although ATF prices for domestic market had been expected to rise 100 per cent in April, increase was moderated to 25 per cent to cushion burden on domestic passengers.
It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.
This makes me think of only one thing, the full page ad Shiv Sena takes out every time three is an election in Mumbai. If pro is the opposite of con,
What is the opposite of Progress?