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.
As social media debated whether audiences were consuming Pujarini Pradhan as a symbol, The Juggernaut turned her into a story that could circulate globally, with or without her participation.
Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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