Ahead of district secretaries' meet, EPS studying report cards of 82 district secretaries prepared by party war room. Analysts say EPS wants results on the ground, not just loyalty.
SEC has scheduled voting for 2 December & counting for 3 December. Opposition had been demanding local body polls should be conducted only after voter list 'anomalies' were fixed.
In a joint statement, the regional leaders said the new front will focus on land rights, infiltration, Sixth Schedule protection, and racial discrimination.
A former aide of Prashant Kishor, Shekhar is up against BJP's Ratnesh Kushwaha, who replaced seven-time MLA Nand Kishore Yadav in this prestigious constituency.
Women-centric schemes, promised by parties ahead of polls in multiple states, have seen eligibility tweaks, budget cuts, payment delays. Haryana's Lado Lakshmi is taking similar trajectory.
LDF setting the tone for Assembly polls expected next year. Already CM Pinarayi Vijayan has declared the state free of extreme poverty. Opposition has dismissed the claim as an ‘election stunt’.
Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
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