NCP functionaries are accusing BJP, Eknath Shinde of not working hard for their candidates. Baramati debacle indicates BJP votes did not transfer to Sunetra Pawar, they say.
IUML's Navaskani is only the third Muslim MP from Ramanathapuram seat since its formation in 1951. He trounced NDA-backed former chief minister OPS by a margin of 1.6 lakh votes.
BJP leaders say 2019 acrimony is a thing of the past, while TDP asserts Naidu will strive for what's best for Andhra Pradesh, 'be it Special Category Status or something better'.
BJP ended 24-year BJD rule in Odisha after alliance talks failed, while NDA ally TDP dislodged YSRCP in Andhra Pradesh. Both BJD & YSRCP had backed BJP’s legislative agenda.
BJP’s strike rate versus Congress fell to 71% from 92% in 2019. Congress fared well in UP, Rajasthan, Haryana, Maharashtra, among others, but BJP still dominated MP, Gujarat & Chhattisgarh.
Congress accounts for largest chunk of these Lok Sabha seats, 29, that went to opposition parties. Samajwadi Party 9, NCP (Sharad Pawar) 4 are among other top gainers.
The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.
Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.
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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