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Topic2014 Lok Sabha elections

Topic: 2014 Lok Sabha elections

Congress to participate in exit polls debate day after terming them ‘speculative & slugfest for TRP’

Party spokesperson Pawan Khera says that the INDIA bloc parties have decided to 'expose BJP's ecosystem on prefixed exit polls'.

Once staunch rivals, now allies, Mahayuti wobbles as seat-sharing tensions build month before polls

At least 6 Lok Sabha seats including Baramati are learnt to be causing trouble between Maharashtra's ruling alliance partners BJP, Shiv Sena, and the Ajit Pawar-led NCP.

Congress releases 1st list of 39 candidates for LS polls, Rahul Gandhi to contest from Wayanad

Names declared for seats in Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshwadeep, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Telangana, Tripura. Twenty-four candidates from SC, ST, OBC, and minorities.

Delhi govt announces 2024 budget, women above 18 to get Rs. 1000 assistance every month

The 'Mukhyamantri Mahila Samman Yojana' with a proposed budget of Rs. 2,714 crores is aimed at welfare and empowerment of women, Delhi Finance Minister Atishi Marlena said.

Modi’s spirituality, Ram temple — how BJP’s ‘Adhyatmik Aghadi’ is shaping Maharashtra campaign

Formed in 2017 in Maharashtra, ‘Adhyatmik Aghadi’ coordinates with state's Hindu religious leaders & bodies. Ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha and assembly polls, it's tapping into Hindu voter base here.

‘I have lost a dear friend’ — PM Modi pays tribute to late DMDK founder-leader Vijayakanth

Vijayakanth's 'legacy will continue to live on in the hearts of his fans... and the corridors of public service', writes Modi on his website www.narendramodi.in. The actor-politician died last week.

8 years on, Modi the storyteller is gone, but the story of hope endures

Today, Modi’s legacy is in the hands of 1.25 crore Indians who are still searching for 'achhe din' — good days that the BJP leader promised in 2014 to storm to power.

Not vikas, Modi’s 2019 election was built on politics of vishwas

BJP’s political mobilisation for 2019 was not based on standard models of democratic accountability and issue-based politics, which place power in the hands of citizenry.

The new voters for Modi’s BJP are poorer, more majoritarian but not as religious

A new study has shown that the profile of the first-time BJP voter in 2019 almost mirrors Indian society, with the singular exception of religious minorities.

There’s an aeroplane on my roof

It can break your heart to tell the story of the terminal decline of a state you so love, where you grew up and...

On Camera

Vijay is winning nickname war in Tamil Nadu. He’s attacking Brand Stalin with ‘uncle’ taunt

If Stalin ignores the taunt, it spreads unchecked. If he responds, he legitimises Vijay. Either way, the Tamil Nadu politics binary bends.

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

Trump to sign executive order to rebrand Pentagon, reviving historic ‘Department of War’ name

New Delhi: US President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order Friday renaming the Department of Defence the ‘Department of War’, in...

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.