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Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Topic2019 elections

Topic: 2019 elections

Congress leaves 7 seats in Uttar Pradesh for SP, BSP & RLD alliance

Congress has announced that it will leave more than a dozen Lok Sabha seats for other parties to woo allies in the politically crucial state.

Days after Priyanka Vadra met its chief, Bhim Army says no reason to support Congress in UP

Congress has done nothing for Dalits during its 60-year rule and there is no reason for it to support the party in Uttar Pradesh, said Bhim Army's national president.

BJP leader threatens to fight independent if speaker Sumitra Mahajan gets Indore ticket again

The senior leader known as Sattan claims Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has not been in touch with party workers in Indore.

At least 11,558 unauthorised political ads and posters removed in Mumbai ahead of 2019 polls

Sixteen police complaints of unauthorised boards in the Mumbai suburban district have been filed in the last week.

Telangana may witness shortage of police personnel during Lok Sabha elections

About 19,000 additional security personnel from other states were deployed in Telangana during previous assembly elections.

Female actor and TMC Lok Sabha candidate? Brace yourself for sexist Internet trolls

Popular Bengali film actors Mimi Chakraborty and Nusrat Jahan were trolled on social media after the TMC announced their Lok Sabha candidature.

Election Commission bars parties from releasing manifestos 48 hours before polling

In 2014, the BJP had released its Lok Sabha manifesto on the day of voting in the first phase.

New dilemma for EC, Modi and Rahul films coming to a theatre near you

With two films about PM Modi and Rahul Gandhi set to release in April, a top EC source says the matter is being examined on a priority basis.

Priyanka Vadra won’t make a difference, SP-BSP alliance a false alarm, says UP CM Adityanath

UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath said the younger Gandhi's appointment and political entry is an internal matter of the Congress, but would not impact BJP's poll prospects.

BJP’s RK Sinha may get Patna Saheb in Bihar, but other party MPs feel ‘gloomy’

BJP has given up five of its Lok Sabha seats to retain the alliance while Nitish Kumar has managed to 'settle' scores with some MPs in Bihar.

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BBC scandal: Britain’s elite establishment is rapidly sinking

The impact of all this upheaval is unmooring. We search for the BBC to confirm that Britain still exists and find it missing.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.