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Tuesday, October 8, 2024
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.

On Camera

Asian NATO? Why Japan PM’s big new idea won’t shake up foreign policy

One of the most difficult tasks for Shigeru Ishiba, apart from keeping together the divided LDP, will be implementing his foreign policy ideas—if he chooses to pursue them.

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

‘Nightmare at Chennai Marina’: 4 dead, 96 hospitalised after pandemonium at packed IAF air show

Lakhs of people were stranded at beach in heat as crowd control measures apparently failed. At least 14 lakh people were in attendance though police had expected around 10 lakh.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?