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Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Topic2019 elections

Topic: 2019 elections

BJP gets Lok Sabha boost in UP, ‘disgruntled’ Apna Dal agrees to remain in NDA

Allies work out a seat-sharing deal, Apna Dal gets two Lok Sabha tickets

West Bengal has maximum number of first time voters, followed by UP & MP

Election Commission data shows that number of voters have increased by 8.4 crore to 2014.

Priyanka Gandhi met Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad but the message was for Mayawati

Dalits’ new age icon Chandrashekhar Azad can disturb UP’s political equations in polls. With Priyanka Gandhi’s visit, he may already have.

New transgender bill & paternity benefits likely to feature in Congress manifesto

Congress could also propose gender-sensitive training for govt departments and armed forces. 

PM Modi’s biopic starring Vivek Oberoi to be released in the middle of poll season

The film, titled 'PM Narendra Modi', is directed by Omung Kumar and will hit theatres on 12 April. 

Supreme Court asks EC to respond to Opposition demanding counting of VVPAT slips

Several opposition leaders, including CMs of Andhra and Delhi, have asked for the of counting VVPAT slips of 50% of the EVMs that will be used in the Lok Sabha polls before declaring results.

BJP’s Citizenship Bill strategy for polls — raise the pitch after northeast votes

Voting in northeastern states will be over by 23 April, which is when BJP will pick up the Citizenship Bill issue again to cater to its Hindu vote-base across the country.

Rahul Gandhi slams PM Modi for his ‘criminal failure’ in jobs sector

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi accused Modi govt of "trying to stop the truth" on jobs after over 100 economists and social scientists claimed political interference in the national data.

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BJP faces ‘age-old’ poll quandary — whether or not to field veterans Advani, Joshi

Party chief Amit Shah meets with Advani, Joshi and outgoing speaker Sumitra Mahajan but sources say it has left it to the veterans to decide. 

On Camera

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.