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Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Topic2019 elections

Topic: 2019 elections

‘Hartal’ to neta — how a notorious Srinagar stone-thrower found his calling in politics

As a teenager, Asif Zargar led a gang of stone pelters that terrorised security forces in Srinagar. Now, he is all set to contest the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Drones for Rs 950/hour, chai for Rs 8: What Punjab candidates can spend this poll season

Punjab State Election Commission has issued a list of 171 items nominees are likely to incur expenses on during campaigning, with a price ceiling for each.

Samosas still have aloo but Bihar set for an election without Lalu

The RJD chief has a reputation of pepping up a poll campaign with his rustic humour and wit but with him in judicial custody, there is none to take up that mantle.

Congress has a new Ahmed Patel, or so it seems

Pre-Truth – snappy, witty and significant snippets from the world of politics and government.

With Mission 272 Minus, Modi wants to become Vajpayee

Modi and Shah are quietly changing their image of being giant slayers out to devour all political space.

In poll season, big stocks are beautiful for this $2 billion Indian wealth advisor

Karvy Private Wealth believes big businesses will better weather the volatility, induced by political uncertainty before Lok Sabha polls.

Low inflation is a double-edged sword for PM Modi before Lok Sabha elections

Prime Minister Modi has been restrained about this achievement while most politicians heading into elections would want to cheer their efforts in taming the inflation dragon.

Congress says BJP exploiting national security issue to hide failures

In a party resolution, the Congress sought a mandate for better governance and accountability to "repair the damage caused" by the Modi government.

Supreme Court asks Modi govt about compliance status of its poll reforms order

SC asks if Modi govt has devised a mechanism to examine MPs and MLAs who declared an exponential rise in their assets.

Hardik Patel joins Congress, says Rahul doesn’t believe in working like a dictator

Hardik Patel, who led the Patidar quota agitation, targeted PM Modi in his first address as a Congress leader at a party rally in Ahmedabad.

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.