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Topic2019 elections

Topic: 2019 elections

RSS to milk ‘temple’ cow for 2019 elections and a solution for all housing problems

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Unethical for IAS officers to join politics ahead of polls or do they make for good netas?

Senior Odisha-cadre IAS officer Aparajita Sarangi, who had sought voluntary retirement in September, joined the BJP last week. Joining the party just before the...

More & more IAS & IPS officers are retiring early to join politics – just before elections

While many ex-bureaucrats & diplomats have succeeded in politics before, this phenomenon of joining parties just before elections has grown in recent times.

Senior ministers in UPA govt should have resigned to devote time to party work: Chidambaram

Senior Congress leader claims efforts are being made to build the party organisation and that assembly poll results will reflect that.

For 2019 elections, BJP at least needs the Citizenship Amendment Bill

Building of Ram temple is out of its hands, so BJP is looking to the Citizenship Amendment Bill to provide push for its Hindutva agenda. But JPC is playing spoilsport.

Ahead of 2019 elections, Modi government lowers GDP growth rate of UPA era

Chief Statistician Pravin Srivastava along with Niti Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar said variation was due to recalibration of data in certain sectors of the economy.

Election Commission is exploring expense limits for candidates based on constituency

Election Commission debates if there should be different budget limits for candidates from different constituencies — for example, a Mumbai vs Vidarbha.

Let 2019 be Modi, son of lesser known parents, vs he who is known only for his parentage

Aspirational India judges parties & leaders very harshly. It doesn’t accept whoever is imposed. This was more than adequately proved in 2014.

Results of 5 assembly polls will decide contours of opposition alliance, say leaders

Opposition leaders say they are in touch with each other but will decide shape of alliance and if it will be state-specific or a national one after 11 December. 

V.P. Singh’s Mandal vs Kamandal is set to see a sequel in 2019 anti-BJP fight

The opposition needs an icon like V.P. Singh who can bring Dalits, OBCs and other oppressed groups together before 2019 elections.

On Camera

Moon madness has taken over modern dating. A waning crescent is the best time to ghost

Alongside buying into the grift that is dating apps, the girlies are also installing astrology apps like Astrotalk to investigate the same tired mystery—will he ever text back?

Africa’s blue economy is booming. What it can learn from Asia

Aquaculture is the fastest growing food sector in Africa, offering significant returns on investment for all involved and achieving the continent’s goals for food security, dignified livelihoods and economic growth.

‘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.