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Monday, October 13, 2025
Topic2019 elections

Topic: 2019 elections

Last Laughs: Pranab Mukherjee’s Nagpur visit and Patanjali bid in Uttar Pradesh

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

Shiv Sena is mum but some in BJP claim Amit Shah-Uddhav Thackeray meeting was positive

Most of the discussion was solely between Uddhav Thackeray and Shah and they are likely to meet again in the coming months.

Yet another call for peace in the Kashmir Valley, and BJP realises it needs friends in 2019

The Supreme Court has approved reservations for SC/STs in promotions. Quotas in promotions will be in “accordance with law”, which means that representation will not come at the cost of administrative efficiency

Nitish Kumar set to take on BJP, forms a ‘Bihar front’ within NDA to bargain for 2019

BJP allies Nitish, Paswan and Kushwaha are believed to have come up with a seat-sharing plan that will leave the party with less than the 22 seats it won in 2014.

Modi’s gambit to split OBCs can be risky for his govt in 2019. But do risks deter him?

Narendra Modi wants the most backwards among the OBCs to benefit from reservation. The commission to look into the issue will submit the report by June 20.

There’s more to the BJP’s losses than just opposition unity

One should not underestimate the fighting power of the Modi-Shah duo, but 2019 now looks like a real contest.

This is the BJP’s 2019 plan for Uttar Pradesh following loss after loss in bypolls

BJP seems to have realised that it may not be able to repeat its 2014 performance in the state, eyes just 50 Lok Sabha seats.

Election Commission inexperienced to handle 2019, fear former poll body chiefs

Sunil Arora, who will take charge as chief election commissioner in December, will have overseen just 10 assembly polls by the time the general elections roll in. That's less than half the experience his predecessors had in 2009 and 2014.

Look beyond Rahul’s beard and Modi’s jackets. BJP’s 2019 game is about polarising voters

Bhakts are confident that Rahul Gandhi and his party will be routed in 2019, and Amit Shah will make Narendra Modi invincible.

Under Rahul Gandhi’s leadership, the only trump card with Congress is the mahagathbandhan

The Congress has been raising key issues to make Modi uneasy. The party, however, forgets them after a Parliament session or an election.

On Camera

No Mamata Banerjee, women’s safety isn’t a curfew issue

For Indian women, the smallest unit of control becomes the family; the largest, the State. Both speak the same language.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.