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Topic2019 elections

Topic: 2019 elections

Mamata Banerjee becomes fake news target again as old post goes viral after BJP run-ins

A viral post claiming Mamata Banerjee said she’d bomb India was originally shared by mobilenews24.com in 2017 & then deleted. The claim is now back.

With Yogi as CM, his Hindu Yuva Vahini has all but disappeared from Gorakhpur

Gradual diminishing of the Hindu Yuva Vahini, founded by UP CM Yogi Adityanath, is one of the reasons why the Gorakhpur election is no longer the same for BJP.

‘35% of first-time BJP MPs dropped as party was unhappy with their performance’

According to data analysed by ThePrint, BJP has not given a ticket to 55 of its 158 first-time MPs. Party says many won in 2014 'riding on Modi wave'.

Before last phase polling, a determined Modi has rattled two key rivals – Mamata & Mayawati

Modi is throwing everything he has into this last phase. And Mamata and Mayawati’s responses show his barbs have hit home.

Neighbourhood RWAs face greater scrutiny than political parties in democratic India

SC’s handling of CJI sexual harassment and Modi regime’s easing of norms for anonymous political funding are examples of a system upside down.

Wins in state polls do have a bearing on Lok Sabha elections, if held within 2 years: Study

Elections in two-party states like MP, Rajasthan indicate who will win in Lok Sabha polls but the trend isn’t true for multi-party states.

Left gave a call to defeat BJP & TMC in Lok Sabha elections, but no one took it seriously

The Left is hardly seen on the streets participating in public protests against growing unemployment & prevailing lawlessness in Bengal.

How security forces ensured a peaceful Lok Sabha election in troubled Kashmir

Voter turnout may have been dismal in Kashmir but Lok Sabha polls passed off without any major incidents of violence, thanks to a slew of security measures.

India’s southern states are reeling under drought, but it still didn’t become a poll issue

Four southern states — Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka & Tamil Nadu — have been gripped by drought, and people blame politicians for ignoring them.

This is the one thing working for the few Muslims contesting Lok Sabha elections from UP

Without dynasty connections, the statistics would have been even more dismal for Muslim candidates.

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Pakistan is bluffing. There’s no proof for $6 trillion mineral wealth claim

The minerals that Pakistan purports to offer to the US are either in quantities too small to matter, of a type that the US does not need, or would be much more easily sourced from other partners.

No more text-heavy ads, wider scope of services—ICAI’s ethics code overhaul to promote Indian CA firms

Open to public feedback until 26 November, the revised guidelines, among other changes, give CA firms more flexibility to advertise & promote their services.

‘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.