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Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Topic2019 elections

Topic: 2019 elections

Shaktikanta Das will remain RBI governor, no matter who wins Lok Sabha elections

A career-bureaucrat, Shaktikanta Das has worked in governments of Modi’s BJP and Congress & is equally comfortable with both.

Election Commission bars Sadhvi Pragya Thakur from campaigning for 72 hours

The BJP leader was barred for her remarks on former ATS chief Hemant Karkare and Babri mosque demolition.

Priyanka Gandhi says there’s no tacit understanding with Akhilesh & Mayawati in UP

From Balakot air strikes and terror attacks in India to Rahul Gandhi fighting from Wayanad, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra speaks to ThePrint on a host of issues.

Tej Bahadur Yadav’s Varanasi nomination to contest against Modi rejected

Samajwadi Party candidate and former BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav's nomination was served notices by the Varanasi returning officer over discrepancies in 2 sets of nomination papers.

Arun Jaitley is wrong, Modi has used his caste 4 times in last 15 days to attack opposition

PM Modi hit out at SP-BSP and Congress for talking about his caste, but from 2014 to the current election campaign, he has often used it in his speeches.

In Jaipur’s Olympian battle, Rathore shoots for nationalism as Poonia hurls in local woes

BJP's Rajyavardhan Rathore, an Olympic silver medallist, is relying on nationalism while the Congress’s Krishna Poonia, an ex-discus thrower, has stuck to local issues.

DU survey shows Akhilesh-Maya more popular than Modi, Priyanka is a failed gambit

Survey conducted on 38,000 Uttar Pradesh residents by DU students finds SP-BSP alliance has a definite edge over BJP.

Why this Modi voter chose NOTA this election

There has been a rise in the NOTA sentiment this Lok Sabha election. Here is one account of a NOTA voter.

No contradiction between seeing BJP as threat to India & voting NOTA this election

NOTA option is ‘No Till An Alternative’ for us – a limited and last resort action this election.

On Camera

After a brief surge, private investment & hiring has again turned cautious. Focus is on cutting debt

Financial year 2022-23 saw private investments & hiring surge, but since then firms are using cash to reduce debt. General elections didn’t help matters, either.

Indian envoy in Oman dons Army combat print for photo ops, sparks controversy

Ambassador Amit Narang wore combat uniform at closing ceremony of India-Oman joint military exercise. Only serving personnel can wear service uniforms, say veterans.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?