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Monday, September 30, 2024
Topic2019 elections

Topic: 2019 elections

Message from India’s first voter S.S Negi — Democracy was hard-earned, vote thoughtfully

The first time Shyam Saran Negi of Himachal Pradesh voted was also the first time Independent India voted, in the heady initial days of the Indian Republic.

To win this election, Congress will have to master the spill-over effect

Unlike the BJP, the Congress has lost in a general election after having won in the preceding assembly election on three occasions.

Modi’s nomination filing a Varanasi show — temple run, Ganga aarti & display of NDA power

PM Narendra Modi's nomination filing will be a 2-day affair. Nitish Kumar, Uddhav Thackeray & Parkash Singh Badal will accompany the PM when he files his nomination Friday.

India’s secret stimulus should be a warning sign

If the economy was doing as well as the government would like voters to think, this kind of simultaneous fiscal and monetary easing would hardly be necessary.

This man from Madhya Pradesh wants to defeat both Kamal Nath & his son on the same day

M.P. Vishwakarma is the Rashtriya Aamjan Party candidate for both the Chhindwara assembly bypoll and the Lok Sabha elections in the constituency.

628 social media posts pulled down on EC’s instructions, 90% of them were on Facebook

477 posts were pulled down for publishing political content between the end of the campaign and polling. Another 37 posts were taken down for violating the MCC.

Sunny Deol triggers resentment in BJP as party faces rebellion across Punjab & Chandigarh

From late Vinod Khanna’s wife Kavita to Hoshiarpur MP Vijay Sampla, many are angry about the BJP’s choice of candidates in Punjab & Chandigarh.

BJP is denying ticket to vocal Dalit MPs like Udit Raj because they just won’t fall in line

Most sitting MPs whom BJP denied ticket to contest the 2019 elections were vocal about issues of caste and social justice in India.

Pragya Thakur says ‘truth & religion’ always win after court rejects plea to bar her from polls

Pragya Thakur is contesting the Lok Sabha elections from Bhopal against Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh.

Why EC won’t disqualify Sadhvi Pragya Thakur from contesting elections

Election Commission can’t bar Malegaon blasts accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur from contesting Lok Sabha elections since she hasn't been convicted in any case.

On Camera

Tirupati controversy shows temples can’t run as public sector units. They must be privatised

A private temple could make crores by selling better laddus and investing in goshalas and captive production units to control quality.

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.

Air Marshal A.P. Singh takes over as IAF chief, task cut out

Air Chief Marshal Singh took over from incumbent V.R. Chaudhari Monday afternoon. His top priority will be strengthening the fighting capability of the IAF, it is learnt.

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?