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Thursday, November 13, 2025
Topic2019 elections

Topic: 2019 elections

NDA allots only 3 Lok Sabha tickets to women in Bihar

From the ruling coalition in Bihar, only 3 women candidates have been allotted Lok Sabha tickets- one each by alliance partners the BJP, JD(U) and the LJP.

Rajasthan govt brings in ordinance to boost MSMEs, but final guidelines after elections

Move seeks to exempt small businesses from taking approvals from the state government, but some analysts call it an ‘election gimmick’.

Akhilesh Yadav is a winner even before the 2019 elections have begun

By pulling off the unlikely SP-BSP alliance, Akhilesh Yadav has shown he has greater gumption to take on Modi than the Congress.

A $3.3 billion fund manager sees hung Parliament hurting stock market rally

Stock market will be in trouble if a weak leader emerges to lead an unstable government, says Rahul Singh of Tata Asset Management.

How AIR & Doordarshan beat EC’s model code to air PM Modi’s A-SAT speech

Modi govt went to YouTube with the A-SAT speech and AIR & Doordarshan only borrowed the feed, apparently circumventing the model code.

Priyanka says will contest Lok Sabha polls if Congress wants her to

Will do whatever the party asks me, Priyanka says in Amethi, adds that nothing has been decided on her campaigning across the country.

Will ensure SC-monitored probe of note ban, review GST, says Trinamool in manifesto

Trinamool Congress says its government outperformed Modi government, promises health for all policy. 

Muslim women group’s manifesto wants political parties to make law against mob lynching

These women demanded the political parties restore constitutional rights of women and minorities.

SC order upholding censor board’s authority likely to guide EC response on Modi biopic

The Congress has moved the Election Commission to stall the 5 April release of a biopic about PM Narendra Modi starring Vivek Oberoi.

Modi pushed many pro-women schemes, but is reluctant to share power with them

At the end of the day, when it comes to placing power in the hands of women, both Narendra Modi and the BJP have balked.

On Camera

This era has made journalistic independence harder than ever: New York Times publisher

Journalist Arthur Gregg Sulzberger delivered the Reuters Memorial Lecture on 4 March last year.

Inflation plunges to a 10-yr low of 0.25% in October. Here’s why

Record-low inflation gives RBI room to ease rates. Food prices have something to do with it.

‘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.