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Topic2019 elections

Topic: 2019 elections

AIADMK follows DMK’s footsteps in dynasty politics, fields kin of its leaders in LS polls

PTI -
Among DMK's 20 candidates, six are children of prominent leaders including Kanimozhi and former Union Minister Dayanidhi Maran, the grandnephew of Karunanidhi.

Congress nominates 3 former CMs in its eighth list of candidates

PTI -
Congress in its eighth list has released 38 names, including three ex-chief ministers Harish Rawat, Ashok Chavan and Digvijaya Singh. 

Ex-CM Shanta Kumar dropped from BJP’s Himachal list

PTI -
Shanta Kumar, speaking to reporters earlier this week, said that he is unwilling to contest elections.

A majority of Congress workers favour alliance with AAP in Delhi

Neelam Pandey -
Over 50% of Congress workers have backed the tie-up in a poll conducted on the party's Shakti platform. Rahul to take the decision early next week.

Left-hander turns right: Gautam Gambhir pads up for BJP weeks before Lok Sabha elections

Achyut Mishra -
From joining the war cry against Pakistan to attacking Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Gautam Gambhir had long made known which way the wind was blowing.

BJP drops Shatrughan Sinha from Patna, fields Ravi Shankar Prasad instead

PTI -
The NDA in Bihar comprising of the BJP, JD(U) and LJP announced its candidate list for 39 out of 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar.

Will contest Lok Sabha polls from Chandni Chowk irrespective of alliance with AAP, says Kapil Sibal

PTI -
Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal had won twice from Chandni Chowk in 2004 and 2009 before losing to BJP leader Harsh Vardhan in 2014.

Hindus and Muslims should compromise on Ayodhya, says Tamil newspaper Daily Thanthi

Renu Agal -
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BJP releases list of 36 candidates for upcoming polls, to field Sambit Patra from Puri

PTI -
The list announced late on Friday night included names of candidates for Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Odisha.

What Samjhauta blast acquittals mean for ‘saffron terror bogey’ in election season

Seshadri Chari -
BJP and RSS have every reason to feel vindicated by NIA special court's verdict acquitting Swami Aseemanand in Samjhauta Express blast case.
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Opinion

Air purifiers are the new water filters. Delhi has quietly accepted a crisis

Stela Dey -
The affluent in Delhi, armed with airtight windows, multiple purifiers, and humidifiers, have normalised a way of life that once seemed dystopian.

There’s a new M-Y formula at work in Bihar this time

Sitharaman’s eighth Budget faces fiscal headwinds — and a calendar dilemma

Economy

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

Udit Bubna -
MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

Defence

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

Keshav Padmanabhan -
At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

National Interest

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Shekhar Gupta -
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.

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