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Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Topic2019 elections

Topic: 2019 elections

Congress releases seventh list of candidates, Raj Babbar to contest from Fatehpur Sikri

The Congress has nominated Imran Pratapgarhiya from Moradabad where Babbar's candidature was announced earlier.

Why Rahul Gandhi’s Congress is in danger of morphing into a clueless NGO

Congress has questions but no answers, ‘leaders’ but no winners. Weeks before polls, it’s behaving like a virtuous, anti-establishment NGO just doing its thing.

Statistical body says opposition demand for 50% VVPAT verification not ‘sound’

The Indian Statistical Insititute advises EC that for representative sample, 50% verification not needed. Poll panel to frame response to SC based on input.

Markets reverse early gains after an 8-day winning run

The S&P BSE Sensex fell 0.6% to 38,164.61 at the close in Mumbai, its steepest decline since 26 February.

Lalu Prasad bends over backwards as Bihar alliance gets seat-sharing in place

RJD doles out the seats to allies, leaving it with less than half of Bihar's 40 Lok Sabha seats — a first for the party.

BJP Karnataka chief B.S. Yeddyurappa rubbishes allegations of bribe

All issues raised by Congress have been already probed and it was found that the documents in their allegations were fake, said Yeddyurappa.

Security forces given ‘free hand’ in Kashmir Valley weeks before Lok Sabha polls

Modi govt bans Yasin Malik's JKLF. Home ministry official says it was responsible for the genocide & exodus of Kashmiri Pandits.

This is why Amit Shah had an unusual explanation for Himanta Sarma not contesting polls

In a statement, BJP chief Amit Shah said party had chosen not to make Himanta Biswa Sarma contest the polls given his responsibilities in not just Assam but the entire northeast.

Karnataka Congress says ‘hidden hand’ behind EC move to put farm loan waiver scheme on hold

Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy says stalling the scheme will have no effect on the trust that people have in Congress-JD(S) govt.

LK Advani ‘sensed wind of change in BJP’, called up Amit Shah to bow out of Lok Sabha race

BJP has fielded party president Amit Shah from Gandhinagar, the Lok Sabha constituency L.K. Advani has won six times.

On Camera

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

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

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

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.

‘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.