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Topic2022 assembly election

Topic: 2022 assembly election

Modi’s chaiwallah to powerhouse journey no longer unique. Others charting the same script

The new, if unnoticed, story is the likely emergence of a new social map of political leadership even as hard identity talk reigns.

Gujarat makes AAP a national party, but Arvind Kejriwal is no Jayaprakash Narayan

BJP's Delhi team needs a total revamp and some heads must roll if the party wants to retain all seven seats in Lok Sabha in 2024.

BJP turns to ‘Mission Shimla’ before Himachal polls, with pay hikes & thank you notes from CM

Fighting anti-incumbency, Himachal CM Jai Ram Thakur is making numerous moves to 'lower the burden' on voters. Central BJP leadership too is keeping a close eye.

Lawyers, engineer, doctors, members of Anna Hazare’s crusade — meet ministers in Mann’s cabinet

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann's cabinet also reflects an interesting social mix — four of the ministers are Jat Sikhs, three Dalit Sikhs and three Hindus, including a Dalit Hindu.

Hijab verdict tramples on religious identity of Muslims, says Urdu press, backs appeal in SC

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

Electoral bonds put over Rs 1,200 cr into parties’ kitties this poll season, govt data reveals

Bonds worth more than Rs 1,500 cr were sold in 2021. Figure was over Rs 5,000 cr in 2019, when general elections were held. No party-wise figures collated, says finance ministry.

First Punjab assembly session after AAP poll victory to be held day after Mann takes oath as CM

Bhagwant Mann will take oath on 16 March & a govt document has announced 17 March as day for the special one-day Vidhan Sabha session which will see legislators take oath & election of speaker.

Prodded by Bhagwant Mann, AAP Punjab MLAs rush to constituencies, focus on schools & hospitals

The CM-designate, in 1st address to MLAs after poll victory, had directed them to spend more time in their constituencies rather than in Chandigarh. Mann will take oath as CM on 16 March.

Victorious leaders, top ministers — BJP has clear contenders for CM post in Goa & Manipur

The party has incumbent CMs in Manipur and Goa — N. Biren Singh and Pramod Sawant, respectively — and plausible alternatives from second-rung leadership.

On Camera

It doesn’t matter who rules Delhi — AAP or BJP. Diwali madness is now an annual ritual

There’s a definition of madness that seems well suited to today’s Delhi: doing the same thing again and again and expecting a different result.

Boom to bust: Haunted by Ketan Parekh saga, 117-yr-old Calcutta Stock Exchange’s future lies in limbo

CSE, one of India’s oldest bourses, is edging towards a voluntary exit. It could never recover from market manipulation scam that caused a payment crisis at exchange back in 2001. 

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.