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Topic2024 lok sabha

Topic: 2024 lok sabha

After poll drubbing that saw Dalits ‘shift to Congress’, Prakash Ambedkar’s VBA has tough road ahead

Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi, which fought LS polls on its own after talks with MVA fell through, saw vote share reduced to just 3% in seats it contested in Maharashtra.

Sonia Gandhi unanimously re-elected as chairperson of Congress Parliamentary Party

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge proposed the name of Sonia Gandhi. Meanwhile, party leaders Gaurav Gogoi, Tariq Anwar, and K Sudhakaran seconded the proposal.

SubscriberWrites: The feeling of electing a new government

Business apart, election time is a fun time. You hear so many claims, counterclaims, quotes, and misquotes, it makes your day.

Bollywood comes out in full force, but voter turnout tepid in Mumbai – 27.28% till 3 pm

49 parliamentary constituencies voted in 5th round of Lok Sabha elections, saw cumulative turnout of 36.73 percent till 1 pm.

‘TMC trying to turn infiltrators into Indian citizens while opposing CAA,’ says Amit Shah

Addressing a rally at Bongaon in North 24 Parganas Tuesday, Union Home Minister said that TMC provided monthly honorarium to Imams but not a penny to priests, custodians of temples.

SubscriberWrites: Can we please have a better Nation – Indian elections & the Garba of Democracy

Tale through the eyes of an optimistic Indian minority.

Arvinder Singh Lovely joins BJP days after resigning as Delhi Congress chief

Former Congress MLAs Raj Kumar Chauhan, Naseeb Singh and Neeraj Basoya and former Youth Congress President Amit Mallik have also joined BJP.

Amethi Chhodo Yatra & candidate takes out off-roadshow

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BJP files complaint to ECI for ‘malicious, false, unverified & defamatory’ ads by Congress

In a letter to Election Commission of India, BJP says Congress published ads, just 2 days before polls, with the heading 'Chambu' to portray that Centre has cheated state of Karnataka.

‘Deshbhakts scared of X-ray of caste census’: Rahul Gandhi attacks PM Modi, BJP

Speaking at Samajik Nyay Sammelan in Delhi, the Congress leader also said that 'as soon as our government is formed, the first thing that would be done is caste census.'

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Critical minerals are the new oil. India can’t afford to depend on China

Mineral security is no longer just an economic concern but a national security imperative, underpinning the country’s ambitions in clean energy, defence self-reliance, and advanced manufacturing.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

RSS chief Bhagwat draws the line at 75. India’s politics stares at the Modi Exception

BJP has no dynastic succession, at least not at the top. You can trace this back to Vajpayee-Advani era. This act of spotting, empowering younger talent is even more striking with the choice of BJP presidents.