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Thursday, July 4, 2024
Topic2024 Lok Sabha Elections

Topic: 2024 Lok Sabha Elections

No ‘friendly fight’ in Odisha — BJD fields ‘tough’ candidates after BJP decides against alliance

Former Mumbai police commissioner Arup Patnaik vs Sambit Patra in Puri just one example. Odisha BJP chief says party gearing up for full-on fight against BJD.

‘My father is my inspiration,’ says Vidhya Rani, Veerappan’s daughter & NTK’s Krishnagiri candidate

Vidhya’s political journey began with BJP in 2020. Now, as NTK candidate, she wants to focus on issues closer home — employment opportunities for educated youth, water for local farmers.

Fact Check: No BJP leaders ‘beaten up’ in TN, viral video of scuffle between BJP workers from 2023

Original video of the incident from last yr shows that during a rally in Odisha, a fight broke out after a BJP leader was stopped from approaching party state president's jeep.

Fact Check: Viral video makes false claims of ECI undermining AAP’s poll campaign ahead of LS polls

Video shows man removing posters, seemingly of AAP, and leaving BJP flags untouched. Original video is of NSUI's posters being removed in Jaipur, way before model code of conduct kicked in.

‘We got seats we did not ask for’ — Congress leaders upset over Bihar seat-sharing deal with RJD

Congress leaders have alleged that RJD has dumped ‘unwinnable’ seats on the party while denying it constituencies where it could have better prospects. Party has been allocated 9 seats.

BJP ‘wants no competition’, was spooked by AAP-Congress tie-up — Urdu press on Kejriwal arrest

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

Rajasthan Congress to protest against IT notices & freezing of party’s bank accounts today

Congress Friday said it had received fresh notices from I-T department to pay Rs 1,823.08 cr. It also accused BJP of indulging in 'tax terrorism' ahead of Lok Sabha polls.

When diplomats say, ‘Let’s take this outside’ & detergent that washes away 99.9% graft

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

India is going to have its least free & fair election in 2024. See these 5 indicators

So far what we have seen of the 2024 elections is enough to indicate that the continuous slide of democratic standards is headed toward breaching the minimum threshold of an electoral democracy.

Fact Check: Rahul didn’t credit BJP with ‘uniting’ India, a speech he made in MP’s Morena was altered

In original video uploaded on Congress's YouTube channel, which has been edited to make it appear as if Rahul Gandhi is praising BJP, he says, 'BJP's dividing one religion from another'.

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Water stress inevitable, what steel & coal sectors can do to avoid looming crisis

11 of 15 major river basins in India to experience water stress by 2025. India’s major power grids depend on 14 major river basins, all of which are under ‘high water stress’.

What fallen Agniveer Ajay Kumar’s kin got & didn’t get — Army counters Rahul Gandhi’s claim

Kumar’s family will get a total compensation of around Rs 1.65 crore, the Army has said. But amount given to a fallen Agniveer's next of kin differs from case to case.

Modi’s new universe: the normal irritants of democracy & awkward chai with Rahul Gandhi

Changed reality for Modi govt in its 3rd innings is by no means rise of a new phenomenon. It's a return to old normal where even majorities had to routinely wrestle with storied million mutinies.