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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.

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.

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

Tale through the eyes of an optimistic Indian minority.

Amethi Chhodo Yatra & candidate takes out off-roadshow

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

Conviction over encounter to tame criminals, says ex-UP top cop who joined BJP after retirement

‘Very impressed’ with BJP government giving him a free hand, Vijay Kumar will think if a proposal comes his way to contest the polls.

OTP verification of labharthis, daily reports — how BJP is micromanaging its LS campaign in UP

A BJP district president from UP says there is no way to 'fool seniors' as everything is being recorded on daily basis & report card is being sent which, in turn, is being digitised.

Fact Check: Social media posts on challenge, tendered votes are misleading

While tendered votes can be cast, the Election Commission of India handbook doesn't mention any repolling if it exceeds 14 per cent.

After 10 yrs as Chandigarh BJP chief, Sanjay Tandon gets ticket to contest Lok Sabha polls

The incumbent BJP MP from Chandigarh, actor-politician Kirron Kher, had stepped aside citing ill health.

Election Commission of India takes strict measures to ensure free, fair, and peaceful electoral process

This decision was taken by the CEC during its meeting with all the states and union territories of India.

On Camera

Life in Delhi isn’t easy for Northeast Indians. Racism is always round the corner

Racism is a problem for privileged mainlanders only when it's meted out to them abroad. In their own backyard, it's normalised as 'I was just kidding. Chill yaar'.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Post-elections, Bangladesh Army shuffles top military & intel posts, defence adviser in India recalled

Orders issued by Army Headquarters reassign key operational commanders and senior intelligence officials, including the head of DGFI, the country’s premier military intelligence agency.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.