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Friday, November 1, 2024
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Incentives, coercion & duping, allegations galore as BJP tries to enrol maximum members in MP

Reports have surfaced of BJP workers using aggressive & deceptive tactics to get people to join the party. BJP says some isolated incidents shouldn't taint the entire membership drive.

DU Students Union election campaigns make grand promises, but no mention of LGBTQ+ or environment

Over last 10 years, DUSU elections have been dominated by ABVP and NSUI. This time, Left-wing AISA-SFI alliance is positioning itself as a progressive alternative.

ABVP demands CBI probe into ‘entire mechanism’ of NTA, announces nationwide protests

After cancellation of UGC-NET, RSS student wing's national general secretary says students have begun to 'doubt' exams conducted by National Testing Agency.

United Left sweeps JNU students’ union polls, new president calls it ‘mandate against ABVP, BJP’

AISA's Dhananjay secures JNUSU President post defeating ABVP’s Umesh C Ajmeera, takes a swipe at ABVP for 'indulging in violence', says people will 'dethrone' BJP in 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

In JNU polls, ABVP using Left’s playbook of bijli, sadak, pani. Nationalism takes backseat

The ABVP are trying to present a more moderate image and working on grassroots by making student to student contact, says a JNU scholar on campus since 2016.

Amit Shah, Rajnath to Gadkari & Fadnavis — how ABVP emerged as the cradle of BJP leadership

In current Modi cabinet, of 70 BJP ministers, 23 are from ABVP. Among BJP CMs, of the 28 who have served since 2014, 13 have been part of ABVP during their college days.

ABVP to sarpanch & now 1st-term MLA, organisation man — who is Bhajanlal Sharma, Rajasthan’s next CM

Sharma is general secretary in BJP’s Rajasthan unit, & has been associated with party over three decades. He is said to have Sangh backing & was jailed during Ayodhya stir in 90s.

President & two central posts go to ABVP in DUSU polls, vice-president from NSUI

ABVP candidate Tushar Dedha wins post of president while Aparajita & Sachin Baisla become secretary & co-secretary. Abhi Dahiya of NSUI becomes vice-president.

A nationalism-minded fellowship for students is bagging plum internships in BJP’s Raj

Advertised on ABVP’s website, Think India is a national internship programme. It matches students with suitable nationalist mentors in government, parliament, think tanks, and law firms.

NSUI wins president’s post in Panjab University student body polls, beats AAP-backed candidate, ABVP

Congress student wing's Jatinder Singh defeats Divyansh Thakur of Chhatra Yuva Sangharsh Samiti & Akhil Bharatiya Vidyathi Parishad's Rakesh Deshwal. 1st time NSUI wins post since 2017.

On Camera

Bibek Debroy was an ‘Acharya’ in India’s intellectual history

In the centuries to come, economist Bibek Debroy's Mahabharata will attain the importance we attach to the texts of Shankara, Ramanuja, and Madhvacharya.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

From 2004 to 2024, bad news has come wrapped as good news for Congress

Congress is silently acknowledging it over-read verdict of last general election. You can see it in easy concession to SP. It will likely be more reasonable in Maharashtra & Jharkhand.