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Friday, November 7, 2025
TopicAssembly election

Topic: assembly election

‘Concrete action, not verbal assurances’ — Urdu press calls on BJP to initiate national caste census 

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

Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao files nomination from Gajwel assembly constituency

BJP MLA Eatala Rajender, a former BRS leader & Congress candidate Thumkunta Narsa Reddy are pitted against the Bharat Rashtra Samithi chief in Gajwel for the coming polls.

Andhra CM’s new outreach campaign is ‘Why AP needs Jagan’. TDP’s counter slogan: ‘Why AP hates Jagan’

YSRCP chief Jagan Mohan Reddy addressed 8,000 party leaders in Vijayawada, encouraging them to win all 175 seats and said campaign will be conducted in 2 phases between 1 Nov & 10 Dec.

Gujarat to Goa, Delhi to Punjab—why Congress can’t rely on AAP against BJP in 2024

AAP's rise in Indian politics has eroded Congress' support base in some states. But that's not the only reason why Congress may not consider joining hands with AAP.

Democracy or ‘negative feedback’? Why BJP held secret ballot to shortlist HP poll contenders

BJP state unit's media in-charge says ballot held as opinion of party workers matters. But senior leader claims it was done after surveys showed many MLAs 'not on strong wicket'.

Arrests, court battles, communal row — how TRS, BJP are going all out in Telangana bypoll

Both CM KCR and Union home minister Amit Shah have visited Munugode constituency & held big rallies, although the Election Commission is yet to announce the bypoll date

Icing on BJP victory cake is farmers’ protests, Covid didn’t affect UP voters

Election results reiterate that good governance and Narendra Modi are a winning combination. But for Congress, it's beyond redemption.

SubscriberWrites: UP’s political weather changing. Each constituency has a divergent story

The voter seems to have ultimately emerged as a victor in the campaign by parties in UP due to the rupturing of the big grand narrative, writes Nischai Vats.

EC allows campaigning between 6AM & 10PM in relaxation of restrictions in poll-bound states

Citing the rise in Covid-19 cases, the Election Commission had previously imposed a ban on physical rallies, roadshows and padayatras in the five poll-bound states on 8 January.

55% Indians favour postponing polls over Covid fears, up from 31% a fortnight ago, survey shows

Conducted by LocalCircles, the survey says that of those who seek a delay, 30% support a 1-2 month-long postponement while 25% prefer a postponement of up to 4 months.

On Camera

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.