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Topic: Assembly Elections

Ahead of Assembly elections, Bihar govt transfers 11 IAS, 6 IPS officers

Apart from class-I officers, 36 officers of the Bihar Administrative Service (BAS) were also transferred in the major reshuffle.

SubscriberWrites: Ramblings from The Bund road

My observations from the autumnal election in Srinagar.

TMC says ready to fight 2026 Bengal polls alone if Congress not open to a seat-sharing deal

To tie up with TMC, Congress will have to break ranks with the Left. This comes after a split in anti-BJP votes was seen as the reason for AAP's defeat in Delhi.

Voting commences in over 14,000 booths in final phase of Jharkhand assembly polls

528 candidates, including incumbent CM Hemant Soren and Opposition leader Amar Kumar Bauri, are in the fray for 38 assembly seats.

SubscriberWrites: Confronting Historical Injustices and Shaping the Path Forward

Since 2014 general election, many Hindu organizations have been emboldened by the elected govt, and with its support, they are vigorously pursuing legal action over religious sites.

Maharashtra & Jharkhand’s long list of poll promises reliant on them getting their fiscal maths right

Maharashtra has headroom to spend, but committed expenditure is expected to rise. In Jharkhand, optimistic revenue projections may limit the state govt’s ability to fulfill the promises.

Why is manufacturing at 8-month low despite Make in India, asks Urdu press

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

Ahead of Assembly polls, Maharashtra waives toll for light motor vehicles entering Mumbai

The waiver will be enforced from midnight Monday at five toll booths that cars pass to enter the state capital.

Athawale’s RPI seeks to contest 8-10 seats as part of Mahayuti alliance in upcoming Maharashtra polls

With seat-sharing discussions underway, the Union minister said he communicated his party's demands to the BJP, while reiterating his 'faith' in Mahayuti alliance partners.

Udhayanidhi Stalin made deputy CM in TN cabinet reshuffle with eye on assembly polls

The reshuffle also saw comeback of former state transport minister V Senthil Balaji two days after he was granted bail in a money laundering case.

On Camera

Starbucks was once progressive. It’s now approaching a dangerous spot in culture wars

Former CEO Howard Schultz once told shareholders those who opposed his support of same-sex marriage were free to invest elsewhere. But now, CEO Brian Niccol seems to be selling Starbucks as a place that just, well, sells coffee.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

India pulled out of Tajikistan’s strategically important Ayni air base in 2022. Here’s why

Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.