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Topic: Assembly Elections

PM Modi promises National Turmeric Board on Telangana visit — what it means for poll-bound state

Demand for National Turmeric Board has been a popular movement in north Telangana districts for the last two decades, especially in the Nizamabad-Nirmal belt.

AAP unveils 2nd list of MP polls’ candidates, poses uncertainty around INDIA electoral alliance

After a meeting in Delhi last month, INDIA bloc announced joint rally in Bhopal in first week of October but MP Congress chief Kamal Nath later said that it has been cancelled.

BJP suspends Raje aide Meghwal over graft swipe at Union minister. MLA says ‘will beat party in polls’

Shahpura MLA Kailash Meghwal's suspension comes amid turmoil within Rajasthan BJP. Raje supporters said to be unhappy with central leadership for not declaring her CM face for polls.

Modi govt pushes for ‘One Nation, One Election’, committee formed under former President Kovind

‘One Nation, One Election’ theory, frequently endorsed by Modi, aims for simultaneous LS & state polls. Kovind-led panel to discuss & 'give report which will be debated in Parliament'.

‘Special focus on defectors’: In MP, Congress woos disgruntled BJP leaders to checkmate CM Chouhan

Kamal Nath-led Congress in Madhya Pradesh is using BJP leaders, who might be feeling neglected or overlooked, to weaken Scindia’s stronghold & avenge the fall of its govt in 2020.

Kirtans, rakhis & more — what BJP Mahila Morcha’s woman outreach will involve in 5 poll-bound states

Mahila Morcha will target women voters in 18-25 age group & reach 1,000 1st-time voters in each seat, says subject of Manipur sexual violence will be handled ‘sensitively’.

Ahead of Mizoram polls, Myanmar’s National Unity Govt tells refugees to stay away from local politics 

The NUG, a government-in-exile formed by anti-coup and pro-democracy activists, has issued a notification for Myanmar refugees in India to live in harmony with host communities.

As BJP-JJP tussle for Dushyant’s seat heats up in Haryana, alliance pushed to brink ahead of polls

Biplab Kumar Deb campaigned for former Union minister Birender Singh’s wife Prem Lata in Uchana earlier this week, prompting sitting MLA Dushyant to assert claim over his 'karmbhoomi'.

Lingayat turf Belagavi wonders if BJP’s still best bet, ‘mistreatment; of Yediyurappa, Shettar, Savadi stings

Belagavi is divisional headquarters of Kittur-Karnataka, where Lingayats are possibly the biggest influencers. Members of the community say they have much to deliberate upon before voting.

Who’s the black sheep? TDP gets boost with surprise MLC seat win, YSRCP to act against ‘cross-voting’ MLAs

Arithmetically, this will cause no dent to ruling YSRCP. But for TDP, this is a further boost after it clinched 3 MLC seats earlier this month.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.