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Saturday, April 27, 2024
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‘Viksit Bharat, Viksit Sikkim’ — BJP releases manifesto for Sikkim Assembly elections

Assembly elections in Sikkim will be held simultaneously with the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections on 19 April.

MP cabinet approves proposal to call V-Cs ‘kulgurus’. ‘Will it improve education quality?’ asks Congress

Vice-chancellors are currently referred to as 'kulpatis’. A Bill to amend the parent act — Madhya Pradesh Vishwavidyalaya Adhiniyam, 1973 — will be put up in the assembly.

Manipur Assembly’s one-day session adjourned sine die amid ruckus by Congress MLAs

The Opposition MLAs led by former chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh said one day was not enough to discuss the prevailing situation in the ethnic strife-torn state.

Shivraj beats Yogi: New MP law is tougher than UP’s, fines protesters double for damage caused

The Prevention of Damage to Public and Private Property and Recovery of Damages Bill 2021 was passed in the MP assembly this week by voice vote without a discussion.

What happens in Karnataka now? Speaker Ramesh Kumar’s actions, or inactions, will decide

For the BJP, pulling down the Kumaraswamy government may have been easier than forming the next government in Karnataka.

Karnataka assembly speaker Ramesh Kumar, a former TV actor, is no stranger to drama

Two-time speaker Kumar is in no hurry to take a ‘lightning’ fast decision on Karnataka’s govt and has admirers across party lines.

One solution governor Satya Pal Malik failed to consider in Jammu and Kashmir

There is no guarantee that a future election in Jammu and Kashmir will not result in another hung assembly.

On Camera

Indira, Manmohan, Modi, all raised income inequality. Until Hindu fears took the driving seat

The issue of inequality has assumed the blazing limelight at a time when inequality in India is said to be higher than it was in the British Raj. It's a ripe situation for half-truths and incendiary statements.

Foreign policy resonating among more Indians in 2nd & 3rd tier towns of India, says EAM Jaishankar

Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.