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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
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BJP announces sixth list of three candidates for Lok Sabha polls from Rajasthan and Manipur

In Rajasthan, the party has fielded Kanhaiya Lal Meena from the Dausa constituency while Indu Devi Jatav has been fielded from Karauli-Dholpur.

First-past-the-post in a palanquin system & the evasive art of unlearning

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Protests by AAP & counter-protests by BJP calling for CM Arvind Kejriwal’s resignation

Earlier, AAP protestors were detained outside Patel Chowk metro station while protesting against arrest of CM Kejriwal. Section 144 of the CrPC has been imposed in the area.

BJP to contest Lok Sabha polls solo in Punjab, no alliance with Sukhbir Singh Badal’s Akali Dal

BJP will go it alone in Punjab after 2 decades of alliance after failing to reach consensus on seat sharing. Party wanted 5 of 13 seats while SAD was ready to give only 3, it is learnt.

BJP fields six disqualified ex-Congress MLAs in Himachal Pradesh, four in Gujarat bypolls

In Gujarat, the BJP’s candidates for bypolls to five seats, four from the Congress, include Arjun Modhvadiya, Chatursinh Chavda and Arvind Ladani.

Targeted in post purportedly by Congress’s Shrinate, Kangana says ‘don’t use sex workers’ lives as slur’

BJP leaders have called for Congress chief Kharge to sack Supriya Shrinate over ‘disgusting’ post aimed at actor Kangana Ranaut, who is BJP’s candidate from Mandi Lok Sabha seat.

Opposition between jailhouse rock & a hard place, and who needs ED when you have Didi

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

‘Feels good to be back home’ — G Janardhana Reddy merges his KRPP with BJP in Karnataka

The mining tycoon Monday said he would work to make Narendra Modi PM for a 3rd term. Reddy was state minister in previous Yediyurappa govt before he was jailed in an alleged mining scam.

AAP continues protest against arrest of CM Arvind Kejriwal, ‘resolve to not celebrate Holi’

AAP leader Atishi says they'll not play Holi, appeals to countrymen to join them in 'fight against cruelty & evil'. Kejriwal was arrested in connection with Delhi Excise Policy case.

7 Muslims among BSP’s 25 candidates in UP — a likely challenge for SP-Congress & boost for BJP

Of BSP's 7 Muslim candidates, 4 will fight SP-Congress alliance's Muslim candidates on Amroha, Moradabad, Sambhal & Saharanpur, could lead to counter-polarisation of votes in BJP's favour.

On Camera

Mamata Shankar stuck in Dark Ages. Gen Z showing India there’s no one way to wear a saree

In an interview with Anandabazar Patrika Shankar waxed eloquent about her many objections to the pallu not covering the bosom area of Gen Z women. She called them ‘women of the street’.

Why Tamil Nadu’s women make up nearly half of India’s female factory workforce

With an educated & skilled workforce, Tamil Nadu has a burgeoning industrial sector which has scored massive investments in automobiles, electronics, and even footwear.

Taiwan reports Chinese military activity around the island

Taiwan has detected a total of 301 Chinese military aircraft and 165 Chinese naval vessels so far in 2024.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.