Armstrong was attacked by 6 men in Chennai Friday with 'long, sharp objects'. Greater Chennai police have arrested 8 persons, all said to be relatives and accomplices of Arcot Suresh.
Drifting away from both BJP & BSP, Dalit vote moved significantly towards INDIA bloc this election. Plot thickened as Chandrashekhar Azad won from Nagina, drawing BSP's core voters.
The former UP CM had announced Akash Anand as her successor in December last year. She revoked her decision after the third phase of Lok Sabha elections.
BSP may have attempted to dent prospects of INDIA bloc constituents SP & Congress in 23 seats and BJP-led NDA in 31 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, an analysis by ThePrint shows.
Kripa Shankar had joined BJP in 2021 and became the party’s state unit vice-president. In 2012, while he was Mumbai Congress chief, he was booked in a disproportionate assets case.
BSP & Mayawati gave Dalits an assertive political identity that has outlasted the party's influence. Now, they are poised between Hindu nationalism and Ambedkarite ideals.
This comes after Akash was booked for violating the MCC by comparing BJP govt to Taliban & calling it a 'terrorist govt'. Party insiders say the decision could demoralise cadres.
Making the change hours before nomination process was to end, BSP has now fielded sitting Jaunpur MP Shyam Singh Yadav. He will likely cut into SP candidate's Yadav votes, say analysts.
Azad is his party's lone candidate this election, contesting from reserved seat Nagina. He's a hit among constituency's youth, but analysts say he needs to do more to have pan-UP presence.
Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.
In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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