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Saturday, May 4, 2024
TopicBy-polls

Topic: by-polls

Rajasthan BJP minister, who took oath before winning polls, loses to Congress candidate

Ruling BJP had inducted Surenderpal Singh into its cabinet on 30 December & allotted him important portfolios. He lost to Congress’s Rupinder Singh Kooner in Karanpur constituency Monday.

Tie in Bihar, ‘tough fight’ in Telangana, wins in Odisha, Haryana — what BJP’s by-poll tally mean

BJP won 4 of 6 seats it contested in Bihar, Telangana, UP, Odisha & Harayana. It previously held 3 of these. In the first elections in Bihar since BJP-JD(U) ties ended, the party won 1 & lost 1.

Bhabanipur records moderate turnout of 53.32% in ‘peaceful’ bypoll

Mamata Banerjee, who is contesting to retain her CM post, is pitted against BJP's Priyanka Tibrewal & CPI(M)'s Srijib Biswas in Bhabanipur.

On Camera

Prajwal Revanna case shows why and how sexual crimes by men in politics can go unchecked for years

It would be a disservice to the women of Hassan to look at Prajwal Revanna’s alleged abuse of power as a ‘sex scandal’. Allegations against him show what ‘absolute power corrupts absolutely’ actually means.

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

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.