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Bypoll boost for AAP after Delhi debacle, Kerala brings cheer to Congress & TMC retains edge in Bengal

It's not just in Kerala, Punjab & Gujarat that INDIA bloc allies were locked in a bitter contest. Even in West Bengal's Kaliganj, Congress-Left alliance had a candidate in the fray.

Congress-led UDF dashes BJP’s hopes in crucial Palakkad bypoll as Mamkootahil wins by wide margin

The BJP, which was looking to make history by winning the seat because of the strong RSS grip in the area, finished second.

In AIADMK’s boycott of today’s Vikravandi bypoll, a message to former ally PMK

AIADMK has opted out of contest in stronghold in apparent olive branch to NDA ally PMK, say observers. But PMK asserts that coalition is intact & it’ll pick allies closer to state polls.

False flag operation? Ink attack on BJP candidate sparks blame game in Ghosi bypoll battle

A man who flung ink at Dara Singh Chauhan has ‘confessed’ that he did so at the behest of a BJP leader, but police claim accused has Samajwadi Party links & held a 'grudge'.

Azam Khan bastion Suar goes to BJP ally Apna Dal, strongman’s former aide bests SP by 8700 votes

Suar was formerly held by Azam Khan’s son Abdullah., whose disqualification necessitated the bypoll. While Apna Dal (S) fielded a Muslim candidate, SP fielded former BSP leader Anuradha Chauhan.

‘Under attack, need elected representatives’: Why Christians in Punjab have launched a political party

It is an attempt to bring Christian communities & traditions in Punjab under a single political entity, party founder says. First challenge will be to contest Jalandhar LS bypoll.

Maharashtra mixed bag: BJP loses 30-yr bastion Kasba Peth to MVA, holds on to Chinchwad

BJP’s Hemant Rasane loses Kasba Peth, a seat the party had since 1995, to Congress’s Ravindra Dhangekar. MVA blames rebel candidate for Chinchwad loss. 

RJD candidate Amar Kumar Paswan leads by 11,620 votes in Bihar’s Bochahan

By-poll to the seat was necessitated by the death of MLA Musafir Paswan, who had won on the ticket of the Vikassheel Insaan Party.

BJP to Congress, Shiv Sena and RJD — super Saturday awaits parties in assembly bypolls

It’s not often that bypolls hold so much significance and can change political dynamics in several states. That’s the beauty of the 30 October bypolls.

Mamata talked of farm protest, didn’t observe gurdwara sanctity: Hardeep Puri in Kolkata campaign

Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri is in Kolkata to campaign for Priyanka Tibrewal, BJP's candidate taking on Mamata Banerjee in the Bhabanipur bypoll.

On Camera

Bank nationalisation will be a blow to India’s mixed economy, lead to totalitarianism: Phiroze Shroff

If banks were to be nationalised, politicians would start interfering with bank officials and put undue pressure on them, Prof Shroff wrote in 1963.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Shadow war over India’s defence procurement on social media raises concerns of dodgy & undue influence

One such website has drawn particular scrutiny for spreading fake stories that have upset not only the Indian but also foreign defence firms by falsely attributing misinformation.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.