Top BJP and Congress politicians campaigned in Damoh for 17 April bypoll, even as Covid cases surged. Seven leaders died, while others lost family members.
BJP’s Samadhan Autade defeats NCP candidate Bhagirath Bhalke, with a margin of 3,733 votes. The bypoll was necessitated after NCP MLA Bharat Bhalke's death due to Covid last year.
It was for the first time since former Chhattisgarh CM and Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (J) founder Ajit Jogi won the seat in 2001 that no member of his family was in the fray.
MP minister Imarti Devi’s claim has sparked a controversy with the Congress saying the BJP wants to win polls by misusing power, while the latter has called it a conspiracy.
Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.
On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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