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Topic: Bypolls

Priyanka Gandhi wins thumping victory in Wayanad with 4 lakh-plus margin, surpassing Rahul’s

CPI candidate comes a distant second, BJP third. Congress invested heavily in campaign, focusing on local issues such as agrarian distress & rehabilitation of landslide victims.

Election Commission reschedules by-polls in Uttar Pradesh, Kerala & Punjab to 20 November

New Delhi: The Election Commission has postponed by-elections in Uttar Pradesh, Kerala and Punjab to November 20 from November 13. The decision comes after requests...

Priyanka Gandhi files nomination for Wayanad LS bypoll, thanks people for supporting its ex-MP Rahul

Sonia Gandhi, Rahul & top Congress leaders present at her electoral debut from the Kerala constituency which was vacated by her brother.

Why deferred bypoll in Ayodhya’s Milkipur has led to SP-BJP slugfest

EC Tuesday declared dates for 9 of 10 vacant assembly bypolls in UP, leaving out Milkipur in Ayodhya; seat was vacated by SP's Awadhesh Prasad, now Lok Sabha MP from Faizabad.

‘Will teach BJP a lesson.’ Rajput outfits up ante over ‘insult’ to former LoP Rajendra Rathore

Anger boils over 20 August episode in Jaipur wherein BJP state in-charge Radha Mohan Das Agrawal questioned Rajendra Rathore for leaving a meeting of party functionaries.

Spurred by Amritpal’s Lok Sabha win, 3 of his associates eye Punjab assembly bypoll race from jail

Kulwant Singh Rauke, Bhagwant Singh ‘Bajeke’ and Daljeet Singh Kalsi plan to contest from Barnala, Gidderbaha and Dera Baba Nanak. All are lodged in an Assam jail with Amritpal.

Bypolls in 13 assembly seats in 7 states on 10 July

The bypolls are to be held against vacancies created either due to deaths or resignation of incumbent members.

Congress wins 4 of 6 seats in Himachal bypolls, secures majority in assembly

The party improved its tally from the existing 34 to 38. The BJP’s tally has gone up to 27 following victory in two seats.

Judicial divergence: Punjab & Haryana, Bombay HCs split over interpretation of Sec 151A of RP Act

Punjab & Haryana HC dismissed challenge to ECI notification to hold Karnal assembly bypoll, contrasting Bombay HC’s stance on Section 151A of Representation of People Act, 1951.

How EC’s haste in announcing Himachal bypolls after rebel Congress MLAs’ disqualification can help BJP

EC also promptly announced bypolls in Haryana, Maharashtra & Jharkhand, after having delayed bypolls in 4 seats of Pune, Ambala, Ghazipur & Chandrapur for over a yr despite HC's direction.

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.