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Topic: Bypolls

Despite Modi wave, BJP loses Manohar Parrikar’s Panaji assembly seat

Manasi Phadke -
BJP accepts 'some discontent among people' regarding its candidate, but is safely placed in the Goa assembly after the bypolls to 4 seats.

BJP wins 8 seats and Congress secures 5 in Rajasthan’s local body bypolls 

PTI -
The BJP won one zila parishad seat in Alwar and seven out of 13 panchayat samiti seats while Congress bagged five panchayat samiti seats. 

This is the BJP’s 2019 plan for Uttar Pradesh following loss after loss in bypolls

Ruhi Tewari -
BJP seems to have realised that it may not be able to repeat its 2014 performance in the state, eyes just 50 Lok Sabha seats.

Last Laughs: ‘Tit for tat’ in Uttar Pradesh bypolls and Major Gogoi’s escape

Sankalita Dey -
The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

A united opposition is fighting its way back into Lok Sabha, one bypoll at a time

Nandita Singh -
Opposition parties have emerged victorious in 11 out of 14 LS and assembly by polls, the results for which were declared yesterday.

Kairana loss a reminder that BJP needs to find new narrative in Uttar Pradesh before 2019

Kumar Anshuman -
Opposition victory punches holes in BJP’s grand Hindutva umbrella plan on which it rode to power in 2014, raises questions on leadership and charisma of Yogi Adityanath.

EC orders special audit of MP voters lists after the dead turn up in thousands

Anubhuti Vishnoi -
An EC team led by a principal secretary-level officer is currently in MP for the audit, sources said.

UP bypolls: It is not just a vote against Yogi but also against Modi

Maneesh Chhibber -
These by-elections may effectively set the tone for 2019, more than the recent BJP successes in the three states in the northeast.

The Mahadayi water war, and why it is again becoming an issue around election season

Rohini Swamy -
The dispute with Goa is over 40 years old, and involves Karnataka’s demand for 24 tmcft of water to be diverted from the Mahadayi for its drinking needs.

BJP trying to prevent two Maharashtra Lok Sabha bypolls from going the Rajasthan way

Manasi Phadke -
The party faces a tough fight from the Congress-NCP in Bhandara-Gondia in Vidarbha, but is expected to have a smoother path to victory in Palghar.
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Opinion

Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

Seshadri Chari -
So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

India talked big on Russia-Ukraine mediation. Alaska meet offers a window

Dismiss debate on EC functioning as ‘hoo-haa’, then hail India as ‘robust democracy’

Economy

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Akanksha Mishra -
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

Defence

President awards 1st set of Sarvottam Yudh Seva medals since Kargil, 7 honoured for leading Op Sindoor

Javaria Rana -
This year, the Indian Air Force received four of the seven awards, followed by the Indian Army with two medals, and the Indian Navy with one. 

National Interest

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

Shekhar Gupta -
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.

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