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Topic: Bypolls

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

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 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

On Camera

The Bengal Files has made sure Kolkata dusts history books to find out real Gopal Mukherjee

Whether it is due to the alleged unofficial ban on The Bengal Files or allegations by Gopal Mukherjee’s family against Agnihotri, everyone in the state wants to know more about Mukherjee.

Punjab’s paddy farmers are staring at big losses. Why flood impact may spill out of India’s rice bowl

As devastated farmers begin to come to terms with the fallout, 4 lakh hectares of land under paddy cultivation across state is flooded. Punjab is among the biggest contributors to PDS.

Army chief weighs in on theaterisation, says it is inevitable and need of the hour

New Delhi: Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi has strongly backed the idea of theaterisation, saying it is inevitable and the need of the hour. Speaking...

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?