Nepotism seems to have been a concern in Uttaramerur elections. That's why the drawing of ballots was done by a child and executives' relatives were banned from being elected.
JMM defector Champai Soren won the only ST seat for BJP in Jharkhand. Meanwhile, in Maharashtra, party looks set to win 10 ST seats, 2 more than in 2019 assembly polls.
EC also announces byelections to 48 assembly seats nationwide and 2 parliamentary constituencies, including Wayanad in Kerala, where Priyanka Gandhi will contest to succeed her brother.
Requests for ThePrint’s intervention sound like cries of despair from frustrated people who see media as their last resort. As a society, have we become hard of hearing?
Apart from One Nation, One Election, there is a strong similarity between 1967 and 2023—a dominant party at the helm, and a politics that’s bringing oddballs of opposition together.
The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.
Exclusive: Theaterisation proposal has been stuck over how limited air assets would be divided. Consensus reached on division of air assets among 3 theatres, it is learnt.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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