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Saturday, November 2, 2024
TopicGujarat assembly election

Topic: Gujarat assembly election

Gujarat win wasn’t just a face-saver for BJP. It also took care of party’s headline tension

A senior BJP leader’s aide is looking for someone well-versed in Mahabharat. Reason? A book on Shakuni is being planned for release before the 2024 Lok Sabha election.

Disaster in Gujarat but solace in Himachal: What Congress will take away from assembly polls

While Congress may be used to successive defeats, polls in Gujarat and Himachal came at a time when the party is doing some major organization rejigs under new president Mallikarjun Kharge.

AAP’s CM face Gadhvi, Gujarat unit chief Italia get trounced by BJP candidates

Former TV presenter and AAP’s CM face Isudan Gadhvi is behind BJP candidate in Khambalia, while AAP's Gujarat chief Gopal Italia is distant second to BJP candidate in Katargam.

Gujarat BJP leader who jumped in river to save Morbi survivors wins with whopping majority

Kantilal Amrutiya is a five-time MLA who won every election from Morbi seat from 1995 to 2017. BJP chose him instead of sitting MLA Brijesh Merja after the bridge collapse.  

BJP sweeps Gujarat with highest-ever tally for 7th term but loses Himachal to Congress

BJP wins 156 of 182 seats in Gujarat — a massive improvement over its 2017 tally of 99. In Himachal, however, anti-incumbency and infighting took the party down.

How Indian TV channels allege Putin has a ‘poisonous plan’ to ‘gas’ Ukraine

Russia and Ukraine would be appalled that their “secret’’ military strategies are being leaked to Hindi news channels.

PM Modi casts his vote in Ahmedabad amid ongoing second phase of Gujarat polls

Earlier today, PM Modi urged young voters & women to cast their ballot in large numbers. The voting began at 8 am today and will continue till 5 pm.

Hold your nose to climb to the top of Delhi politics & how to cook up a spicy manifesto

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

After Himanta’s ‘Saddam’ jibe at Rahul, Urdu press praises Iraqi dictator, calls him ‘tall leader’

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

How a once-sidelined former chief of BJP’s youth wing won back Modi’s favour, got Gujarat ticket

Party insiders believe Amit Thaker’s proximity to Modi’s political rivals hurt his prospects. Now, 30 yrs after entering politics, he is set to contest 1st election on a BJP ticket.

On Camera

As a Hindu Canadian, I am deeply hurt by cancellation of Diwali. My community is now sidelined

Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.