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TopicHaryana Assembly Election

Topic: Haryana Assembly Election

Days after EC reprimand, Congress warns poll body of legal action, slams ‘condescending tone’

In a statement Friday, nine senior leaders say poll body had stripped itself of ‘last vestiges of neutrality’ in its response to the party’s concerns about Haryana vote counting process.

How a sense of humiliation gave rise to the modern Jat identity & impacted Haryana’s politics

In early 20th century, Jats adopted elements of Arya Samaj movement. Since then, from kshatriya to kisan to demand for OBC status, their identity evolved in response to modern anxieties.

BJP’s Shakti Rani talks health, education on Kalka campaign trail. But don’t ask her about Jessica Lal case

Sharma has promised to work like a double-engine sarkar with her elder son Kartikeya, a Rajya Sabha MP. She urges people to vote, not for her, but for Modi and Haryana CM Nayab Saini.

Jats and Dalits in Haryana are voting differently. There is a growing tide for INDIA

The upcoming Haryana Assembly elections are anticipated to be highly competitive, with caste dynamics significantly influencing voter preferences and party strategies.

What’s behind Digvijay Chautala’s plans to install Sidhu Moosewala statue in Haryana’s Dabwali

Digvijay, the younger brother of former deputy CM Dushyant Chautala, insists there’s ‘no politics’ behind move. Assembly polls & Panjab University student union elections due soon.

AAP launches ‘Kejriwal’s guarantees’ for poll-bound Haryana, promises free education, treatment

Besides Sunita Kejriwal, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann and senior AAP leaders Sanjay Singh and Sandeep Pathak were also present at launch of 'Keriwal ki five guarantees' in Panchkula.

Boxing champion Saweety Boora eyes BJP ticket from Barwala for Haryana polls, says, ‘will surely win’

After having walked with Rahul Gandhi on his Bharat Jodo Yatra & slamming Khattar govt's sports policy in the past, Boora joined BJP earlier this year after 'being influenced by Modi'.

With assembly elections approaching, a dozen dynasts pad up to enter poll fray in Haryana

These include Rao Inderjit Singh’s daughter Aarti, a rifle shooter who has won laurels for India, ex-Speaker Kuldeep Sharma’s advocate son Chanakya & ex-minister Sampat Singh's son Gaurav.

SP eyes deal with Congress to contest Haryana assembly polls in exchange for UP seats

SP is looking for 6-8 winnable seats in Haryana in return for giving up some UP seats headed for bypolls to Congress. Bhupinder Singh Hooda says no such alliance planned as of now.

Haryana BJP rushes to placate Dalits before assembly polls, Congress looks to blunt rival’s OBC push

SCs and Jats together helped Congress snatch 5 of state’s 10 Lok Sabha seats from BJP. CM Saini-led govt is now pushing welfare schemes in bid to win over Dalits.

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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.

Ahead of SCO meet, Russia & China stage maiden joint submarine patrol in Sea of Japan, East China Sea

Joint submarine patrol ‘covered more than 2,000 nautical miles’ and was joined by Russian support vessels. Beijing maintains exercise ‘not directed against any third party’.

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.