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Tuesday, September 2, 2025
TopicHaryana elections

Topic: Haryana elections

BJP sweeps Haryana local polls, wins 9 out of 10 corporations

Candidates who won with big margins included BJP’s Faridabad nominee Parveen Joshi who won by over 3 lakh votes and Raj Rani from Gurugram who won by over 1.79 lakh votes.

Haryana lesson for Congress—stop relying on old guard who can no longer win you elections

The question to ask is: ‘How does the Haryana result change the way we look at national politics going forward?’

BJP worker injured, hospitalised after he was shot at outside polling booth in Faridabad on 5 October

30-yr-old Rajnish was shot on polling day in Haryana by 2 assailants on motorcycle after a brief exchange of words. Police say his condition is stable & the investigation is ongoing.

Populist promises in Congress & BJP manifestos for Haryana polls threaten to strain state’s budget

Monthly allowance for women, housing for the poor, subsidised gas cylinders, increased pensions, and 2 lakh govt jobs feature in both the Congress and BJP manifestos.

Why Congress’s most prominent Dalit face in Haryana Kumari Selja is staying away from poll campaign

Selja did not attend the Wednesday launch of the party manifesto and has lately not been campaigning on the ground. Her silence could negatively impact party's electoral chances.

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.

AAP pits WWE ex-wrestler Kavita Dalal against Congress’ Vinesh Phogat in Haryana’s Julana

The two wrestlers are contesting in Haryana Assembly polls from Julana constituency. Last year, the wrestlers' protest compelled Dalal to share her ordeal of sexual harassment.

BJP seeks date change for Haryana polls, Congress calls it a move to delay defeat

BJP has asked EC to change the date citing concerns that holidays around 1 October could impact polling negatively. Congress says it has ‘no problem with pre-announced dates’.

As Haryana plunges into poll cycle, 5 obstacles in ruling BJP’s road to re-election

Nayab Singh Saini-led BJP govt in Haryana has made plethora of announcements with an eye on assembly polls. But party’s road to re-election is fraught with obstacles.

Early trends show Congress’s Kumari Selja ahead of BJP’s Ashok Tanwar by 42,000 votes in Sirsa

Daughter of former Union minister, late Chaudhary Dalbir Singh, Kumari Selja ventured into politics with a byelection in 1988. She won Sirsa seat in the 1991 and 1996 Lok Sabha elections.

On Camera

Road building is a money-making racket in India. And we have a very short memory

We get very angry when rain disrupts our lives and brings our cities to a halt, but by the time the elections come around, we have forgotten how angry we were.

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.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

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.