Topic: Haryana elections 2019
Can Ayodhya Ram Mandir work for BJP in states when PM Modi didn’t?
When Modi factor is absent in states, Amit Shah's election machinery also fails. 'Masterstrokes' like installing CMs from non-dominant groups come to a naught.
Rahul Gandhi shouldn’t stand in the way of Congress’ regional leaders like Amarinder Singh
Gandhi family’s hold over the Congress has acted as a glass ceiling for local leaders. Haryana polls show it's time Congress high command changes.
BJP leader Manohar Lal Khattar takes oath as Haryana CM for a second term
JJP leader Dushyant Chautala takes oath as the deputy chief minister of Haryana.
Suicide abetment, fraud, forgery — cases against Gopal Kanda who BJP’s desperately wooing
MLA Gopal Goyal Kanda has emerged 'king-maker' after BJP, with 40 seats, fell short of the majority mark in the Haryana assembly.
Did Rahul Gandhi’s near-absence from campaign help Congress in Haryana, Maharashtra?
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addressed only six campaign rallies while Sonia and Priyanka Gandhi did not attend any in the Haryana and Maharashtra assembly elections.
No word from Rahul Gandhi as Congress celebrates Haryana, Maharashtra poll performance
Rahul Gandhi is yet to comment on the Congress' performance in the Haryana and Maharashtra assembly elections. He has not posted anything on Twitter also.
Not a good election for turncoats — 60% candidates lose in Maharashtra, Haryana
Haryana voters more unforgiving to turncoats as 9 out of 14 candidates fielded by BJP lost. Maharashtra defectors had a better strike rate.
‘BJP juggernaut’ not inevitable – Pratap B Mehta, Cong shares credit for BJP win—Sanjay Kumar
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‘Hyper nationalism’ has its limits, says Hindu, ‘Abrogated Arrogance 370’ — Telegraph
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How Deepender Hooda got it right, Smita Prakash wrong and Barkha Dutt’s political sermon
The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.
Erdogan’s assault on Macron is the height of cynicism
There was a time when Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan didn’t see the West as Turkey’s enemy and even wanted to join the European Union.
ICICI Bank’s profits jump six-fold for July-September quarter
The bank's net interest income increased by 16 per cent year-on-year to Rs. 9,366 crore in this year's second quarter from Rs 8,057 crore in last year's second quarter.
Defence
Here is why US changed Rajnath Singh’s statement on ‘reckless aggression’ by China
Both the US State and Defense departments have added footnotes to the transcripts they released on Rajnath Singh’s remarks at 2+2. The State Department has also updated the text.
5 reasons for the crisis in global Islam
If tens of crores of Muslims across the world feel they are victims of mass Islamophobia, their holy prophet shown deliberate disrespect, it is a sense of crisis and siege.