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Wednesday, November 19, 2025
TopicKairana

Topic: Kairana

The BJP may do a good job of not showing it, but it must be in great panic

The opposition was so confident of winning Kairana that it gave the ticket to a Muslim, despite the possibility of an anti-Muslim Hindu consolidation.

Kairana loss a reminder that BJP needs to find new narrative in Uttar Pradesh before 2019

Opposition victory punches holes in BJP’s grand Hindutva umbrella plan on which it rode to power in 2014, raises questions on leadership and charisma of Yogi Adityanath.

The Rahul Gandhi Defence League is obsessed with the wrong problem

In denial that Rahul Gandhi has an image problem, his supporters can’t see beyond Hindutva.

Modi’s on the road again, and this could be the end for Sterlite Copper in TN

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UP: Voting for Kairana, Noorpur bypolls begins

Kairana parliamentary constituency, which has five assembly segments, is witnessing a united opposition taking on the BJP.

Plugged-In: All eyes on Kairana bypolls and India wants in on elite nuclear club

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Why the BJP is sleepless over Jats & Muslims joining hands in Uttar Pradesh poll

Many will vote for RLD but only because the candidate is a Muslim; say Jat-Muslim unity thing of the past.

RLD-SP will deliver the message of opposition unity in Kairana bypoll: Jayant Chaudhary

Former MP Begum Tabassum Hasan is the opposition’s joint candidate for the 28 May bypoll — she quit the SP to officially join the RLD on 6 May.

With SP support, RLD’s Jayant Chaudhary could be opposition candidate for Kairana bypoll

He is viewed as a candidate with great potential for victory, and the SP-BSP combine may back him to ensure a repeat of Gorakhpur & Phulpur losses for the BJP.

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At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.