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Monday, May 13, 2024
TopicLok Sabha 2024

Topic: Lok Sabha 2024

PDP announces candidates for 3 seats in Valley, Mehbooba to contest from Anantnag

Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti will contest the Lok Sabha polls from the Anantnag constituency, the party announced on Sunday as it...

MK Stalin release DMK manifesto, calls for Governor to be appointed in consultation with state CM

MK Stalin release DMK manifesto, calls for Governor to be appointed in consultation with state CM

TMC declares candidates for all 42 LS seats in West Bengal, fields Yusuf Pathan from Baharampur

The TMC also renominated expelled Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra from Krishnanagar seat for the second consecutive term.

Election Commissioner Arun Goel resigns ahead of Lok Sabha polls

Three-member EC panel now comprises only CEC Rajiv Kumar, following retirement of Anup Pandey in February and resignation of Arun Goel, who was due to retire in 2027.

SubscriberWrites: North vs South — Opposition’s Answer to the Electoral Rout, to Maintain its Political Clout

The North vs South bifurcation has plagued India since long, but with Congress vociferously positioning itself as the 'natural choice of the South', the belief has further deepened.

What prompted SP to seal an alliance with Congress in UP & MP for Lok Sabha polls

SP to contest in 63 seats & Congress in 17 in UP. Alliance will give SP an advantage in Muslim-dominated seats in the state. SP will also get one seat in MP as part of seat-sharing deal.

Zero tolerance: ECI tells political parties, candidates not to involve children in poll campaign

Top leaders of both Congress and BJP have been accused of “misusing” children for political campaigns.

Jay Panda gets UP, Vinod Tawde gets Bihar as BJP promotes new faces as poll managers for 2024

Veteran poll managers Dharmendra Pradhan, Bhupendra Yadav missing from list of in-charges & co-in-charges. In-charges not named in Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Delhi & Maharashtra.

Kharge to be ‘INDIA chairperson’, Nitish ‘withdraws’ from convener race citing ‘lack of consensus’

Bihar CM & JD (U) president Nitish Kumar is learnt to have said he would only consider convener’s post when there’s consensus. He also insisted that a Congress leader be alliance chair. 

‘For BJP, Ram temple is more about political gain than religious sentiments,’ says Urdu press

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

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Disability rights intersects with economy, commerce, health. Policy should reflect that

Another pressing issue plaguing the disability sector in India is the absence of proactive initiatives from state governments. This is despite disability being a state subject.

Day after mass sick leave by employees, Air India Express fires crew members, cancels 85 more flights

About 300 employees had called in sick Wednesday, allegedly in protest against mismanagement of airlines. Remaining staff given ultimatum to rejoin work by end of Thursday.

Pensionless Maha Vir Chakra awardee who trained Mukti Bahini continues to fight for rights

Chiman Singh, injured in 1971 India-Pakistan war, was discharged as non-pensioner in 1972. In his petition, he states denial of pension is contrary to settled law.

What’s common between Netflix Chamkila and Trudeau’s trouble-infested Canada? They don’t get Punjab

Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.