Nearly a quarter of the BJP’s 441 Lok Sabha candidates were defectors who had joined the party between 2014 and 2024; out of 26 candidates who joined this year, 21 lost.
Dr Daljit Singh Cheema, who served as adviser to Parkash Badal when he was CM, to contest from Gurdaspur. Two-time MLA & real estate developer NK Sharma pitted against Preneet Kaur.
The party has given ticket to ex-Congress MLA Raju Parve, who jumped ship recently, from Ramtek (SC) seat. Some of the other names include Rahul Shewale, Sadashiv Lokhande & Hemant Patil.
Dropping MPs, MLAs to beat anti-incumbency has been one of the core formulae of success for Modi since his chief ministerial days. But does it really work?
Ventures by Japan, South Korea and Taiwan illustrate how the race for REE security is accelerating, powered by both geopolitical tension and industrial strategy.
ThePrint had previously reported that India & Russia are talking about 5 more regiments of the S-400, but no contracts are to be signed during the Russian president's visit.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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