After G Sudhakaran's comments, Oppn says election manipulation is CPI(M)'s biggest strength. In 1989, Congress defeated CPIM in Alappuzha by a small margin of 25,123 votes.
While the postal ballots will be sent to NRI voters electronically, it is being suggested the voter give the ballot to an officer designated by the embassy, who would attest it.
While ‘US should let our EC conduct its elections’ makes for feel-good conversation, democracies can no more be substituted across countries than engines across car models.
Framers of US constitution were of the opinion that integrity of election process would be badly endangered if a sitting president or his allies in Congress engaged in self-dealing.
US Post Service tells court it’s possible the ballots were delivered, but workers skipped a final envelope-scan procedure to speed delivery under a court-ordered rush.
Opposition parties had raised concerns, even calling the proposal ‘unconstitutional’. But EC has cited logistical constraints for not extending the facility.
BJP mopped up postal votes, mostly cast by military personnel, as Congress promise to review AFSPA in aftermath of Pulwama & Balakot appears to have backfired.
Mineral security is no longer just an economic concern but a national security imperative, underpinning the country’s ambitions in clean energy, defence self-reliance, and advanced manufacturing.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
BJP has no dynastic succession, at least not at the top. You can trace this back to Vajpayee-Advani era. This act of spotting, empowering younger talent is even more striking with the choice of BJP presidents.
The Left had mastered the art of booth capturing and ballot tampering. This was the secret to their unprecedented success in West Bengal.
Mamata Banerjee learnt the tricks of the trade from the Left. Of course, now, the TMC is the foremost practitioner of the art of election manipulation and vote tampering.
The Left had mastered the art of booth capturing and ballot tampering. This was the secret to their unprecedented success in West Bengal.
Mamata Banerjee learnt the tricks of the trade from the Left. Of course, now, the TMC is the foremost practitioner of the art of election manipulation and vote tampering.