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Friday, October 24, 2025
TopicRajasthan Assembly Election 2018

Topic: Rajasthan Assembly Election 2018

In Rajasthan Congress manifesto, a promise to crack down on coaching hubs, steps for free press

Move significant as Rajasthan is home to coaching hub Kota, which is hit by student suicides. Congress also promises loan waiver to farmers.

BJP manifesto for Rajasthan assembly polls promises 50 lakh private jobs in 5 years

The BJP manifesto also held out a possibility to farmers of doubling their income, helped by a new Rs 250 crore fund to encourage rural start-ups.

BJP is on a better wicket in parliamentary elections than in state elections

A swing towards the Congress in MP and Rajasthan assembly polls need not automatically mean a similar outcome in parliamentary elections.

Congress asks union home ministry to protect Navjot Singh Sidhu outside Punjab

Congress has said Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu has been receiving ‘more threats’ since he left the BJP

Congress triggers race for CM as it fields all old warhorses in Rajasthan polls

Unlike in MP, the Congress has decided to field senior leaders Ashok Gehlot, Sachin Pilot, CP Joshi and Girija Vyas in Rajasthan polls.

118 candidates file 151 nominations in poll-bound Rajasthan

So far, 269 candidates have filed 343 sets of nominations. The last date for filing of nominations is 19 November.

BJP braces for trouble as second Rajasthan poll list leaves out 3 ministers, 15 MLAs

Under Narendra Modi and Amit Shah, BJP has been known to deny tickets to sitting MLAs to beat anti-incumbency.

Congress likely to oust BJP from power in Rajasthan, predict opinion polls

Surveys by ABP News-CVoter and C fore expect Congress to win 142 and 124-138 seats respectively in Rajasthan's 200 member assembly.

Amit Shah keeps Vasundhara Raje out of Rajasthan rallies as their rift widens

BJP president Amit Shah has been holding rallies without CM Vasundhara Raje, something he rarely does in other poll-bound states. 

Rajasthan BJP MLA & Jaswant Singh’s son Manvendra quits BJP, may join Congress

BJP MLA Manvendra Singh has been at loggerheads with his party for denying dad Jaswant Singh a Lok Sabha ticket in 2014

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Japan PM Sanae Takaichi’s first test is on 28 October—her meeting with Trump

Sanae Takaichi is no feminist icon—her views on gender roles and same-sex marriage are conservative—but she is seen as resolute, even hardline, on policy.

US sanctions Rosneft & Lukoil: What we know of 2 oil giants that produce half of Russia’s crude

Rosneft, the Russian state-owned oil behemoth, has large interests in India. Reliance has a contract to purchase 500,000 barrels of crude per day from the firm.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.