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Friday, October 31, 2025
TopicRajya Sabha election

Topic: Rajya Sabha election

Why sleuths shouldn’t be after Rahul, and how BJP’s maths grade makes up for verbal gaffes

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Keep your MLAs close, Independents closer – lesson for Maha Vikas Aghadi after Rajya Sabha polls

While Sena's Sanjay Raut has blamed Independent MLAs for the loss, NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal said the MVA needs to keep Independents closer.

A vacancy in BJP no one wants, Congress’ pain of outsourcing and saffronised ‘Saubhagya Nagar’

Supporters of actor Mithun Chakraborty are asking about the benefits of associating with BJP. The party's state unit is asking the same question back: 'what did we gain?'

Congress’ ‘last resort’ for RS election — Party’s Rajasthan & Haryana MLAs head for hotels

Congress is herding its MLAs from Rajasthan and Haryana into luxury properties to prevent horse-trading ahead of the June 10 Rajya Sabha elections.

BJP forgot about its ‘temple achievement’ & Vice-President buzz around Naqvi, Thaawarchand

Haryana Congress is hoping to reap some benefit out of the Chautala family feud, expecting Om Prakash's grandson Dushyant to pull a rabbit out of the hat.

‘Panic & unrest’ in Maharashtra Congress as outsider Pratapgarhi who lost 2019 polls gets RS nod

Imran Pratapgarhi, 34 and from UP, was chosen over veterans like Milind Deora and Sanjay Nirupam. Some leaders call move ‘undemocratic’ but others accept high command’s call.

BJP announces 3rd nominations list for RS polls, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi’s name missing

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi's exclusion from Rajya Sabha nominations list has put question mark on his continuation in union council of ministers, as a minister must be member of either house of Parliament.

NDA wins both RS seats from Assam, bags eight votes from Congress-led opposition

BJP’s Pabitra Margherita, with 46 votes & alliance partner United People's Party Liberal's Rwngwra Narzary, with 44 votes, trumped Congress's Ripun Bora, who received just 35 votes.

Harbhajan, IIT prof-strategist, Delhi MLA, varsity founder, businessman: AAP’s choices for RS

Apart from ex-cricketer Harbhajan Singh, AAP’s Raghav Chadha, poll strategist Sandeep Pathak, LPU founder Ashok Mittal & businessman Sanjeev Arora are candidates for RS polls.

1 Rajya Sabha seat, 2 ex-BJP faces — Mukul, Yashwant emerge as likely TMC picks for bypoll

All eyes in Trinamool on upcoming RS byelection, necessitated by the defection of former Trinamool leader Dinesh Trivedi to BJP. Election is slated for 9 August.

On Camera

Starbucks was once progressive. It’s now approaching a dangerous spot in culture wars

Former CEO Howard Schultz once told shareholders those who opposed his support of same-sex marriage were free to invest elsewhere. But now, CEO Brian Niccol seems to be selling Starbucks as a place that just, well, sells coffee.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

India pulled out of Tajikistan’s strategically important Ayni air base in 2022. Here’s why

Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.