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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
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

3 survey results that tell us what Indians think about democracy — and it’s not a simple story

The search for a permanent and coherent popular meaning of democracy is futile. The Pew report underlines this ever-evolving tendency of popular democracy in the Indian context.

Why Tamil Nadu’s women make up nearly half of India’s female factory workforce

With an educated & skilled workforce, Tamil Nadu has a burgeoning industrial sector which has scored massive investments in automobiles, electronics, and even footwear.

Indian Coast Guard’s pollution control vessel visits Philippines, Vietnam, and Brunei

The ICG Samudra Paheredar will be in the region for three days, visiting ports in Manila, Ho Chi Minh, and Muara.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.