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Friday, August 15, 2025
TopicState Elections

Topic: State Elections

Indian TV news is hooked to MGM— no, it’s not a movie channel, but #ModiGetsMichel

TV news channels were in a celebratory mood over the ‘big success of CBI, RAW and the Modi government’

Congress nears power in Madhya Pradesh, but not quite there yet

Waiting in the wings for 15 years to unseat the BJP, Congress presently seems to be falling just short of making this election all...

Cracks appear in BJP’s backbone: We need change, chant MP’s business community

There is a sense of disappointment within Madhya Pradesh's business community about the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government. But Modi needn't worry.

BJP committed to building Ram temple in Ayodhya, says Amit Shah

BJP president exudes confidence of his party forming next govt at the Centre in 2019, with a majority higher than that of the present one.

BJP & Congress don’t want to field Muslims in Madhya Pradesh. Muslims say they understand 

Muslims in Madhya Pradesh, under BJP rule for 15 years now, seem to have resigned to the fact that the shift in Congress posturing is a political compulsion.

Real reason why Rahul Gandhi doesn’t want to declare CM candidates for state elections

The CM face is the critical X-factor in winning elections. Why doesn’t Rahul Gandhi get it?

4 reasons why Lutyens’ media could be off the mark on state elections

Data shows the Indian voters’ habitual anti-incumbency sentiment has tempered

Ahead of polls, Madhya Pradesh govt releases criminals in jail for petty crimes

CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan directed officials to withdraw cases against criminals from weaker sections, who are lodged in jails.

And then there were nine

With the decline in the might of pan-national parties and vote banks, even a national election has now become just a net result of many state elections.

On Camera

How Saba Azad became the accidental voice of Bengal’s language protests

Bengalis are hurt over a statement by the Delhi police calling Bangla a ‘Bangladeshi language’ and the lines Azad sang have unwittingly become protest music in Kolkata now.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

President awards 1st set of Sarvottam Yudh Seva medals since Kargil, 7 honoured for leading Op Sindoor

This year, the Indian Air Force received four of the seven awards, followed by the Indian Army with two medals, and the Indian Navy with one. 

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.