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Friday, November 8, 2024
TopicTelangana Assembly Election 2018

Topic: Telangana Assembly Election 2018

Congress not to disclose CM candidate’s name in poll-bound Telangana

The party will fight the Assembly elections jointly with the TDP, CPI and Telangana Jana Samithi, said a state Congress leader.

With lack of strategy and state leadership, BJP prepares to flounder in Telangana

There is little option for BJP but to bank heavily on its top brass, hoping their popularity and outreach prevents the party from sinking in Telangana. 

EC is ready to hold elections in Telangana this year, says poll panel official

Will not do anything unconstitutional, says EC official; poll panel team to visit state soon.

TDP, Congress say they are ready for early elections in Telangana

Opposition targets KCR, says move to opt for early polls guided by selfish motives; Congress accuses TRS of having “secret pact” with BJP.

Telangana CM dissolves assembly, state set for early polls

Rao, who will continue as caretaker CM, also announced candidates for 105 of the 119 constituencies in Telangana. 

Modi has made more enemies than friends in four years as PM: Chandrababu Naidu

Raking up the Finance Commission controversy, Naidu said although the southern states had successfully controlled population growth, he was now ‘encouraging people in his state to have more children’.

Ensuring higher MSP to farmers in an election year. What are the government’s options?

Fixing MSP only on the basis of cost of production, without any reference to demand, global market etc. can cause distortions that may take years to correct.

Amit Shah is making southern states feel as if they are living off New Delhi’s generosity

The BJP chief’s pinch-hitting against southern states does no good to the Team India spirit that Modi speaks of.

On Camera

I am shocked Indian ‘liberals’ aren’t supporting Iranian woman Ahoo Daryaei protesting hijab

There is the fight against authoritarianism, and then there are 'liberal' Muslim women who ar supposed to be allies. Sadly, diluting the debate distracts one from the core issue.

Jet Airways’ smooth takeoff, turbulence & crash landing. Key events leading to SC-ordered liquidation

SC set aside resolution plan for Jet Airways, founded by Naresh Goyal in 1992 shortly after India liberalised its economy. A look at timeline of events that led to its permanent grounding.

China unveils J-35A stealth fighter, with striking resemblance to US F-35. Here’s how they compare

The Chinese aircraft has uncanny similarities to the American F-35 jet. There are claims that China copied the design. Cyber theft of F-35 design data was reported in 2009.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.