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Sunday, April 28, 2024
TopicTribal seats

Topic: Tribal seats

1st win in ‘tribal’ Mandvi — why BJP ‘rewarded’ Kunvarji Halpati with Gujarat ministerial berth

Three of the five Gujarat assembly seats where BJP has won for the 1st time are from the tribal belt and Halpati, a tribal leader, was made minister of state for tribal affairs Monday.

Tripura polls: BJP’s seat sharing deal is stuck over just one tribal seat

BJP has sought for itself 11 out of 20 tribal seats leaving just 9 for ally IPFT, hopeful of early resolution to the logjam.

On Camera

America’s out-of-control militarised police forces are a threat to democracy

The world watched aghast as police armed with tasers, tear-gas masks—and in one case backed up by snipers—arrested hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters at universities across the United States.

Government allows export of onions to six countries, sets buffer stock target

The government had imposed an export prohibition in order to ensure adequate domestic availability of onions in the country.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.