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3 weeks ago

Waqf Land: Can BJP Leverage the Issue to Win Over Christian Voters in Kerala?

It is to be recalled that the lone electoral victory the BJP has won in Kerala in the recent past is one of actor Suresh Gopi in the Thrissur Lok Sabha seat, where Christian vote share was much higher than other minority communities. For its efforts, the BJP had its first dividend in the bye-election of Priyanka Gandhi in Wayanad …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

Kerala Students Union ‘didn’t sweep polls’, loss of bastions temporary setback: SFI

New Indian Express

KOCHI: Even as the Kerala Students Union made a near-clean sweep of the Cochin University of Science and Technology students’ union elections, the Students Federation of India, which had been in power at the varsity for the past 30 years, termed it a temporary setback. SFI won in 20 out of the 29 college union elections under Calicut University,” he …

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1 month ago

After Syria's Assad flees to Russia, his PM agrees to hand power to rebels

India Today

Ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's Prime Minister said he had agreed on Monday to hand power to the rebel-led Salvation Government, a day after the rebels seized the capital Damascus and Assad fled to Russia. Assad's Prime Minister, Mohammed Jalali, told Al Arabiya TV he had agreed to hand power to the Salvation Government, an administration based in rebel-held territory …

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After Assad's fall, Syrian PM agrees to transfer power to rebel-led administration

Firstpost

The prime minister of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday said he had agreed to transfer power to the rebel-led Salvation Government, following the rebels’ capture of Damascus and Assad’s flight to Russia, according to a report People walk at a souk, after Syrian rebels announced that they have ousted Bashar al-Assad, in Aleppo, Syria, on Monday. Reuters The …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Israeli strikes hit south Beirut after military warning

Deccan Chronicle

Beirut: Renewed Israeli strikes hit Beirut's southern suburbs on Monday, state media reported and AFPTV images showed, after an Israeli army evacuation warning and heavy raids on the Hezbollah bastion the previous night. Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee on social media platform X had earlier said the military would target Hezbollah "facilities and interests" in the southern suburbs, pinpointing several …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Punjab bypoll: Setback for Congress as it fails to retain bastions

Hindustan Times

The bypoll results came as a big setback for Punjab Congress as it failed to retain Gidderbaha and Dera Baba Nanak seats, which were considered their strongholds. Congress’ Kuldeep Singh Dhillon with party leaders Partap Singh Bajwa and Balbir Singh Sidhu after the win. With the Aam Aadmi Party making inroads into Congress bastions, the party strength in the assembly …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

No more Pawar play? Is Sharad Pawar losing his grip on Maharashtra politics?

Firstpost

The Maha Vikas Aghadi has been blown away in the Maharashtra polls by the ruling Mahayuti, which has come roaring back to power. Let’s take a closer look: Worst poll performance According to Economic Times, this is Pawar’s worst poll performance ever in his decades of political experience. Pawar’s NCP also trails Ajit’s NCP in the 26 seats which both …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Why the Matt Gaetz report blew up the Ethics Committee

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. On Wednesday, the House Ethics Committee met for more than an hour in the …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

China’s queer influencers thrive despite growing LGBTQ+ censorship

LA Times

Amid China’s crackdown on LGBTQ+ rights, queer influencers are using creative strategies, subtle hashtags and coded language to stay one step ahead of social media censors and provide much-needed support to the community. “No one knows where the line actually is.” After her daughter Teddy came out to her in 2018, Shi started volunteering at Trueself, an LGBTQ+ nonprofit in …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

'Liminal Tides' book review: Of borders, bastions and brotherhood

New Indian Express

Soumitra Banerji’s Liminal Tides is a deeply moving fictional account of India’s Partition, capturing the pivotal years from 1942 to 1947. The recent collapse of the Sheikh Hasina government in August this year, and the political unrest in Pakistan since 2022, make Banerji’s themes of migration, border conflicts and communal strife all the more resonant in today’s geopolitical landscape. And …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

mancave Reddit masculinity: Why are men so nervous about how their manly “bastions” are designed?

Slate

Earlier this year, I noticed that something strange was happening in my boyfriend’s apartment. “It’s looking like a man cave in here,” I said one morning, scrambling around the beer dispenser, searching for the French press. While the “man cave” is by now a familiar pop culture reference, the Redditors offer a precise definition, writing that it is “the last …

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5 months ago

Fears of a wider war between Lebanon and Israel grow as leaving loved ones behind becomes a stark reality for some

ABC

Rosemarie Hawa has lived in Lebanon for 15 years, but "can't wait" to leave. Israel's bombs flatten parts of South Lebanon village Satellite images show much of the Lebanese village of Aita al-Shaab in ruins after months of Israeli air strikes, offering a glimpse of the scale of damage in one of Hezbollah's main bastions in south Lebanon. The Department …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Russia advances in Ukraine but suffers losses, rows with Western powers

Al Jazeera

Moscow was rushing reinforcements to Donetsk and Kharkiv after unexpectedly high losses for limited advances. A war of words over Ukraine took centre-stage in the past week, as the European Union sought to bolster its defence readiness, NATO celebrated its 75th birthday and Russia issued threats and promises. Deputy head of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said in an …

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7 months ago

No Revenge in Politics, Says Kishori Lal Sharma

Deccan Chronicle

New Delhi: Congress' newly-elected Amethi MP Kishori Lal Sharma on Wednesday said the constituency for him was like an "amanat" of the Gandhi family and he would ensure there is no "amanat mein khayanat ". Sharma said the Amethi constituency is the 'amanat' of the Gandhi family and he would ensure that there is no "amanat mein khayanat ". This …

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7 months ago

In a West Bank refugee camp, Israel’s raids fuel the militancy it tries to stamp out

Associated Press

NUR SHAMS REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank — An Israeli army raid in April set off a near three-day gunbattle with Palestinian militants. The raid wasn’t in Gaza, where Israel is at war with Hamas, but more than 100 kilometers away in the Nur Shams refugee camp in the West Bank — a territory that has been under Israeli military rule …

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7 months ago

'No revenge in politics, only sportsmanship': Amethi MP Kishori Lal Sharma

New Indian Express

NEW DELHI: Congress' newly-elected Amethi MP Kishori Lal Sharma on Wednesday said the constituency for him was like an "amanat" of the Gandhi family and he would ensure there is no "amanat mein khayanat ". He said Gandhi has to decide which constituency he will represent in Lok Sabha though he would want the former Congress chief to keep the …

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7 months ago

Ludhiana: No major impact of Bains brothers for Congress

Hindustan Times

Former MLAs and brothers Simarjeet Singh and Balwinder Singh Bains failed to make any significant contribution to the win of Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring. Aam Aadmi Party candidate Ashok Parashar Pappi got 19,289 and Shiromani Akali Dal candidate Ranijt Singh Dhillon got 4,939 votes from the segment. Warring managed to garner 32,982 votes from the Ludhiana South …

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7 months ago

Pawar, Uddhav emerge as biggest winners in Maharashtra

Deccan Chronicle

Mumbai: While the Congress has emerged as the most successful party among the Maha Vikas Aghadi constituents, it is the NCP chief Sharad Pawar and Shiv Sena head Uddhav Thackeray, who have proved to be real heroes for the opposition alliance’s impressive show in Maharashtra. With their stellar performance, Sharad Pawar and Thackeray have also proved that they enjoy more …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Raebareli, Amethi among 14 UP seats voting in Phase 5 today. Check details here

Live Mint

Fourteen parliamentary seats of Uttar Pradesh, including Raebareli, Amethi and state capital Lucknow, will go to polls in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha Elections on Monday, May 20. The only seat that BJP lost in 2019 among the 14 was Raebareli seat which was by Congress’s Sonia Gandhi Gandhi family bastions Raebareli and Amethi are considered Gandhi family bastions. …

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8 months ago

It’s Sharad Pawar vs BJP in Maharashtra’s sugar bowl

Hindustan Times

There’s an uneasy silence in Ahmednagar’s lush green sugarcane fields as the polling day, May 13, draws closer. Devendra Fadnavis, who took over as Maharashtra chief minister in 2014, took up the challenge to end Pawar’s influence in the cooperative sector. Sharad Pawar has brought together all who oppose state revenue minister Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil, a sugar baron whose son Sujay …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Rahul Gandhi gives up Amethi, to contest from Rae Bareli instead

Op India

After much procrastination and speculations for weeks, the Congress party’s royal family has finally given up the Amethi seat. On May 3, the last day of filing nominations, Congress announced Rahul Gandhi’s name as the candidate for the Rae Bareli seat. Sonia Gandhi had vacated the Rae Bareli seat recently, choosing to go to parliament via the Rajya Sabha route. …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Erosion-hit Bengal voters sceptical as LS polls bring their plight in spotlight

Hindustan Times

Chaya Sarkar, 36, moved into a school building in 2022 when residents of Samserganj in West Bengal’s Murshidabad lost their homes and land district to erosion. Erosion has been among the key issues ahead of the Lok Sabha elections in Malda North, Malda South, Jangipur, Murshidabad, Berhampore, Krishnanagar, and Ranaghat on May 7 and May 13. “Even the people of …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Amethi and Rae Bareli: At Stake is the Cult of The Gandhis

News 18

Why has the Congress appeared so stricken with confusion in declaring their candidates for the Gandhi family bastions of Amethi and Rae Bareli? By the mid-1970s, Indira Gandhi had declared Sanjay Gandhi as her successor and two years before the 2019 Lok Sabha clash, Sonia Gandhi had handed the Congress throne or its presidency to Rahul. Only once have Rae …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Congress Leaves Amethi, Rae Bareli Candidate Decision to Mallikarjun Kharge

Deccan Chronicle

MUMBAI: The Congress Central Election Committee left the decision to select the candidates of Amethi and Rae Bareli to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge. At the CEC meeting in the national capital on Saturday, the members demanded that Rahul Gandhi must contest from Amethi against Union Minister Smriti Irani and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra be fielded to contest from her mother Sonia …

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Waqf Land: Can BJP Leverage the Issue to Win Over Christian Voters in Kerala?

Kerala Students Union ‘didn’t sweep polls’, loss of bastions temporary setback: SFI

After Syria's Assad flees to Russia, his PM agrees to hand power to rebels

After Assad's fall, Syrian PM agrees to transfer power to rebel-led administration

Israeli strikes hit south Beirut after military warning

Punjab bypoll: Setback for Congress as it fails to retain bastions

No more Pawar play? Is Sharad Pawar losing his grip on Maharashtra politics?

Why the Matt Gaetz report blew up the Ethics Committee

China’s queer influencers thrive despite growing LGBTQ+ censorship

'Liminal Tides' book review: Of borders, bastions and brotherhood

mancave Reddit masculinity: Why are men so nervous about how their manly “bastions” are designed?

Fears of a wider war between Lebanon and Israel grow as leaving loved ones behind becomes a stark reality for some

Russia advances in Ukraine but suffers losses, rows with Western powers

No Revenge in Politics, Says Kishori Lal Sharma

In a West Bank refugee camp, Israel’s raids fuel the militancy it tries to stamp out

'No revenge in politics, only sportsmanship': Amethi MP Kishori Lal Sharma

Ludhiana: No major impact of Bains brothers for Congress

Pawar, Uddhav emerge as biggest winners in Maharashtra

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Raebareli, Amethi among 14 UP seats voting in Phase 5 today. Check details here

It’s Sharad Pawar vs BJP in Maharashtra’s sugar bowl

Rahul Gandhi gives up Amethi, to contest from Rae Bareli instead

Erosion-hit Bengal voters sceptical as LS polls bring their plight in spotlight

Amethi and Rae Bareli: At Stake is the Cult of The Gandhis

Congress Leaves Amethi, Rae Bareli Candidate Decision to Mallikarjun Kharge