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After a setback in Maharashtra during Lok Sabha elections, BJP-led Mahayuti alliance rebounds in style
4 weeks, 1 day ago

After a setback in Maharashtra during Lok Sabha elections, BJP-led Mahayuti alliance rebounds in style

Op India  

The National Democratic Alliance, led by the Bharatiya Janata Party, has performed extraordinarily well in the Maharashtra Assembly elections. The assembly elections victory marked a significant comeback for the BJP-led alliance and demonstrated that the BJP’s effective strategies can secure voters’ trust. The BJP secured 15 out of 36 seats there, while ally Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena faction secured six …

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Maharashtra election results 2024: How Vidarbha region was crucial to Mahayuti win
1 month ago

Maharashtra election results 2024: How Vidarbha region was crucial to Mahayuti win

Firstpost  

The agrarian belt of Vidarbha, located in eastern Maharashtra, has the second-highest number of Assembly seats after Western Maharashtra. The BJP has won 2 seats and is leading in 124 others, Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena has won one and is leading in 54 others, and Ajit Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party is ahead in 40. PTI Notably, the region is home …

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Devendra Fadnavis reveals reason for BJP’s poor Maharashtra performance in Lok Sabha polls – ‘failed to counter…’
1 month, 1 week ago

Devendra Fadnavis reveals reason for BJP’s poor Maharashtra performance in Lok Sabha polls – ‘failed to counter…’

Live Mint  

Deputy chief minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis, has attributed the abysmal performance of Mahayuti alliance in Lok Sabha Elections 2024 to Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra. Fadnavis said the Bharatiya Janata Party ‘failed miserably’ to set the counter-narrative to the yatra, which he called a force formed by people having ‘anarchist and ultra-leftist’ mentalities. In the Lok Sabha Elections 2024, …

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Maharashtra polls: The power of bloodlines
1 month, 1 week ago

Maharashtra polls: The power of bloodlines

Hindustan Times  

Much has been made in recent years of dynasty politics, but in Maharashtra, political dynasties are increasing and thriving. Source of strength: Resourceful politician, solid grip over politics of Thane district, loyalty of his MLAs and blessings of Delhi Do say: Anand Dighe Don't say: Uddhav Thackeray Gaikwads Who: Eknath Gaikwad shot into limelight when he defeated Manohar Joshi in …

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Supreme Court Monthly Round-Up: August 2024
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court Monthly Round-Up: August 2024

Live Law  

Here's a comprehensive overview of the Supreme Court of India proceedings during August 2024. Swati Maliwal Assault Case: Supreme Court Issues Notice On Bibhav Kumar's Bail Plea Case Title: BIBHAV KUMAR Versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI, SLP No. S. 106 Evidence Act | Accused Can't Be Asked To Discharge Burden Of Proof When Prima Facie Case Wasn't Established By …

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Leaders across castes roped in as Congress holds 1st rejig after Lok Sabha elections
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Leaders across castes roped in as Congress holds 1st rejig after Lok Sabha elections

Hindustan Times  

The recent reshuffle of secretaries and joint secretaries of the Congress accommodated a large number of leaders from backward classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes while promoting young leaders and some key organisers of the Bharat Jodo Yatra in important organisational duties, an analysis shows. Leaders across castes roped in as Congress holds 1st rejig after Lok Sabha elections According …

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UP: Woman given triple talaq after voting for BJP in Lok Sabha elections, Islamist husband Saiwan Miya and relatives booked
5 months, 2 weeks ago

UP: Woman given triple talaq after voting for BJP in Lok Sabha elections, Islamist husband Saiwan Miya and relatives booked

Op India  

On 7th July, Charra police station in Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh filed an FIR against one unknown person based on the complaint filed by a woman identified as Sofiya Khan. The woman in the complaint stated that her husband, Saiwan Miya divorced her by giving her ‘triple talaq’ after she voted for a BJP candidate in the recently happened Lok Sabha …

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EC Begins Updating Electoral Rolls for J&K Along With Haryana, Jharkhand and Maharashtra
6 months ago

EC Begins Updating Electoral Rolls for J&K Along With Haryana, Jharkhand and Maharashtra

News 18  

The historic participation from Jammu and Kashmir in Lok Sabha elections 2024 has prompted the Election Commission of India to initiate preparations for Assembly elections in the Union Territory, starting with the updating of electoral rolls. In a statement, issued on Friday, the poll body said that after the successful completion of the Lok Sabha elections, it has initiated preparations …

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Telangana Congress readies reasons for poor show in Lok Sabha elections
6 months ago

Telangana Congress readies reasons for poor show in Lok Sabha elections

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD : The Telangana Congress is getting ready to give its view on the party’s underwhelming performance in the just concluded Lok Sabha elections to the fact-finding committee constituted by the All India Congress Committee. One of the major reasons for the “debacle” was picking parachute leaders as the party candidates, which reportedly contributed to the defeat in Chevella, Malkajgiri, …

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Haryana: Kiran Choudhry, daughter Shruti join BJP in big jolt to Congress ahead of elections
6 months ago

Haryana: Kiran Choudhry, daughter Shruti join BJP in big jolt to Congress ahead of elections

India TV News  

Haryana Congress suffered a big jolt ahead of state assembly elections as senior leader Kiran Choudhry and her daughter Shruti Choudhry joined the ruling party BJP. They, in their separate resignation letters to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, took a veiled swipe at Hooda, alleging that the party's state unit is being run as a "personal fiefdom". In their resignation letters …

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2024 Lok Sabha elections: A historic reflection of democratic resilience and evolution
6 months ago

2024 Lok Sabha elections: A historic reflection of democratic resilience and evolution

Firstpost  

Despite existing challenges, such as the underrepresentation of women, India’s democratic elections consistently reinforce the nation’s commitment to empowering its citizens and fostering fair participation in politics India recently concluded a historic six-week-long national election, which has garnered considerable attention both domestically and internationally. In the Lok Sabha Election of 2024, the resurgence of the Congress party and a high …

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OPINION | BJP’S STRONGEST ALLY CHANDRABABU TAKES OVER AS CM
6 months, 1 week ago

OPINION | BJP’S STRONGEST ALLY CHANDRABABU TAKES OVER AS CM

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted the new Andhra Pradesh chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu with a warm hug on Wednesday, after the latter was sworn in as Chief Minister at a huge gathering in Medha IT Park in Kesarapalle near Vijayawada. Watched by South matinee idols Rajinikanth, Chiranjeevi, Ram Charan, Allu Arjun, NTR Junior and Mohan Babu, former Chief Justice …

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[Lok Sabha Elections] BJP Leader Suvendu Adhikari Moves Calcutta High Court Over Alleged Post-Poll Violence In West Bengal
6 months, 1 week ago

[Lok Sabha Elections] BJP Leader Suvendu Adhikari Moves Calcutta High Court Over Alleged Post-Poll Violence In West Bengal

Live Law  

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Suvendu Adhikari has approached the Calcutta High Court flagging instances of alleged post-poll violence taking place in West Bengal in the wake of the Lok Sabha Elections, 2024.Advocate Billwadal Bhattacharya, appearing for Adhikari approached a division bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya, stating that the petitioner. Bharatiya Janata Party leader Suvendu Adhikari …

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PM Modi says NDA means 'New India, Developed India, Aspirational India'
6 months, 2 weeks ago

PM Modi says NDA means 'New India, Developed India, Aspirational India'

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed his heartfelt gratitude to all the leaders of the constituent parties present in the Parliament after he was elected as the leader of the National Democratic Alliance during the meeting of the newly elected MPs, ahead of the government formation. Opposition's claims on EVMs were silenced on June 4, says Modi bashes INDIA …

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No alliance with Congress, AAP to fight Delhi assembly elections on its own: Gopal Rai
6 months, 2 weeks ago

No alliance with Congress, AAP to fight Delhi assembly elections on its own: Gopal Rai

Op India  

Aam Aadmi Party will contest the Delhi assembly elections on its own without alliance with Congress, party leader Gopal Rai said on Thursday, noting that the two parties had come together in the national capital only for Lok Sabha polls. The two parties drew a blank in the Lok Sabha polls in the national capital with BJP winning all the …

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Lok Sabha elections make many regional parties kingmakers, but some draw blank: A deep dive
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Lok Sabha elections make many regional parties kingmakers, but some draw blank: A deep dive

Live Mint  

Lok Sabha Election 2024: The regional parties played a big role in the recently concluded national elections. However, a few regional parties which didn't join the BJP-led NDA or the Opposition's India bloc were wiped out in the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls. {{^adFree}} {{/adFree}} Parties which were wiped out in Lok Sabha 2024 There were six major regional parties …

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Bihar BJP leader says NDA will contest 2025 Assembly polls under CM Nitish Kumar: ‘Have started preparations’
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Bihar BJP leader says NDA will contest 2025 Assembly polls under CM Nitish Kumar: ‘Have started preparations’

Live Mint  

The National Democratic Alliance will contest the 2025 Bihar assembly elections under the leadership of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, announced Bihar BJP president Samrat Chaudhary on Thursday. The statement comes only a day after CM Nitish Kumar attended the NDA meeting at Narendra Modi's residence after the alliance barely managed to secure a victory in Lok Sabha Elections 2024. Nitish …

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Aam Aadmi Party to go solo in next year's Delhi Assembly election, no alliance with Congress: Gopal Rai
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Aam Aadmi Party to go solo in next year's Delhi Assembly election, no alliance with Congress: Gopal Rai

India TV News  

Aam Aadmi Party has made it clear on Thursday that the party will contest the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections alone. The party's Delhi convenor, Gopal Rai said that the alliance with Congress was only for Lok Sabha elections. AAP, Congress alliance in Lok Sabha polls In the recent Lok Sabha elections, both the Aam Aadmi Party and the Congress drew …

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Lok Sabha Elections 2024: 93 per cent of winning candidates are crorepatis, finds ADR analysis
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: 93 per cent of winning candidates are crorepatis, finds ADR analysis

India TV News  

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: A staggering 93 per cent of the candidates who won the 2024 Lok Sabha elections are millionaires, an increase from 88 per cent in 2019, according to an analysis by poll rights body Association of Democratic Reforms. The top three wealthiest candidates in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections are TDP's Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani from Andhra Pradesh's …

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Lok Sabha elections 2024: Here are the 7 Independents who have won
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Here are the 7 Independents who have won

Op India  

The Election Commission of India has announced the results for all the 542 Lok Sabha seats. Here are the details of the 7 Independent candidates who have won the Lok Sabha elections this time – Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav: Local strongman with a criminal past Rajesh Ranjan aka Pappu Yadav, who had jumped parties multiple times in his ‘political …

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Lok Sabha Election Results: From Irani to Omar to Adhir Ranjan, biggies who concede defeat | DETAILS
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Election Results: From Irani to Omar to Adhir Ranjan, biggies who concede defeat | DETAILS

India TV News  

The results of the 18th Lok Sabha elections were declared by the Election Commission of India on Tuesday. The biggest shocker came from Amethi - the Gandhi family bastion where Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was defeated by BJP leader Smriti Irani in the Lok Sabha election 2019. Maneka Gandhi suffers defeat Another big upset in the state was the defeat …

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Bihar Lok Sabha Election results: Full list of winners
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Bihar Lok Sabha Election results: Full list of winners

India Today  

Lok Sabha elections in Bihar for 40 seats were held in seven phases in the state starting April 19. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP won 17 seats with 23.58% vote share while JD secured 16 seats with 21.81% vote share. Exit polls predicted 13–15 seats for the BJP and 9–11 seats for its ally Janata Dal. Lok …

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How are the key candidates faring in Lok Sabha elections 2024?
6 months, 2 weeks ago

How are the key candidates faring in Lok Sabha elections 2024?

The Hindu  

With the counting of votes underway for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, here is how the key contenders in the fray are faring. Amit Shah In the fray to retain the Gandhinagar seat, Union Home Minister Amit Shah is leading over Congress candidate Sonal Patel by a margin of around six lakh votes, as of 1.45 p.m. One of the …

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Gujarat Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: List of constituency-wise leading candidates and parties
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Gujarat Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: List of constituency-wise leading candidates and parties

India TV News  

Gujarat Lok Sabha Election Winner List 2024: The counting of votes for the 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat is currently underway. So, will it be again a cakewalk for the party in the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections or AAP-Congress alliance be able to dent BJP's 26-0 hat-trick chance in Gujarat? Key candidates and seats to watch out for: Out …

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