POLITICS
Jharkhand CM Soren lands in office-of-profit row : All you need to know
The Election Commission has taken cognisance of a complaint against Soren and the high court has issued a notice to him, but legal experts said he is unlikely to face disqualification as a member of the state assembly
POLITICS
Round Two: Former IAS officer Shah Faesal 'excited to start all over again' amid speculation of return as bureaucrat
Faesal, who topped the UPSC examination in 2009, resigned from services in January 2019, citing “rising intolerance” in the country. He had later floated his own political party — Jammu and Kashmir People’s Movement — with plans of contesting assembly elections, but he quit politics in August 2020, and started dropping hints of making a comeback in civil services
POLITICS
Change of rules on selection of vice-chancellors may escalate DMK-governor standoff in Tamil Nadu
Two Bills passed in the Tamil Nadu Assembly on April 25 propose to take away the governor’s powers to appoint vice-chancellors of the state-run universities. The Bills need to be forwarded by Governor RN Ravi to the President for his assent to become a law
POLITICS
Decoding the BJP’s challenge in Rajasthan
The BJP’s central leadership builds a truce in its faction-ridden Rajasthan unit ahead of state elections next year. It remains to be seen whether the truce will hold.
POLITICS
Democracy has reached grassroots in J&K, central schemes moving fast: PM Modi in Jammu
PM Modi inaugurated a slew of projects worth Rs 20,000 crore and addressed 'Gram Sabhas' across the country in Jammu's Palli village during his first official visit to the union territory since abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019
POLITICS
Vote for BJP if you want criminals to come to power: Arvind Kejriwal in Karnataka
The Delhi CM recalled the violence outside his home recently, but he skipped any direct reference to Jahangirpuri in north west Delhi, where communal clashes were reported during a procession taken out marking Hanuman Jayanti on April 16.
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Asaduddin Owaisi sees 'encroachment removal' as ploy to 'punish poor Muslims' in Jahangirpuri
Overall, 25 accused, mostly Muslims, have been arrested by the police so far in connection with the violence that erupted after alleged stone-pelting on a `Shobha Yatra` in the Jahangirpuri on April 16 marking Hanuman Jayanti. The incident lead to widespread clashes leaving several people, including cops, injured
POLITICS
Explained: The benefits, the cost and the impact of AAP’s free electricity scheme for Punjab
The scheme mirrors the one in Delhi where the AAP government provides free power up to 200 units to domestic consumers and a Rs 800 rebate to those consuming between 201 and 400 units per month.
POLITICS
Rejected and dejected Opposition should embrace BJP’s politics of development, JP Nadda in letter to citizens
Nadda’s letter comes two days after leaders of 13 Opposition parties, in a joint statement, while expressing concern over the recent incidents of communal violence urged people to maintain peace and harmony and questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s silence
POLITICS
Rift widens in Samajwadi Party; Muslim leaders question Akhilesh Yadav’s ‘strategic’ silence
There has been a growing resentment among the Muslim rank and file of the SP over party chief Akhilesh Yadav’s ‘silence’ over the issues related to the community
POLITICS
The $1-trillion economy target for Uttar Pradesh and how state plans to achieve it
India’s most populous state needs to boost the size of GSDP four-five times to achieve the target by 2027. The state government says it needs to take some 'giant steps' to reach the goal
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UP's ex-health minister, leader who supervised Kashi Vishwanath corridor, among bigwigs dropped from Yogi Adityanath's cabinet
Eleven former ministers, who have been dropped, had lost the assembly elections. But the prominent leaders, who won the elections, have been dropped either for lacking connect with people or due to their poor performance as ministers, according to sources
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Yogi Adityanath takes oath as UP CM for second time, Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak sworn in as deputy CMs
The 52-member Team Yogi includes two deputy Chief Ministers, 18 cabinet ministers, 14 ministers of state (independent charge) and 20 ministers of state, apart from the Chief Minister. Among the ministers, five are women
POLITICS
Amit Shah to table bill proposing reunification of three civic bodies of Delhi in Lok Sabha today
The proposed reunification of the three civic bodies of Delhi has triggered a war of words between the AAP and the BJP. The Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP has questioned the timing of the bill saying the BJP was scared of losing the Delhi municipal elections, which were due in mid-April and had been deferred on March 9. The BJP leaders said the unification of the municipal bodies will help resolve their financial issues
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Reunification of Delhi’s municipal corporations: The background, the impact and the politics
A single civic body for three areas of the national capital is expected to be better financed, although the Aam Aadmi Party claims it is a pretext for postponing the municipal elections because the BJP is unsure about winning
BUSINESS
Gulf CEOs in Valley : All you need to know about UAE delegation visiting J&K
The four-day trip by the 34-member business delegation from the UAE that concludes on March 23 is aimed at showcasing the investment opportunities in J&K with a focus on entrepreneurship, and the tourism and hospitality sectors. There was no clarity so far, however, on the sectors in which the visiting CEO's have decided to invest. No information was available on any MOUs or trade deals signed this time
POLITICS
J&K safe for business because of low crime rate, UT govt to visiting Gulf CEOs
A 34-member delegation from UAE, including Indian-origin businessmen, are on a four-day visit to the Valley looking at business opportunities in Jammu and Kashmir
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Explained: Significance of recent assembly elections on presidential polls
The BJP won in four out of five states that went to the polls in the last two months, yet it may still not have numbers to have the NDA candidate as the next President of India. Thus the saffron party is expected to bank on the YSRCP and BJD to secure a majority in the electoral college
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UP Election Results 2022: How Mayawati’s BSP was decimated
The BSP leader says the party should introspect and carry forward the movement and come back to power.
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UP Election Results 2022 | How BJP's victory has repeated history after 37 years
After the President's rule that lasted about four months, the Congress came to power in Uttar Pradesh consecutively in 1980 and 1985 assembly elections with an absolute majority
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UP Election Results 2022 | No farmer anger? BJP wins all 8 seats in Lakhimpur Kheri district
UP Election Results 2022: Lakhimpur Kheri was expected to be a tough contest for the ruling party after eight people, including four farmers, were killed during an anti-farm law protest
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Assembly Election Results | Bhagwant Mann wins Dhuri seat by 45,000 votes, set to be AAP's first Punjab CM
Mann bagged 65,858 votes defeated his closest rival and Congress MLA Dalvir Singh Goldy who bagged 20,767 votes. Akali Dal’s Parkash Chand Garg got 5,226 votes, according to Election Commission of India numbers.
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Brand Modi, his govt’s welfare schemes biggest factors in elections, says Axis My India CMD Pradeep Gupta
In an interview with Moneycontrol, Pradeep Gupta, chairman & managing director of Axis My India, the agency that has successfully predicted the outcome of 53 of 57 assembly and general elections since 2013, explained the process, the challenges, the chances of getting predictions wrong and things that are on voters’ mind before exercising their franchise.
POLITICS
UP Elections 2022 | 7 key contests to watch for in last round
The ruling BJP is locked in a fierce battle with the SP and would want to win most of these seats before the 2024 general elections
