POLITICS
Why Suvendu Adhikari, who quit TMC and will likely join BJP, matters in West Bengal politics
While the suspense continues over his future plans, Suvendu Adhikari is reportedly just a step away from joining many other TMC rebels in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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Farmers' protest | 'Don’t become worse than Britishers,' Arvind Kejriwal tells Centre, tears copies of farm laws in Delhi Assembly
Ever since the farmers’ protest began along Delhi borders in the last week of November, Kejriwal and other leaders from the Aam Aadmi Party have been vocal in extending support to the protest.
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Kerala Local Body Election Results: Apolitical Twenty20 expands its electoral footprint in village panchayats
The highlight in all the four panchayats that the Twenty20 won is Aikkaranadu where its nominees bagged all the 14 wards. In Mauzhuvanoor, the forum's candidates won in 15 out of the total 19 wards in the panchayat.
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Farmers' protest | Arvind Kejriwal's AAP goes big against agri reform laws: Eye on Punjab polls?
The tone for AAP’s opposition to the farm bills was set by its Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh who was among the MP’s suspended from the House while the Bills were being passed during the Monsoon Session in September.
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Farmers' protest | Ready for 'open-minded' discussions, Centre to protesting farmers
The farmers' union leaders have rejected the Centre's amendment proposal asserting nothing less than a repeal of the three farm laws will end the protests
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How film stars in south India tread a different political path than their counterparts in the north
Many credit MGR with starting the trend of superstars turning into mass political leaders when he broke away from DMK in 1972 to float AIADMK and went on to become the chief minister of Tamil Nadu for ten years.
INDIA
Explained: Why is November 26 celebrated as Constitution Day of India?
On November 19, 2015, Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment notified the decision of Narendra Modi -led Union government to observe November 26 as Constitution Day every year to promote constitutional values among citizens.
INDIA
Bihar Elections : All in the family — sons, daughters, brothers, in-laws, in poll alliances
Leaders across political parties have passed on their batons to their scions in the polls that will elect the new 243-member assembly in Bihar.
POLITICS
BJP got 80% of corporate donations among five national parties in 2018-19: ADR
The BJP received Rs 698.08 crore from 1,573 donations, more than seven times the amount received by four other national parties combined from 201 donations, the report said
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Bihar Elections 2020: 23% candidates in first phase face serious criminal charges: ADR
The Supreme Court had made it mandatory for political parties to publicise their criminal antecedents apart from declaring it in affidavits filed at the time of nominations. .
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Bihar Election 2020: Tejashwi Yadav throws fresh challenge to Nitish Kumar, says “Chief Ministerial Debate” tradition should start from Bihar
Tejashwi Yadav, who has been targeting the Nitish Kumar government over issues of unemployment and migration, has been witnessing exponential increase in the footfall in his rallies despite the Coronavirus-induced health protocols in place
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Bihar Elections: I am being targeted because of my religion: Congress’ candidate Maskoor Usmani
Maskoor Ahmad Usmani was president of the Aligarh Muslim University Students’ Union in May 2018 when a local BJP MP demanded the removal of Muhammad Ali Jinnah's portrait from the on-campus union office, popularly known as Union Hall
POLITICS
Bihar Election 2020: Parties face virtual challenge as poll dates draw near
Home to 10 crore people, Bihar is the third most populous state in the country after Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra.
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Bihar Election 2020: BJP ally Nitish Kumar eyes Muslim votes
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar enjoyed support of the Muslim community in the 2015 assembly polls when he contested in an alliance with the RJD and the Congress, despite declining popularity, analysts suggest.
POLITICS
Nothing unusual about Mayawati's absence from Hathras
In July this year during the political crisis in Rajasthan, Mayawati’s BSP issued a whip asking six MLAs, who had won on its ticket in 2016, to vote against the Ashok Gehlot’s Congress government in the assembly.
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Bihar election: Nitish Kumar to hit campaign trail today
Leading the NDA's charge in the state, Kumar along with the BJP is aiming to retain power.
POLITICS
Bihar Elections: How Ram Vilas Paswan's death will impact Bihar polls
It will also be interesting to see how BJP will treat Chirag Paswan after his father’s death, especially when he has walked out of NDA and has been critical of Nitish Kumar, the NDA's chief ministerial face.
POLITICS
Ram Vilas Paswan: The man who predicted which side the political wind blew
Born in 1946 to a Dalit family in Shaharbanni village near Khagaria district of eastern Bihar, Paswan was active in politics for nearly five decades and will be remembered as one of country's prominent Dalit leaders.
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Bihar elections 2020: BJP warns rebels approaching LJP for tickets
The saffron party has also threatened to file an FIR against non-NDA players, referring to the LJP, that use pictures or posters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the poll campaign.
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Bihar Elections | Is BJP behind Chirag Paswan's decision to go it alone?
Chirag Paswan has done to Nitish Kumar what his father did to Lalu Prasad in 2005. It remains to be seen if Chirag’s decision to go solo will pay off for the LJP as it undergoes a generational shift.
INDIA
8 rape cases from UP were reported in 2019 on a daily basis: NCRB data
With 59,853 cases, UP reported the highest number of crimes against women in 2019. This accounts for 14.7 per cent of such incidents across the country. In UP, 18 per cent rape victims were Dalit women. In Rajasthan, it was 9 per cent.
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Bihar elections | Why BJP chose ex-Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis as its in-charge for the polls
Sources said BJP chose Devendra Fadnavis to draw some political mileage ahead of Bihar polls considering heightened sentiments over the Sushant Singh Rajput case in the state. Fadnavis comes with a long organisational and electoral expertise. Some said he has been roped in for his negotiating credentials that can help the BJP in striking a deal with Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) over seat sharing.
POLITICS
Anger over Hathras gangrape resonates in poll-bound Bihar
The anger over the gang-rape and murder of a Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras district may resonate in neighboring Bihar.
INDIA
Main political players in the Babri Masjid case - and where they are now
In the 2300-page verdict Special CBI judge SK Yadav said the demolition of the mosque was a spontaneous incident and not a pre-planned one, as alleged. The Court also said there was no conclusive proof against the accused who tried to stop the demolition being carried out by “anti-social” elements
