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The plan is being opposed by the neighbouring Telangana, which says the project will deprive it of its rightful share of Godavari waters. Andhra government says Telangana interests will not be affected
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Delhi’s peak power demand is expected to cross last year's record this summer, and the state government is preparing for network overload and other local factors. A Tata Power-DDL spokesperson said dedicated round-the-clock teams have been set up to attend breakdown and for supply restoration.
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Hours after taking oath as Delhi’s chief minister and before her first cabinet meeting, Rekha Gupta headed to a Yamuna ghat to perform an 'aarti' with her cabinet colleagues, sending a clear signal that rejuvenating the toxic river will be a top priority for the BJP. The party has come to power in the national capital after 27 years.
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Jyotiraditya Scindia’s remarks come amid the latest Election Commission (EC) trends showing the BJP ahead in 43 of Delhi’s 70 seats and the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP in 16
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The meeting will likely focus on preparations for the results and addressing concerns over alleged horse-trading of MLAs.
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A potential FTA with the UK and the China & Bangladesh plus-one opportunity are likely to boost medium-term growth
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Singh won the Kundarki assembly constituency, a seat BJP had been losing since 1993, defeating Samajwadi Party's Mohammad Rizwan, who bagged 25,580
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Civil disobedience movement led by junior doctors rattled the state government. However, it won’t impact the election outcome significantly for three reasons. The movement refused to let political parties piggyback on them. It’s largely an urban middle class protest which expects the chief minister to deliver on their demands, indicating its aim is not to politically damage the government. Finally, most by-elections are in constituencies which are predominantly rural that were unaffected by the long drawn protest
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Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, a former chief of Wrestling Federation of India, was last year accused of sexual assault by several female wrestlers, who sat on a protest for weeks demanding a probe against him
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The pro-tem Speaker has been appointed to perform the duties of Speaker till election of the Speaker
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According to the EC, eight parliamentary seats spread across six states are involved. The total number of polling stations for which verification has been sought is 92.
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India’s rise as a regional power and its increasing geo-strategic importance has made the Indian elections an event of global relevance. The outcome of the elections can play a significant role in shaping global dynamics.
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The TDP alleged that the resort, disguised as a tourism project, was built for Jagan Reddy's personal use.
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Priyanka's poll debut has been anticipated since 2019 when many in the Congress hoped she would contest from Varanasi against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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In Wayanad, Rahul defeated CPI's Annie Raja, while in Rae Bareli, he defeated BJP's Dinesh Pratap Singh.
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For the better part of the counting day (June 4) , Waikar and Kirtikar had a close battle, with a margin of less than 100 votes.
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The BJP won only 33 out of 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh, with the most surprising loss in Ayodhya, where BJP’s two-time MP Lallu Singh was defeated by Samajwadi Party’s Awdhesh Prasad
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The AIADMK fared better than the NDA in the general election, but nowhere as well as to give it the confidence in its ability to take on the DMK without help from the BJP and the PMK.
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In the last few years, the media had often been abuzz with news of Pankaja's unhappiness with BJP.
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This helped Lucknow-based publishers, the Eastern Book Company (EBC) to boost sales in the last quarter, according to a report.
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For the first time after the MVA's spectacular performance in parliamentary polls, where it won 30 out of 48 Lok Sabha seats in the state, Thackeray held a joint press conference here with his MVA allies NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar and senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan.
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He also accused the saffron party of "abusing central agencies, corrupting the judiciary, gagging the media and manipulating the Election Commission to cling to power".
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Both Annamalai and Tamilisai posted a picture of their meeting on X in an attempt to quell talk of discontent between them.
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BJP is likely to face a stiff challenge in the polls for the vacant seats in Maharashtra and Haryana.
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He said the Shiv Sena-BJP-NCP alliance had to "pay the price" for discontent among farmers in the onion growing belt of the state, including Nashik, where the ruling coalition fared poorly in the polls.
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Tensions run high in both the ruling and opposition alliances over the seat-sharing formula for the upcoming assembly elections.
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Tamilisai Soundararajan says her exchange with Amit Shah was reassuring after coming under attack for her remarks on state BJP leadership
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Amritsar man identified as Tejpal Singh was recruited by the Russian Army when he went to Russia on a tourist visa, hoping to find a job there. It is learnt that he was killed in March in the country's conflict with Ukraine. Tejpal's mother urged the government to provide a job for his widow and to honour her son as a martyr.
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As the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha election is scheduled to begin on June 24, here's a look at the top 10 richest members of the lower house
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After Sharad Pawar, Ajit Pawar, Supriya Sule, Rohit Pawar, Parth Pawar, and Sunetra Pawar, Yugendra is the latest from the Pawar clan to try his luck in politics.
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Multiple key Union ministries being headed by parliamentarians representing the eastern part of the country could ensure that there is a stronger focus on the economic progress of the region so that it can contribute in a bigger way to the Viksit Bharat agenda of the Modi government 3.0
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BJP's dismal Lok Sabha performance sparks accusations of betrayal and sabotage within the party, prompting a comprehensive review and internal strife as leaders point fingers.
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Political strategist Robbin Sharma played an instrumental role in TDP's landslide victory in Andhra Pradesh. In an exclusive conversation with Moneycontrol, he decodes the strategy that helped Chandrababu Naidu defeat Jagan Reddy,
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Cabinet portfolio allocations are not the correct measure to judge the leverage TDP has extracted from the coalition government. It could be because the real test for N Chandrababu Naidu will be the concessions he extracts for Andhra
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Output from two constituents—pollsters and equity researchers—show how a powerful narrative can result in a willing suspension of disbelief
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Villages have seen the emergence of a new class of local political elites who are diverse and more representative of the underlying population than their higher-tiered counterparts
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The Modi ka Parivar movement on X started after Lalu Prasad Yadav remarked that PM Modi had no family of his own, to which the prime minister retorted that the people of India are his family.
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Among these MPs, six belong to the INDIA bloc, while one is Chandrashekhar Azad, founder of the Azad Samaj Party, who won the Nagina seat.
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Forming the party in 2010, NTK polled 1.76 percent vote share in the first (Assembly) election it fought in 2016, increasing it to 3.87 percent in 2019 Lok Sabha polls, 6.58 percent in 2021 Assembly polls and in the just concluded Lok Sabha polls it got 8.19 percent vote share.
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In his 24-year tenure, Patnaik operated from his personal home, Naveen Niwas, which effectively served as the Chief Minister's residence. Sparse furniture, few personal artefacts and even fewer self-aggrandizing portraits – it never looked like a power centre.
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Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu has said that Amaravati would be the sole capital of Andhra Pradesh. The announcement comes a day before Naidu's swearing-in as the chief minister of the state.
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A war of words between Shiv Sena’s Hemant Godse and NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal has led to a discussion on whether the alliance will last until the upcoming Vidhan Sabha polls.
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Rating agencies and analysts have said the government may step up welfare spending as well as support for states represented by partners in the National Democratic Alliance
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Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan will be the new deputy chief minister of Andhra Pradesh .TDP won 135 seats in the 175-member assembly while Kalyan's Jana Sena won 21 seats. Their NDA ally BJP also won 8 seats.
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After Suresh Gopi, who won the elections from Thrissur, Kurian is the second Kerala leader in the Modi Cabinet. During the tenure of the first Narendra Modi government, Kurian was a member of the National Minority Commission.
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Margherita was indeed a surprise pick. His original name is Pabitra Gogoi. He uses the name of native town – Margherita in upper Assam’s Tinsukia district – as his surname. Margherita was a cultural activist before joining politics in 2014.
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The India Post and telecom divisions have a "tremendous role to play" at the local, as well as, at the global level, Scindia adds.
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Out of a total of 236,508 votes cast through ballot papers, the NDA secured 40.75%, while the opposition alliance garnered 45.41%, giving them a notable advantage.
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The lawmakers of the Telugu Desam Party, Janasena, and BJP of the NDA will meet in Vijayawada today to choose TDP leader N Chandrababu Naidu as their representative in the legislature. leaders planned to meet Governor S Abdul Nazeer after the conference with the intention of proposing Naidu for chief minister of Andhra Pradesh
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PM Modi has taken the first big step towards a government of consensus and has sent out a message that he will be the boss and that allies cannot arm twist him
