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Elections 2024
Lok Sabha elections phase 2: All that you need to know
The 2024 general elections in India, often dubbed as the largest show of electoral democracy, enter into the second phase on Friday.
Elections 2024
In post-delimitation Assam, why division of Muslim votes can diminish their electoral prospects
“Ensure that not a single vote goes to the Congress and no Bodo votes get wasted to the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) as the Bodo-identity has an existential threat from it”, an invigorated All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) MLA from Dalgaon assembly constituency, Majibur Rahman, asked the mixed crowd of Bodos and Muslims supporting Durga Das Boro of Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) party in Udalguri just before filing the nomination papers on 3 April 2024.
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Violation of MCC: EC seeks response from Narendra Modi – but also Rahul, Kharge
The Election Commission of India (ECI), which has continued to receive flak for not acting on PM Narendra Modi's hate speech against Muslims during poll campaign in Rajasthan on April 21, has purportedly taken cognisance of the Model Code of Conduct violation today.
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Hyderabad University fines students Rs 1,000 each for conducting “UoH for Palestine” protest
At least six students were fined Rs 1,000 each and were warned to be cautious by the University of Hyderabad for conducting a Palestine solidarity march inside the campus on 27 October last year.
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NCP(SP) releases manifesto; addresses caste census, J&K statehood, CAA and farmers’ welfare
The Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) on Thursday released its election manifesto, backing the caste census and promising a separate commission for farmers' welfare, right to apprenticeship, 50 per cent reservation for women in jobs.
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Muslim woman attacked in Meerut for running ‘successful shop’, booked by police too
A 23-year-old Muslim girl Arshi who runs a tea shop, was brutally assaulted by a Hindu fringe group 'Hindu Jagran Manch' in Meerut in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday.
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Delhi police arrests climate activist Disha Ravi in ‘Greta toolkit case’
Delhi Police cyber cell, on Saturday, arrested a 21-year-old climate activist Disha Ravi from Bengaluru for her alleged role in “spreading a toolkit” related to the farmers’ protests. Ravi...
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We’ll install generators in summer at protest site: Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait
The government wants to prolong the protest, but the farmers are also ready for a long haul and will not leave the site until the demands are met, said Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait, one of the faces of ongoing farmers’ agitation.
Central India
Faruqui case: Anthony and Vyas walk out of jail, two left in prison now
After 44 days in prison, Prakhar Vyas (23) and Adwin Anthony (25), accused of organising a comedy show of stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui were released from jail on Saturday evening.
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‘It tells a lot about the times we live in” Kaif on Wasim Jaffer row
Former Indian cricketer Mohammad Kaif wrote in his column for the Indian Express: "It must have been very difficult for Jaffer to have to come out and explain his intentions. It tells a lot about the times we live in — where social media trolls do their worst to divide our country."
Central India
Maharashtra governor forced to dance to BJP’s tunes: Sena
The Shiv Sena, ruling party in Maharashtra, on Saturday accused state Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari of toeing the BJP’s line, and said that if the Narendra Modi government wants the Constitution to be upheld, it should recall him.
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UP police takes CFI leader Rauf Shareef into custody in Hathras case
Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested Campus Front of India national secretary Rauf Shareef in a case registered against journalist Siddique Kappan and three others in Mathura a day after Shareef was granted bail by the Special Court for Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in an Enforcement Directorate (ED) case.
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Rakesh Tikait to join 7 ‘mahapanchayats’ in 3 states starting Feb 14
Beginning Sunday, Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait, one of the faces of ongoing farmers' agitation, would be attending seven "mahapanchayats" planned across Haryana, Maharashtra and Rajasthan to garner support for the stir against Narendra Modi government's new farm laws.
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Central India
NCP would ensure the BJP’s exit in Pune civic polls: Ajit Pawar
Challenging Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) senior politician and Maharashtra former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis’s claim, Nationalist Congress Party’s (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar said on Friday that Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will see the exit of saffron party in the upcoming civic body polls.
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An alliance is different and ideology is different: Tamil Nadu CM to Muslim voters
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIDMK) leader Edappadi Palaniswami on Thursday said to Muslim voters in the state that they need not worry about the AIDMK’s alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the upcoming Assembly elections.
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Campus Front of India leader Rauf Shareef gets bail in ED case
After two months in custody, Campus Front of India (CFI) national general secretary Rauf Shareef was on Friday granted bail by a Principal Session’s Court in Ernakulam in a case registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
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Budget 2021 trying to sell India: AAP slams Centre
Speaking in Rajya Sabha, Aam Aadmi Party’s Sanjay Singh termed Union Budget 2021 a budget to sell the country and its wealth.
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