From a street fighter to a Parliamentarian, Chandra Shekhar Azad has come a long way in a decade-long career and his victory in Nagina has stirred the pot of Dalit politics in the State with around 21% Scheduled Caste population that has been ruled by a Dalit Chief Minister four times. However, despite winning the … Read more
Women agriculture workers in action at Parasalur Panchayat in Mayiladuthurai district on a hot day. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Until now, working under hot sun was never an issue with 58-year-old S. Kaliammal, an agriculture labourer from Puthagaram village in Pattavarthi panchayat in Mayiladuthurai district. But in the middle of her tilling work on … Read more
This southern Odisha town in Ganjam district, also known as the silk city of Odisha, will witness a battle between two turncoats in the Lok Sabha elections. The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has fielded Bhrugu Baxipatra, who till last week was vice president of the BJP Odisha unit, while the BJP has named Pradeep … Read more
It’s not just the excitement over a direct battle between the Kerala Congress factions or the chaotic political atmosphere triggered by a crisis in the natural rubber sector that is to blame for the uncertainty gripping Kottayam this time. Instead, it’s the realization that the election’s outcome may serve as a culmination of the numerous … Read more
Students seen outside the counting centre during the counting of votes for the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union election, at JNU campus, in New Delhi on March 24, 2024 | Photo Credit: ANI The RSS-affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and the United Left outfits are locked in a neck-and-neck fight for the central panel … Read more
BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi campaigned for the party ahead of Lok Sabha polls, in Murshidabad, West Bengal, on March 10, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on March 11 drew parallels between the upcoming Lok Sabha polls and Mahabharat, saying the elections will be a battle between the “good … Read more
The Special Operations Group and the Thunderbolt Squad had followed the Maoists to the house based on intelligence inputs. (picture for representational purposes) | Photo Credit: K. RAGESH The Special Operations Group (SOG) and the Thunderbolt Squad of the Kerala Police are continuing combing operations in rural Kozhikode and the Periya forest region following an encounter … Read more
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel. | Photo Credit: PTI In Chhattisgarh, the highlight of the BJP’s first list of nominations for the forthcoming State Assembly elections is its attempt to corner Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel by fielding sitting Durg MP and former Congress leader Vijay Baghel from Patan in Durg, which the … Read more
JD(S) leader Kumaraswamy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Karnataka Assembly elections this time around were, according to rhetoric, supposed to be transformative. These polls were to make the BJP go beyond the Lingayat vote, the Congress beyond the Vokkaliga and Ahinda base and the Janata Dal (S) beyond its pocketbrorough of … Read more
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