September 27, 2024, 05:52 PM - 6 min read
Pawan floated Jana Sena in March 2014 but was largely inactive and reclusive for a long time. The mercurial star had supported the NDA, saying he was a big fan of Narendra Modi. He had even campaigned for the TDP-BJP combine, a factor that played a key role in the TDP coming to power in AP.
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September 25, 2024, 06:38 PM - 6 min read
Among Haryana's most watched constituencies, Hisar will be seeing a high-voltage contest
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September 24, 2024, 09:08 PM - 4 min read
In politics, rumours do not need any reason or logic and more so during the elections. In Selja’s case, though, there was a reason that she was feeling ignored and alienated after being sidelined. She has set aside all the speculations now. She is likely to join the campaign in a day or two..
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September 23, 2024, 10:14 PM - 5 min read
Given her standing and stature in the party, it looks quite “unlikely” that Selja may make a switchover. She has been very close to Sonia Gandhi also. But political proximities come with expiry dates when there are examples like that of Natwar Singh, who was disowned within a fraction of a moment.
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September 21, 2024, 07:21 PM - 6 min read
As of now, Kangana, the actress-turned-MP does not bother to be “politically correct” and ends up saying things, which may seem correct but are politically unpalatable leading to controversies.
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September 21, 2024, 03:27 PM - 5 min read
As the United States of America gears up for its 60th quadrennial presidential election on November 5, several Hollywood heavyweights take sides aiming to sway the results with their share of the influence.
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September 20, 2024, 08:42 PM - 5 min read
The Congress is optimistically looking for a comeback in Haryana after ten years. It was the powerful combination of the Jat and the Dalit votes that saw Congress winning five of the nine parliamentary constituencies it contested in Haryana. They are capitalising on the same in the assembly elections as well.
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September 19, 2024, 09:31 PM - 6 min read
Rahul holds the constitutional position of Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha (the lower house of the Indian parliament). He and the Congress as well as most of the opposition parties have been alleging that there is an “atmosphere of fear, hatred and violence” against the minorities in the country.
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September 16, 2024, 08:24 PM - 5 min read
For the BJP holding to the 25 seats it won in 2014 will also be a challenge in the Jammu region itself. The Congress, which is fighting the elections in alliance with the National Conference, will be a better force this time as compared to 2014 when it had to bear the brunt of anti-incumbency.
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September 15, 2024, 10:27 PM - 5 min read
CM Banerjee does not only understand the significance of a democratic movement. But she can get the pulse of it too.
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September 14, 2024, 09:19 PM - 5 min read
Though it is not the first time that Kejriwal may be playing the ‘son of the soil’ card in Haryana, this time his party hopes to capitalise on it, given a sweeping majority in the neighbouring states of Punjab and Delhi.
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September 14, 2024, 11:54 AM - 6 min read
There is a strong reason for both Omar as well as Mufti to feel jittery and uncomfortable over Rashid’s release from jail for the election purpose. He has been granted an “interim bail” till October 2.
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