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From Marxist upbringing to ‘soft Hindutva’: The rise of new Delhi CM Atishi

A rare woman chief minister in India, Atishi has her task cut out, in rebuilding a party devastated by arrests.

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‘BJP opened a new front of terrorism in Jammu’: Omar Abdullah on shift in J&K politics, polls

Omar Abdullah, chairperson of the National Conference, has served as the youngest Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and even Union minister. In the recent Lok Sabha polls, Abdullah conceded defeat in the Baramulla constituency in North Kashmir against independent candidate Engineer Rashid. Now his party is in the fray…

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‘Mewat ruined by BJP’: Congress’s Aftab Ahmed on development, politics, cow vigilantism

Aftab Ahmed, Congress’s Nuh MLA, is set to contest the assembly polls again in a tough triangular fight against the BJP’s Sanjay Singh, the incumbent MLA from Sohna, and INLD’s Zakir Hussain. The deputy leader of the state assembly and former state transport minister has accused the BJP of halting…

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Window of hope, yet little changed in media accountability in Modi 3.0

Since June this year, when the general election results significantly reduced the strength of the BJP in the Lok Sabha, the optimists believed that a party dependent on its coalition partners, even if it continues to be led by Narendra Modi, would be different. That the visible authoritarian tendencies of…

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Emergency film release stalled to avoid impact on BJP poll prospects: Zee to Bombay HC

Zee Entertainment, the co-producer of Kangana Ranaut’s film Emergency, has told the Bombay High Court that the censor clearance is being delayed because the BJP is sceptical that the film may affect its prospects in the upcoming Haryana elections, Bar and Bench reported.

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‘Eclipse of regional issues, implementation tricky’: What papers said on one election nod

With the Union cabinet approving the push for ‘one nation, one election’, there is a political war of words and many questions loom over the way ahead.

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No varsity in Nuh despite locals’ demand, govt proposal, 7 years of Aspirational Districts Programme

In 2018, the Niti Aayog identified Haryana’s Nuh as one of the most backward districts in the country and added it to the Aspirational Districts Programme. But seven years on, little has changed in the district’s economy and educational infrastructure.

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India’s Kashmir holds first regional election since losing autonomy

At stake are seats in the region’s 90-member legislature, which will make laws and oversee local governing decisions.

Al Jazeera

Despite prison, torture, this Kashmiri politician won’t give up on India

As Kashmir votes in its first regional elections in a decade, Waheed-ur-Rehman Para battles his own demons to contest.

Al Jazeera

India's Disputed Kashmir Votes After Special Status Scrapped

Indian-administered Kashmir votes on Wednesday in the first local elections since the cancellation of its special semi-autonomous status sparked fury in the troubled Himalayan territory, which is also claimed by Pakistan.

International Business Times

‘Utter disillusionment’: Kashmir sees first election since 2014 as chance to reject Modi

Unusually high turnout expected in what is also first vote since Indian PM stripped region of statehood five years ago

The Guardian - AU

Ruckus outside police station, changed statements: The curious chronology of Ratlam SP’s transfer

➨ In May 2022, a local BJP leader’s nephew was booked for vandalising statues at a temple a day before Eid-ul-Fitr. Hindutva footsoldiers had tried to blame Muslims for the incident in Madhya Pradesh’s Burhanpur district.

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Kashmir elections 2024: Who’s in the fray and what’s at stake?

These are the first regional elections in Kashmir since New Delhi stripped its semi-autonomous status in 2019.

Al Jazeera

J&K: First phase Assembly polls for 24 seats on Wednesday

This is the first time Assembly election is being held in the J&K since the abboration of Article 370 and the conversion of the state into UT. Read further on Dynamite News:

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India reacts with outrage after Iran’s supreme leader raises concerns for Indian Muslims

Khamenei says Muslims should not be oblivious to sufferings of those in India, Myanmar, and Gaza

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"BJP ended democracy in J&K, running Governor rule," says Sanjay Singh

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh on Monday reached Jammu and Kashmir to campaign for his party. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Blog: Wind of change in Haryana Assembly polls?

In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, the BJP and the Congress won five seats each out of 10 seats in the state. Must follow the story on Dynamite News Blog:

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Kashmir election: Are separatist candidates change agents or Trojan horses?

For decades, the Jamaat-e-Islami boycotted elections. Now, the banned group has upended its position—and the campaign.

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Intrigue and independents: All the possibilities that might unfold in Jammu and Kashmir

In the 2014 assembly elections, when Jammu and Kashmir was still a state, the Bharatiya Janata Party got its highest tally of 25 out of 37 assembly seats. In 2019, the region lost its autonomy and was cleaved into two demoted union territories (Ladakh not having an elected assembly).

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‘Shocked by my arrest’: PDP leader Waheed Para on media, youth, militancy

People’s Democratic Party leader Waheed ur Rehman Para, who has been the party’s youth face, was booked under the stringent UAPA in 2020 and spent two years in incarceration. Now, he is fighting the assembly poll from Pulwama.

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Engineer Rashid: Kashmir’s new leader or BJP’s new ‘pawn’?

Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, has been the talk of the town ahead of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections. The Kashmiri politician, in jail for over five years in a terror funding case, won the Baramulla seat in the Lok Sabha polls with a big margin…

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 337: Rift within BJP in UP, Yogi vs top leadership

This week, host Sumedha Mittal is joined by independent journalist Sunil Kashyap.

The Guardian - UK

Indian opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal released on bail

Delhi chief minister had been in jail since being arrested in March in corruption case he says is politically motivated

Al Jazeera

India’s top court grants bail to opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal

Supreme Court says while Delhi chief minister’s arrest was lawful he should be freed while contesting the charges.

International Business Times

India's Top Court Frees Jailed PM Modi Opponent On Bail

A top political opponent of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was granted bail on Friday after months behind bars on accusations his party took kickbacks in exchange for liquor licences.

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