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The big picture of Modi’s welfare state: Same budget, new schemes, more coverage, but education hit

Rarely in post-1991 India has a Lok Sabha election felt so bereft of suspense. Most predict a third term for PM Narendra Modi, and an overwhelming number of forecasts revolve around the BJP’s victory margins. And yet, most of the explanations have been in a binary.

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Delhi CM Kejriwal seeks from Supreme Court extension of his interim bail by 7 days

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking an extension on medical grounds of his interim bail. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Rahul Gandhi visits Gurdwara Qila Baba Bedi Sahib in Himachal Pradesh's Una

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday reached Gurdwara Qila Baba Bedi Sahib. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Lok Sabha 2024: Amid extreme heat and hot seats, Delhi voted on which issues?

In Delhi’s high-stake battle, the BJP is up against the INDIA bloc, which has fielded three Congress candidates and four from the AAP across the seven Lok Sabha constituencies in the national capital.

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‘No difference between Nitish, Modi’: BJP’s Samrat Chaudhary on Chhapra violence, NDA, constitution

Bihar, which has 40 Lok Sabha seats, recorded polling across eight constituencies today. The state had witnessed post-poll violence in Saran on May 21, in which a youth died and three others were severely injured after clashes between the RJD and the BJP workers, divided along caste lines of Yadavs…

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Delhi CM Kejriwal slights ex-Pak minister for commenting on his election post

"The elections taking place in India are our internal matter. India will not tolerate interference from the biggest sponsors of terrorism," Kejirwal said. Must follow the story on Dynamite News:

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LS Polls 2024: Sonia and Rahul Gandhi cast their votes in Delhi

Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and party MP Rahul Gandhi cast their votes. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar: "Voting is not only duty but a significant power also..."

Vice-President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar accompanied by his wife Sudesh Dhankhar cast his vote at a polling booth in Delhi. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Hafta letters: Election commission, legacy media and VVPAT

My question is related to Hafta #469. On the organised nature of Ram mandir decor in public spaces, Shardool brushed it off, claiming that I don’t “understand” India. I thought his answer had more to do with his own mandir-time-tribulations than the uniformity of the decor, and Raman sir did…

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AAP's Atishi casts her vote in Delhi, alleges voting could be slowed down in INDIA bloc strongholds

AAP leader Atishi on Saturday cast her vote in the sixth phase of the general elections and alleged that the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi VK Saxena. Read further on Dynamite News:

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EC asks Chief Electoral Officers to take measures to manage impact of hot weather in 6th phase LS polls

The poll panel has made adequate arrangements for the Phase 6 of the Lok Sabha polls to be held on Saturday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Bihar post-poll violence: Saran local dead in gunshots fired over ‘caste supremacy’

For long, the incidents of poll violence, booth capturing and influencing elections through muscle power had seemed like a thing of the past. But the post-poll violence in Saran Lok Sabha constituency on May 21 has revived memories of the bygone era of rampant caste violence and allegedly rigged elections…

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Door-to-door campaign, booth cadre, apps: BJP vs INDIA bloc in Chandni Chowk

In the lead up to the high stakes political battle across seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi on May 25, workers of both the INDIA alliance and the BJP are on the ground to mobilise support for their leaders through public meetings and campaigns. The BJP is contesting all seven…

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Know Your Turncoats, Part 18: Coalgate accused, ‘anti-national’ ex-activist, former couple turned rivals

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‘Difficult to carry on’: Heatwave in Delhi but party workers spend long hours in the sun

On May 20, five days before polling day in Delhi, the Congress party’s Chandni Chowk president, Rahul Dabla, was rushed to a hospital.

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Uttar Pradesh LS Polls: Voting for 14 seats in the state on May 25

The fate of several high-profile candidates will be decided on Saturday as 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh go to polls. Read further on Dynamite News:

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India Lok Sabha election 2024 Phase 6: Who votes and what’s at stake?

Voters from eight states and union territories will cast their ballots to elect 58 MPs in the sixth phase of polling.

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Lok Sabha 2024: Will wrestlers’ protest impact elections in Haryana?

Among the poll narratives in Haryana, ahead of voting across its 10 Lok Sabha seats on May 25, the protest by India’s top women wrestlers against alleged sexual assault by former wrestling federation chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has purportedly taken centre stage.

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2 FIRs filed after posters to boycott May 25 polling found on DU campus

Two FIRs were filed after posters will slogans to boycott the Lok Sabha elections in the national capital were found on the walls at multiple points of the sprawling Delhi University campus on Thursday, police said. Read further on Dynamite News:

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‘Fight is against Suvendu’: TMC’s ‘Khela Hobe’ fame Debangshu Bhattacharya on electoral debut, BJP

Debangshu Bhattacharya, 27, who gained popularity for writing the song Khela Hobe during the 2021 West Bengal assembly elections, is making his electoral debut as the Trinamool Congress’s Lok Sabha candidate from Tamluk. The young politician is in the fray against Abhijit Ganguly, the BJP candidate and controversial former Calcutta…

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LS Polls: "33,000 policemen, 51 paramilitary companies, 17,500 Home Guards to be deployed in Delhi": DCP Sanjay Sehrawat

DCP Election cell of Delhi Police, Sanjay Sehrawat on Thursday said that 33,000 policemen of Delhi Police, 51 paramilitary companies, and 17,500 Home Guards who have come from Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, and Madhya Pradesh will be deployed in the national capital in view of the Lok Sabha polls to be conducted…

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Braille ballot papers being prepared for polling day in Chandigarh

Braille ballot papers are being prepared following instructions from the Election Commission of India to enable visually impaired people to take part in the election process and cast their votes for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Punjab and Chandigarh. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Bihar: BJP suspends Bhojpuri actor Pawan Singh for contesting LS polls as independent candidate

The Bihar unit of BJP on Wednesday suspended Bhojpuri actor Pawan Singh from the party for contesting the Lok Sabha elections from the Karakat seat as an independent candidate. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Delhi: One arrested for throwing ink on Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar

One person has been arrested in connection with an alleged assault on Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar during a meeting at the AAP office in New Usmanpur, police said on Tuesday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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‘No one is serious about us’: In Jangal Mahal, the Kurmis may dent BJP’s chances

“We have done everything from blocking trains in Jangal Mahal to protesting in Delhi. Nothing has happened so far. Everyone is ignoring our demand for ST status.”

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