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BJP Repeats 2017 Performance On RSS Turf Nagpur, Deja Vu For Congress
The Bharatiya Janata Party is set for another sweeping victory in Nagpur, the turf of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) - the BJP's ideological mentor.
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Opinion | IITs And Women: It's Not A Question Of Merit, But Access
The number of female enrolments in IITs (Indian Institutes of Technology) more than tripled from just 995 in 2017 to 3,411 in 2023.
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In Key Gujarat Region, Congress's Seat Count Dropped From 28 To 3
A region wise analysis of the Gujarat assembly results shows that the ruling BJP swept Saurashtra, winning 40 of 48 seats, regaining its hold over a region where the Congress held sway in 2017 polls, bagging as many as 28 seats.
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Patidars Back BJP In Gujarat After Staying Away From Party In 2017
The Patidar community, a section of which had voted against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2017 Assembly polls, returned to the ruling outfit in the just concluded polls as it won almost all the seats.
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BJP's Victory In 4 States Stamp Of Approval For PM's Schemes: JP Nadda
"In Uttar Pradesh, PM Modi has been blessed for the fourth time consecutively -- 2014 Lok Sabha, 2017 Vidha Sabha, 2019 Lok Sabha and now, in the 2022 Vidhan Sabha elections," BJP president JP Nadda said.
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Yogi Adityanath: The Monk Who Would Be Chief Minister Again
Yogi Adityanath was an unexpected pick for the chief minister's post after the BJP scored a landslide win in the 2017 UP Assembly polls.
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On Counting Day, Goa Congress Goes To Supreme Court Over 2017 Defections
The Congress's Goa unit has approached the Supreme Court over the defection of its 10 MLAs to the BJP in 2017. The Congress's move came as counting is going in in the Goa assembly elections 2022.
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Before Election Results, Congress' New Plan To Avoid 2017 Goa Blunder
As voting ends in five states, and ahead of the election results later this week, the Congress has launched unprecedented moves to prevent defections that have hurt the party in the past.
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Gujarat Bypoll Outcome Makes Ruling BJP, Vijay Rupani Stronger In State
The BJP, which had managed to retain power in Gujarat with a slender majority in the 2017 Assembly polls, has now improved its position ahead of the 2022 state elections by winning all eight seats in the bypolls held last week.
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Election Results 2019: "Dushyant Chautala Betrayed People": Ex-BSF Soldier Says, Quits His Party
Tej Bahadur Yadav, who was sacked from the BSF in 2017, has resigned from the Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) following the party's tie-up with the BJP to form the new Haryana government
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Gujarat By-Election Result 2019: BJP Nominee Alpesh Thakor Loses From Radhapur
Alpesh Thakor, who emerged as an OBC leader during the Patel quota agitation and won the Radhanpur seat in the 2017 polls on Congress' ticket, later quit after differences with the state party leadership.
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In Junagadh Lok Sabha Seat, BJP's Development Vs Congress' 2017 Poll Show
The Junagadh Lok Sabha constituency in Gujarat has been a BJP bastion since 1991, but the party is not going to have it easy this time going by the results of the 2017 assembly polls.
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DMK's Candidate In Chennai's RK Nagar By-Polls Is A Local Resident
In selecting Marudhu Ganesh, also known as NM Ganesh, as its candidate, the DMK had hoped to send a message to the party cadre that ordinary workers too could rise to important positions in the party. Mr Ganesh comes from a family of DMK card holders; his mother was a municipal councilor between 1996 and 2001 when DMK working president M.K. Stalin ...
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AIADMK Candidate In RK Nagar By-Poll Is E Madhusudhanan, An OPS Loyalist
AIADMK's E Madhusudanan, the only candidate in the race for the prestigious RK Nagar constituency in Chennai, to have won an election from this seat earlier. This was 20 years ago, in 1991, when he was inducted into party's patriarch J Jayalalithaa cabinet as the handloom minister.
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TTV Dhinakaran, The Ex-Boss Of The AIADMK Left Out In The Cold
TTV Dhinakaran, 54, was pulled out of the cold and handed the reins of the party this February when his aunt, VK Sasikala - headed to a Bengaluru jail to serve her jail term - decided to run the party by remote control.
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BJP Repeats 2017 Performance On RSS Turf Nagpur, Deja Vu For Congress
The Bharatiya Janata Party is set for another sweeping victory in Nagpur, the turf of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) - the BJP's ideological mentor.
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Opinion | IITs And Women: It's Not A Question Of Merit, But Access
The number of female enrolments in IITs (Indian Institutes of Technology) more than tripled from just 995 in 2017 to 3,411 in 2023.
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In Key Gujarat Region, Congress's Seat Count Dropped From 28 To 3
A region wise analysis of the Gujarat assembly results shows that the ruling BJP swept Saurashtra, winning 40 of 48 seats, regaining its hold over a region where the Congress held sway in 2017 polls, bagging as many as 28 seats.
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Patidars Back BJP In Gujarat After Staying Away From Party In 2017
The Patidar community, a section of which had voted against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2017 Assembly polls, returned to the ruling outfit in the just concluded polls as it won almost all the seats.
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BJP's Victory In 4 States Stamp Of Approval For PM's Schemes: JP Nadda
"In Uttar Pradesh, PM Modi has been blessed for the fourth time consecutively -- 2014 Lok Sabha, 2017 Vidha Sabha, 2019 Lok Sabha and now, in the 2022 Vidhan Sabha elections," BJP president JP Nadda said.
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Yogi Adityanath: The Monk Who Would Be Chief Minister Again
Yogi Adityanath was an unexpected pick for the chief minister's post after the BJP scored a landslide win in the 2017 UP Assembly polls.
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On Counting Day, Goa Congress Goes To Supreme Court Over 2017 Defections
The Congress's Goa unit has approached the Supreme Court over the defection of its 10 MLAs to the BJP in 2017. The Congress's move came as counting is going in in the Goa assembly elections 2022.
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Before Election Results, Congress' New Plan To Avoid 2017 Goa Blunder
As voting ends in five states, and ahead of the election results later this week, the Congress has launched unprecedented moves to prevent defections that have hurt the party in the past.
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Gujarat Bypoll Outcome Makes Ruling BJP, Vijay Rupani Stronger In State
The BJP, which had managed to retain power in Gujarat with a slender majority in the 2017 Assembly polls, has now improved its position ahead of the 2022 state elections by winning all eight seats in the bypolls held last week.
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Election Results 2019: "Dushyant Chautala Betrayed People": Ex-BSF Soldier Says, Quits His Party
Tej Bahadur Yadav, who was sacked from the BSF in 2017, has resigned from the Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) following the party's tie-up with the BJP to form the new Haryana government
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Gujarat By-Election Result 2019: BJP Nominee Alpesh Thakor Loses From Radhapur
Alpesh Thakor, who emerged as an OBC leader during the Patel quota agitation and won the Radhanpur seat in the 2017 polls on Congress' ticket, later quit after differences with the state party leadership.
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In Junagadh Lok Sabha Seat, BJP's Development Vs Congress' 2017 Poll Show
The Junagadh Lok Sabha constituency in Gujarat has been a BJP bastion since 1991, but the party is not going to have it easy this time going by the results of the 2017 assembly polls.
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DMK's Candidate In Chennai's RK Nagar By-Polls Is A Local Resident
In selecting Marudhu Ganesh, also known as NM Ganesh, as its candidate, the DMK had hoped to send a message to the party cadre that ordinary workers too could rise to important positions in the party. Mr Ganesh comes from a family of DMK card holders; his mother was a municipal councilor between 1996 and 2001 when DMK working president M.K. Stalin ...
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AIADMK Candidate In RK Nagar By-Poll Is E Madhusudhanan, An OPS Loyalist
AIADMK's E Madhusudanan, the only candidate in the race for the prestigious RK Nagar constituency in Chennai, to have won an election from this seat earlier. This was 20 years ago, in 1991, when he was inducted into party's patriarch J Jayalalithaa cabinet as the handloom minister.
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TTV Dhinakaran, The Ex-Boss Of The AIADMK Left Out In The Cold
TTV Dhinakaran, 54, was pulled out of the cold and handed the reins of the party this February when his aunt, VK Sasikala - headed to a Bengaluru jail to serve her jail term - decided to run the party by remote control.
