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PM Modi's "10 Guarantees" For Bengal Women Ahead Of 2nd Phase Of Voting
PM Modi pledged that the BJP, after coming to power, will provide Rs 50,000 assistance for girls' graduation.
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Meet Sobha Surendran, BJP Leader Contesting From Congress Bastion Palakkad
Congress workers have accused the BJP of trying to influence voters by distributing money in areas like Tharuvakurissi and Kannadi Panchayat in Palakkad.
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"We Wrote To BJP": RG Kar Victim's Mother On Her Candidature From Bengal
Ratna Debnath is an ordinary woman with no prior connection to politics. Yet she now finds herself in the electoral arena.
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AIADMK's Women Push In 2nd Poll Candidates' List As EPS Eyes Comeback
Of the 127 candidates announced in this phase, 29 are sitting MLAs, 26 are former legislators, and five are ex-MPs - reflecting a conscious attempt to balance continuity with change.
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52 Women And A Generation Balance In Trinamool's Candidates' List
In a political landscape where women still remain under-represented in electoral politics, the Trinamool Congress has once again chosen to go against the trend, fielding 52 women candidates in its list 291 candidates - roughly 18 per cent.
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Nepali Women Sidelined In Post-Uprising Polls
Nepal election 2026: Just 10 percent of the more than 3,400 candidates running in the direct vote are women.
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BNP Sweep, Jamaat Snub, No Awami League: Key Takeways From Bangladesh Polls
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), led by Tarique Rahman, is cruising towards a landslide win in the country, years after student-led protests led to the ouster of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
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Tarique Rahman-Led BNP Heads For Gigantic Bangladesh Win, Jamaat Concedes
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is set to make a historic comeback in Dhaka, with the party on course for a landslide win in the first elections held since a deadly 2024 uprising, with leader Tarique Rahman poised to become prime minister.
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Who Is Shafiqur Rahman, Bangladesh Hardliner At Centre For Anti-Women Remarks
Shafiqur Rahman, the Ameer (chief) of Bangladesh JamaateIslami (JI), is at the centre of a national controversy ahead of the country's general election on February 12. The reason? A series of remarks against women.
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Opinion | 2025: The Year Women Were Used, Not Empowered - By Priyanka Chaturvedi
Not one national party tried to reach the 33% quota for tickets for women candidates in state elections held this year. The irony strikes harder when the Supreme Court refused to bring political parties under the ambit of the PoSH Act.
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PM Modi's "10 Guarantees" For Bengal Women Ahead Of 2nd Phase Of Voting
PM Modi pledged that the BJP, after coming to power, will provide Rs 50,000 assistance for girls' graduation.
-
Meet Sobha Surendran, BJP Leader Contesting From Congress Bastion Palakkad
Congress workers have accused the BJP of trying to influence voters by distributing money in areas like Tharuvakurissi and Kannadi Panchayat in Palakkad.
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"We Wrote To BJP": RG Kar Victim's Mother On Her Candidature From Bengal
Ratna Debnath is an ordinary woman with no prior connection to politics. Yet she now finds herself in the electoral arena.
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AIADMK's Women Push In 2nd Poll Candidates' List As EPS Eyes Comeback
Of the 127 candidates announced in this phase, 29 are sitting MLAs, 26 are former legislators, and five are ex-MPs - reflecting a conscious attempt to balance continuity with change.
-
52 Women And A Generation Balance In Trinamool's Candidates' List
In a political landscape where women still remain under-represented in electoral politics, the Trinamool Congress has once again chosen to go against the trend, fielding 52 women candidates in its list 291 candidates - roughly 18 per cent.
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Nepali Women Sidelined In Post-Uprising Polls
Nepal election 2026: Just 10 percent of the more than 3,400 candidates running in the direct vote are women.
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BNP Sweep, Jamaat Snub, No Awami League: Key Takeways From Bangladesh Polls
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), led by Tarique Rahman, is cruising towards a landslide win in the country, years after student-led protests led to the ouster of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
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Tarique Rahman-Led BNP Heads For Gigantic Bangladesh Win, Jamaat Concedes
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is set to make a historic comeback in Dhaka, with the party on course for a landslide win in the first elections held since a deadly 2024 uprising, with leader Tarique Rahman poised to become prime minister.
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Who Is Shafiqur Rahman, Bangladesh Hardliner At Centre For Anti-Women Remarks
Shafiqur Rahman, the Ameer (chief) of Bangladesh JamaateIslami (JI), is at the centre of a national controversy ahead of the country's general election on February 12. The reason? A series of remarks against women.
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Opinion | 2025: The Year Women Were Used, Not Empowered - By Priyanka Chaturvedi
Not one national party tried to reach the 33% quota for tickets for women candidates in state elections held this year. The irony strikes harder when the Supreme Court refused to bring political parties under the ambit of the PoSH Act.
