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Bhagwant Mann to be AAP's CM candidate for Punjab Assembly polls

AAP had last week released a phone number asking people to give names of their preferred Chief Ministerial candidate for the party in Punjab. The AAP has said that it received nearly 22 lakh responses on the number. Full report

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Punjab Assembly Elections 2022 | AAP’s CM face will be Bhagwant Mann

He is selected on the basis of the people’s opinion, says Arvind Kejriwal. Mock tele-poll, says SAD

The Hindu

Sand mining case: ED raids house of Punjab CM’s nephew

Timing of the searches is set to intensify political heat in poll-bound State

The Hindu

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Punjab Assembly election | Congress evades a direct response on chief ministerial face in Punjab

It put out a video on Twitter on Monday dropping a clear hint that Channi will be the pick

The Hindu

A mandate for Governors: on NEET exemption Bill

The case of the T.N. Bill to dispense with NEET highlights the issue of the Governor’s key role

The Hindu

Petition against Covid certification presented to Stormont Assembly

DUP MLA Paul Frew said 10,000 people have signed the petition organised by Liberty NI.

The Independent UK

U.P. Assembly polls | Akhilesh dismisses speculation about sister-in-law joining BJP

This is not the first time SP chief has to field questions about his step brother's family

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Ashling Murphy remembered at Stormont vigil ahead of calls for action on misogyny

"Domestic, sexual and gender-based violence is an epidemic"

Belfast Live

Northern Ireland politicians unite to pay tribute to Ashling Murphy

A silent vigil was held outside Parliament Buildings in Stormont before the teacher’s murder was raised during the Assembly sitting.

The Independent UK

Tonga: Two women drown on Peru beach after volcanic eruption 10,000 km away

Tonga’s Assembly speaker has called for immediate assistance for the island’s residents

The Independent UK

DUP leader denies deal with Government to bring back double-jobbing

Four of the five parties that make up the Executive in Stormont have come out against the plans by the Northern Ireland Office.

The Independent UK

Single-payer health care is the right system. Can California build it on its own?

California, which has shown the determination to go it alone in areas such as environmental protection, scientific research and workers' rights when its values conflict with policies at the federal level, is moving forward with its most audacious effort yet.

Los Angeles Times

‘Modi for nation, Kejriwal for Delhi’: What Purvanchalis are thinking ahead of the election

As the Delhi Assembly election campaign gathers pace, all main players are out wooing one of the city’s most influential voter communities — the Purvanchalis.

Newslaundry

'KejriWall' to 'AAP Kahan Thhe': This Delhi election is also a battle of memes and songs

The dates for the Delhi election have been announced and with it an entertaining and quite imaginative mix of social media jousting. The Aam Aadmi Party has been punching it out and perhaps it has I-PAC to thank – the PR agency it has brought on board for the 2020…

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#Results2019: Why Sharad Pawar is the big winner of the Maharashtra Assembly election

The alliance of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiv Sena is poised to form the government in Maharashtra again, but the big winner of the 2019 Assembly election is Sharad Pawar. Popularly known as the “Chanakya of Maharashtra”, the Nationalist Congress Party chief proved his mettle yet again, at…

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#HaryanaResults: Why the Jats are disillusioned with the BJP

Results of the assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana were declared today. The outcome in Haryana was far from what most exit polls had predicted. The BJP under Manohar Lal Khattar was expected to bag up to over 75 of the 90 seats on offer. Current trends indicate the party…

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#AssemblyPolls2019: Quick updates on numbers and TV news witticism

The results of the Assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana will be announced today. More than 10 crore voters were on the electoral rolls to elect 378 MLAs in the two states — 90 in Haryana and 288 in Maharashtra. Earlier this week, our ground reporters in both states noted…

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Prannoy Roy and Dorab Sopariwala’s new book chronicles change and continuity in India’s electoral scene

There is an inescapable lure of nostalgia when reflecting on elections with someone who, over the last 40 years, has almost become a national habit as India tracked, dissected and predicted poll results. In doing all this, Prannoy Roy has worn his scholarship lightly in TV studios. No mean feat…

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How AAP used a special session on Delhi’s statehood to attack IAS officers

On Monday, first the Chief Minister’s residence, then the Delhi Assembly, and eventually the Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal’s office stood witness to return of “activist” Arvind Kejriwal. The Delhi chief minister first tore apart the LG in the morning presser and in his speech in the Delhi Assembly, before going…

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Chandrababu Naidu’s saga of political flip-flops

Nara Chandrababu Naidu, supremo of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, has done it again. His political heel is flexible enough that it can rotate 360 degrees. His political ideology is malleable and ductile. It takes the shape of the container, at his will.

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Lesson from #KarnatakaVerdict: Congress should shake hands with BSP

Exactly 15 years ago, in the summer of 2003, LK Advani and Atal Bihari Vajpayee tried to persuade Mayawati of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) to join a national pre-poll alliance with the BJP in return for support to her in a hung UP Assembly.

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#KarnatakaVerdict: Money Power Is The Real Winner

Full disclosure: This column invites pieces from people across political parties. Please check the bio for the author’s political affiliations.

Newslaundry

Revealed: How the Congress-JDS deal was cracked

It was sometime late on Sunday that contact was first established between New Delhi and Malleswaram. This neighbourhood in the north-western part of Bengaluru is where the Janata Dal (Secular) patriarch, HD Deve Gowda, lives. The Congress had reached out to him because by then, a day after voting on…

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Six ways Rahul Gandhi can get Congress ready for 2019

In an electric 24 hours, the newly-minted Congress President Rahul Gandhi can go from being a Pappu to Sheru, or plunge the depths again, depending on the results of the Assembly election in Karnataka—an electoral battle that has significant ramifications in the run-up to the general election in 2019.

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Bantwal, Karnataka’s most brazenly communal constituency

Section 144 was imposed in Dakshina Kannada’s Bantwal taluka, 25 km from Mangalore, from the very first day of Ramzan (May 26) last year. The prohibitory orders were in place for almost 56 days. Despite the precautionary measures, the taluka in coastal Karnataka witnessed two murders and several instances of…

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