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ECI announces elections on 12 vacant seats in Rajya Sabha on Sep 3

As per the ECI, the last date for making notification is August 21, and the scrutiny of nominations will be held on August 22. Read further on Dynamite News:

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BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani admitted to hospital, kept under observation

New Delhi Veteran BJP leader Lal Krishan Advani was admitted to the Neuro Department of Indraprastha Apollo Hospital on Tuesday again around a month after being discharged.

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Sudhanshu Trivedi asked about fake news in RS. Was it an investment in irony?

There seemed to be an investment in irony in the form of an unstarred question in Rajya Sabha last month.

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Akhilesh Yadav targets BJP on Waqf Act amendment: "Attempt to snatch the rights of Muslim"

"BJP has no work except Hindu-Muslim or how to snatch the rights of Muslim brothers." Read further on Dynamite News:

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TV Newsance 261: UPSC aspirants’ deaths bring Godi media anchors to ground zero

This week started off with a tragedy as three UPSC aspirants drowned in the basement library of a coaching institute due to rainwater flooding in Delhi’s Karol Bagh. It soon triggered the usual blame game between the BJP and AAP.

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At Olympics, India’s top women wrestlers have more at stake than medals

In Haryana, the fear of one man has threatened to destroy many champions’ dreams. Now, they are fighting back.

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Congress Prez lambasts Centre, claims 'B in BJP's Budget stands for Betrayal'

The Congress Chief said that crores of youth want a permanent solution to their plight of jobs, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government "bitterly deceives" them by not even giving a "temporary solution!" Read further on Dynamite News:

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NITI Aayog stuck in partisan politics, struggles with key mandate

In 2014, when the Planning Commission was disbanded, a commentator observed that the defunct body was like “those old men who are no longer harmful but are reviled because they once were.” It was one of the vestiges of centralised planning that India adopted in the early years of the…

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10 years, 89 paper leak cases, 48 retests: From centre to states, few plugs for a leaky record

Despite disquiet in the streets and parliament, a sense of denial seems to drape the Narendra Modi government’s response to paper leaks across the country.

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India offer jobs and perks worth billions in first budget after polls

India in its first budget after elections this year promised to focus on jobs creation and farmers while offering lavish benefits to key partners of the coalition government.

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Akhilesh Yadav hits back at Anurag Thakur caste remarks, says ‘CM house was cleaned with Gangajal…’

"I will never forget the day when CM's house (in Uttar Pradesh) was cleaned with Gangajal. How can a CM house be cleaned with Gangajal..." Read further on Dynamite News:

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The New India by Rahul Bhatia review – how nationalism changed a country

The voices of ordinary Indians take centre stage in this absorbing account of political transformation

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Middle-class rage, TRPs: Why legacy media is sliding off the govt’s ‘godi’

India’s middle class is a bit like me. When unhappy we both simmer for a while, get more and more resentful and then explode suddenly. Once our rage is out in the open, we start looking for random reasons to fuel our fury.This is precisely what we are seeing with…

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‘Cartoonists part of the press’: HC quashes case against Malayala Manorama over BJP leader’s complaint

The Kerala High Court has held that cartoonists are part and parcel of the press and are entitled to freedom of expression guaranteed under Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution of India, Bar and Bench reported.

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‘They could’ve been saved’: 3 days before coaching hub deaths, student’s complaint flagged waterlogging

Two days after the Delhi coaching centre deaths, student protests continue while a war of words rages on between the AAP government, the BJP and the Lieutenant Governor’s administration.

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‘Lame excuse’ to ‘waking up late’: Letters show L-G, AAP govt tussle’s shadow on Delhi flood control

Delhi’s coaching centre deaths have once again spotlighted not just the problem of waterlogging but also the impact on civic governance due to a power tussle between the elected government of Delhi and the Lieutenant Governor’s administration.

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What’s Your Ism? Shivasundar on the ‘Hindu Left’

In these Indian elections, a cross section of progressive mass organisations helped the Congress curtail the BJP’s electoral power. But what does the Congress resurgence mean for the progressive agenda and the fight against Hindutva? What do we make of Rahul Gandhi’s good Hindu versus bad Hindu narrative?

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"Lotus-shaped Chakravyuh has trapped India": LoP Rahul Gandhi on Union Budget

Drawing parallels from the Mahabharata, the Leader of Opposition, Rahul Gandhi, on Monday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party over the Union Budget. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Mamata walkout: Hindu points to NITI’s ‘structural issues’, Jansatta slams CM’s ‘uncertain position’

At the first NITI Aayog meeting of the NDA government last week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke about the need for combined efforts of all states for a ‘Viksit Bharat 2047’.

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2 arrests after 3 deaths, but tragedies waiting to happen in Delhi’s IAS coaching hub

Three civil services aspirants died due to sudden flooding at a basement library in Delhi’s Rajinder Nagar, which houses many coaching centres for candidates preparing for UPSC exams. Amid student protests seeking accountability, there has been a war of words between the AAP government in Delhi and the BJP, a…

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Maharashtra: 11 new MLCs take oath in Vidhan Bhavan Mumbai

The ruling Mahayuti alliance of the BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP won all the nine seats it contested. Read fourther on Dynamite News:

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‘Clamp down’: HT deletes report on Goa land conversion as minister threatens ‘breach of privilege’

On July 23, a report on Hindustan Times website titled “21.29 lakh sq m green zones in Goa converted for construction in 15 months: Data” by reporter Gerard de Souza detailed how two changes in rules reportedly made way for the spurt in land conversion. The report was based on…

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RJD trains guns at NITI Aayog; Says, it is 'failed idea'

"NITI Aayog is a failure, a failed idea. The 240 mandate of the BJP also has the same message: that the collective should be restored." Read further on Dynamite News:

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Vichar Nyas Foundation launches Special Edition of 'Think India Journal'

The event was hosted by Kanishka Tripathi, Chairman Vichar Nyas Foundation which brings out the 'Think India Journal'. Must follow the story on Dynamite News:

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Hafta letters: Hindu liberals, Ambani wedding, Karnataka politics

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