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Why Congress doesn't bring up 2002 in Gujarat campaign anymore? My report today thehindu.com/elections/gujar… – at Greater Noida, India
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VIDEO | Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's convoy involved in a minor collision on the Purvanchal Expressway; the Congress leader is safe and no one was seriously injured.
(Source: Third Party)
(Full video available on PTI Videos - ptivideos.com)
#RahulGandhi
This is an easy one, Gopi. At his hometown, he runs a parallel justice dispensing system :)
When ever liquor is prohibited- illegal liquor mafia will boom ... As far i know - One Cabinet Minister who was a Police Sub Inspector was terminated from Service for illegal liquor sale from prohibition State ...
Then he landed in CoOperative Sector, before joining politics - he was in jail for looting a CoOperative Bank - Supreme Court gave him bail - after paying some Rs. 200 crore ...
Question is - who is that person ...Please answer - NO DMs 😎
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Cabinet Secretary had copied acknowledgement sent to letters by two ECs to CEC for ‘information’: RTI reply - The Hindu share.google/hot8FkiAOlNKKNe…
Not just him but everyone around him who were laughing at the expense of this young man.
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শুভ বিজয়া 🙏 Subho Bijoya to all!
As Maa Durga leaves for Kailash, here's a treasure from our home: an original chromolithograph from the late 19th or early 20th century, printed at the Kansaripara Art Studio, 26 Kristo Dass Pal Lane, Calcutta.
Prints like this brought the Durga Puja image into ordinary Bengali and Assamese homes earlier. Durga stands with Lakshmi, Saraswati, Ganesha and Kartik beneath a painted chalchitra.
May the Mother's blessings bring peace and prosperity to all.
#SubhoBijoya #ShubhoBijoya #BijoyaDashami #DurgaPuja #Durga #KansariparaArtStudio #Chromolithograph #CalcuttaPrints #BengalHeritage #IndianArt #Kolkata #Assam #Calcutta
Congratulations and best wishes to a dear friend&colleague @Rajeevranjantv who launches his own YouTube channel on defence issues. Below is the link to his channel.
Kargil से Ops Sindoor तक, Defence Editor ने 19 साल बाद क्यों छोड़ा NDTV?... youtu.be/8EZa61Fjqco?si=s6iC… via @YouTube
Field notes from a very fine reporter. My friend and colleague @vasudevavikas of The Hindu
Politely disagree on AAP: its road to retaining power is extremely difficult. Congress is in fight only due to people's longing for alternative politics and not due to its groundwork. BJP could make rural inroads. SAD is still toiling to revive. WPD may play spoilsport. @fewcan
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Politely disagree on AAP: its road to retaining power is extremely difficult. Congress is in fight only due to people's longing for alternative politics and not due to its groundwork. BJP could make rural inroads. SAD is still toiling to revive. WPD may play spoilsport. @fewcan
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It’s been six days since this remarkable woman of Indian origin (see her story, attached) won the #NobelPeacePrize. And the Government of India, her ancestral homeland, hasn’t so much as congratulated her?! Shame on the petty men who have made such a deplorable decision.
This is a very interesting survey. If elections were to be held in Punjab today, @AamAadmiParty will have an easy win, @INCPunjab will be distant second and BJP will improve its vote share. @vasudevavikas do you agree?
At DesignBoxed we decided to take a plunge and start a survey organisation that does things differently. If you see our website you’ll see what’s different — nobody puts out such granular seat by seat data.
I’ll be honest: the findings of our Punjab survey surprised even me. Being from Punjab myself I’m deeply concerned about drugs and crime in the state. But the survey findings were saying something else: women and the poor are happy with freebies and cash transfers. We checked this in multiple ways: a phone survey, a ground qualitative survey, a ground quantitative survey, and then a survey of local community groups across the state.
We had a choice to make. Should we go with our data or our instinct?
According to our data, if only men were voting, the AAP would still be leading but would be under the majority mark. There is a huge gender gap among men and women voting for AAP. Less than 3 out of ten respondents say they intend to vote AAP, but around 5 of 10 women do the same.
It is the women who are giving the AAP comfort.
This is a movie we have seen before. Working with Late Shri Ajit Pawar in Maharashtra in 2024 Vidhan Sabha elections, we helped the NCP go from extreme anti-incumbency to a bumper victory by campaigning over the women’s cash transfer scheme. The scheme has been found to beat anti-incumbency in state after state, including Bihar, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh.
It should also be remembered that the AAP not only has a women’s cash transfer scheme but is also lucky to have a very divided opposition. Who would have thought that one day UP will look bi-polar and Punjab will look multi-polar!
Our website scoreintelligence.in helps you explore our Punjab opinion poll of seat by seat, region by region. Of course, the election is 4-5 months away and a lot can change. We will track the change month on month, releasing the next monthly tracker around the 15th of November.
To our critics: abuse us, but please do a deep dive into our data.
While the BJP accused the Opp of trying to instigate Nepal/Bangladesh like situation since they can’t win polls,Opp leaders argue that @ECISVEEP latest measures to re-enlist left out voters give credence to their charge that deletions were inaccurate&targeted their (Opp) voters.
Replying to @SanjayAzadSln
@SanjayAzadSln throws an unusual challenge to @BJP4India:He says declare that you DONT WANT regime change in Punjab or any other opposition-ruled State. While ruling party seems confident that regime change narrative will work with it’s core voters, Opp pushback is also strong.
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JUST IN | Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi had written to President Droupadi Murmu, urging her to ask the government to reconsider the appointment of Dushyant Gautam, whose name surfaced in connection with the murder of Ankita Bhandari. ✍️@fewcan
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Jantar Mantar being denotified as a protest site is not a new phenomenon. Over the years successive Govts have attempted to increase the distance between protesters and seats of power. I interview Aditi Phadnis for this episode of "Talking Politics" exploring the dynamics of protest, politics and power - youtu.be/sjL_iku4Guo?si=SMYG… via @YouTube
Can’t even imagine what the parents must be going through. Difficult to even watch the photos.
A boat carrying as many as 15-20 children capsized near Vaishali, leaving (uptil now) 13 people dead. An unfolding tragedy, sad and haunting…pics @amitbhelari @the_hindu
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A boat carrying as many as 15-20 children capsized near Vaishali, leaving (uptil now) 13 people dead. An unfolding tragedy, sad and haunting…pics @amitbhelari @the_hindu
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“YOU TERRORIST, WHY DID YOU COME HERE”
Muhammad Yunus has fled Bangladesh and been spotted at JFK airport with the same concubine he has been involved in a relationship for years, while leaving his sick wife at home, now facing peak humiliation and public anger.
Karma.
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VIDEO | Delhi: "India is the mother of democracy," says Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum.
(Source: PM Modi's YT)
(Full video available on PTI Videos - ptivideos.com)
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The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Monday (October 12, 2026) compared the repeated protests by the Opposition against alleged “vote chori “ (theft) to Lord Shiva’s tandav (cosmic dance), while claiming that Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar had sent him messages.
✍️@fewcan
thehindu.com/news/national/r…
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In this episode of Above the Fold, we cover the SIR row as protests in Delhi continue, with the Delhi Police denotifying Jantar Mantar as a protest site. Meanwhile, the Opposition INDIA bloc marches to the Supreme Court, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
📹: @aniketschauhan1, @fewcan
Produced by @sonikkalogan
youtube.com/watch?v=3SgIkzxL…
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JUST IN | Rahul Gandhi urges protesters to join the march at 1:30 p.m. from Barakhamba intersection at Connaught Place in Delhi. "If you can’t come there, at 3 p.m., we will be heading to Supreme Court. Show your solidarity with us to protect the Constitution," said Mr. Gandhi.
- @fewcan reports
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