Election Battle
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What Sunday’s German elections mean for India
As Chancellor Angela Merkel’s 16-year reign ends, the change of guard in Europe’s largest country has significant implications for New Delhi.
Catharina Haensel
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Afghanistan voted in September but the final results are still not out. What’s happening?
Why Afghanistan is still waiting to hear who its next president will be – nearly four months after the election.
Kaweh Kerami, The Conversation
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Wikipedia is being weaponised in the Indian election battle
The online encyclopedia, created and edited by volunteers, ‘has become an active source of misinformation’.
Aria Thaker, qz.com
Trending
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‘Media, politicians totally clueless’: Sudhir Chaudhary on Zee News before leaving the channel
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British businessman wins defamation case against Republic Bharat for calling him an ISI ‘stooge’
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Fact check: In Germany, Modi made several untrue claims about India’s growth
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Time travel: A theoretical physicist explains the paradoxes of going to the past or future
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In Udaipur, family of murdered tailor say they don't know who wrote the post supporting Nupur Sharma
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Numbers game: Why Congress, Telugu Desam Party will find it hard to unseat Telangana Rashtra Samithi
The former foes have formed a grand alliance to take on the incumbent party but voting data and pre-poll surveys offer them little hope.
Aditya Menon
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Bye-poll results: Samajwadi Party deals blow to BJP – wins Phulpur, Gorakhpur
Counting is on for bye-polls at three Lok Sabha and two Assembly seats in UP and Bihar that were held on Sunday.
Scroll Staff
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Bye-poll results: Early trends show Samajwadi Party leading in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur and Phulpur
Counting is on for bye-polls at three Lok Sabha and two Assembly seats in UP and Bihar that were held on Sunday.
Scroll Staff
Video
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Watch: Mexico mayor ‘marries’ crocodile to honour age-old indigenous ritual
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Watch: Devotees participate in rath yatra festival festivities on Florida beach
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Watch: First same-sex couples in Switzerland get married after ‘Marriage for All’ law is passed
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Watch: Comic trio’s hilarious recreation of ‘Annual Day’ dance performances in schools
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‘Not prime minister, he’s a salesman’: Watch Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao’s searing criticism
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Bye-poll results: Congress retains MP’s Mungaoli and Kolaras; Biju Janata Dal wins Odisha’s Bijepur
Mungaoli and Kolaras are part of Congress MP Jyotiraditya Scindia’s Guna constituency.
Scroll Staff
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Battleground Gujarat: Why the BJP is going all out to win over Adivasis and OBCs
The party fears erosion of support among the Patidars.
Dhirendra K Jha
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Karnataka bye-polls: How the BJP lost the plot in this precursor to 2018 state battle
Despite claims of strong anti-incumbency, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has managed to pull off a big upset in Nanjungud and Gundlupet.
Sruthisagar Yamunan
The Reel
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‘Dr. Arora’ trailer: Web series takes a humorous look at sexual problems
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Circle of love: Nagesh Kukunoor on going from ‘Hyderabad Blues’ to ‘Modern Love Hyderabad’
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Start the week with a film: ‘American Honey’, the flip side of the American Dream
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In ‘Shamshera’, a ‘masala potboiler’ and Ranbir Kapoor as ‘never seen before’
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Deepti Naval at the movies: Single-screen theatres, Rajesh Khanna and ‘Mera Naam Joker’
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Karnataka by-elections are an acid test for Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and BJP chief Yeddyurappa
The April 9 polls in Nanjangud and Gundlupet Assembly seats have ramifications for the 2018 state elections.
MB Maramkal
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Hat vs lamp post: A clash of symbols ahead of the by-election to Jayalalithaa's constituency
In the run-up to polling on April 12, voters in RK Nagar say Panneerselvam's lamp post cleverly resembles AIADMK's two leaves.
Vinita Govindarajan
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Sadiq Khan: For London’s first Muslim mayor, the British dream now a reality
Bus driver's son elected to top job in the British capital.
Parveen Akhtar, The Conversation
The Field
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Badminton, Malaysia Masters Super 500: PV Sindhu faces tough ask, HS Prannoy to lead men's charge
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Watch: Jasprit Bumrah’s super delivery to dismiss Zak Crawley and break England’s opening stand
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Sri Lanka vs India: Renuka’s four-for and Mandhana-Shafali’s record stand give India series win
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Watch, Sri Lanka v India: Alert Yastika Bhatia brilliantly dismisses Anushka Sanjeewani
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Premier League: Arsenal sign striker Gabriel Jesus from Manchester City