Election Watch
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Rajiv Kumar takes charge as chief election commissioner
He will oversee the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
Scroll Staff
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No power to de-register political parties offering freebies, Election Commission tells SC
Voters must decide whether such policies are financially viable or if they have ‘adverse effect on the economic health of the state’, the poll panel said.
Scroll Staff
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Opinion: What tripped up the BJP? Its failure to understand one critical element of Bengali culture
The argumentative Bengali psyche is programmed to be sceptical of authority.
Nazes Afroz
Trending
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‘Dobaara’ review: An engaging thriller about time travel and alternate reality
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Subhas Chandra Bose and Emilie Schenkl: A marriage that defied the Third Reich
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Gujarat ignored trial court’s opinion as board with five BJP members set Bilkis Bano convicts free
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What accounts of growing Indian illiberalism miss: The grounds for bigotry were laid before 2014
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Why a Japanese spy suddenly embraced Islam in Bombay in the early 20th century
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Bihar elections: Modi’s Covid-19 lockdown battered Indians – so why are they still voting BJP?
Indians seem to retain a belief in the prime minister’s leadership.
Shoaib Daniyal
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Bye-polls: MP records over 66% turnout till 5 pm; voting held for 54 seats across 10 states
While Telangana voter turnout was the highest at 81.44%, the lowest was in Uttar Pradesh at 51.21% till 5 pm.
Scroll Staff
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Bullets, biryani and fake exposes: A snapshot of the BJP’s communal campaign for the Delhi election
Summing up the falsehoods pushed by the Hindutva party in the run up to polls in the capital.
Scroll Staff
Video
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Watch: Farmers dump crop in river, upset over low price offered in Madhya Pradesh
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Watch: Jimmy Fallon, Demi Lovato are the latest celebrities to join viral ‘Kala Chashma’ dance trend
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Watch: Men on motorcycle fall into drain, UP traffic police constable jumps in to rescue them
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Watch: Mumbai Police band Khaki Studio plays ‘Mach Gaya Shor Saari Nagri Re’ on Janmashtami
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‘Like foreign women who change boyfriends:’ BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya on Bihar CM Nitish Kumar
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Sri Lanka elections: What’s at stake for the divided island nation?
A record 35 candidates are in the fray.
Niro Kandasamy, The Conversation
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Why it’s not surprising that polls in Australia got the election results wrong
Long-term trends always pointed toward a Labor loss, given the various factors in play.
Ian McAllister, The Conversation & Sarah Cameron, The Conversation
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Lack of jobs and rising prices are the biggest concerns for Indian voters, finds survey
Corruption, terrorism and crime are the other major concerns identified by the Pew Research Centre.
Tish Sanghera, IndiaSpend.com
The Reel
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‘Duranga’ review: Suspend disbelief if you want to enjoy the twists
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‘Tamilrockerz’ review: In show about piracy, some insights about the price of cinemania
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‘Dobaara’ review: An engaging thriller about time travel and alternate reality
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‘Nope’ review: Jordan Peele’s sci-fi horror is mostly a yup
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‘Khamosh Pani’ revisited: ‘A reminder of the path we took and the price we pay now’
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Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has many cheerleaders among Muslims in the subcontinent
This despite the fact that the leader who claims to stand for oppressed minorities has often been compared to Modi.
Ipsita Chakravarty
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Bye-polls in Kairana, Nagaland, Palghar and Bhandara-Gondiya will be held on May 28, says poll body
The Kairana seat fell vacant after BJP leader Hukum Singh died in February.
Scroll Staff
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Rajya Sabha: BJP nominates entrepreneur Rajeev Chandrasekhar, former Maharashtra CM Narayan Rane
Party general secretaries Anil Jain and Saroj Pandey, former Samajwadi Party leader Ashok Bajpai and Lt Gen (Retired) DP Vats are among its other candidates.
Scroll Staff
The Field
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CWG 2022, Para Table Tennis: For Birmingham gold medallist Bhavina Patel, eyes firmly on Paris
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Fifa bans AIFF: Indian women’s footballers fear suspension will undo work done over the past years
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Watch, Zimbabwe vs India, 1st ODI: Deepak Chahar, Shikhar Dhawan-Shubman Gill power visitors to win
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Hockey: Salima Tete says after bad World Cup campaign, India were determined to win medal at CWG
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Deepak Chahar – ‘Can’t say if I’ll be selected for T20 WC but I’ve worked very hard on my skills’