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

· Jun 27, 2018 · 07:30 am

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.

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· Apr 26, 2018 · 10:57 pm

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.

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· Mar 12, 2018 · 07:55 am

Maharashtra: Congress names journalist Kumar Ketkar as Rajya Sabha poll candidate

Elections will be held for 59 seats in 16 states on March 23, including six seats in Maharashtra

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· Mar 11, 2018 · 11:13 pm

Huge swing towards Congress in Rajasthan bye-polls leaves Vasundhara Raje and BJP vulnerable

Meanwhile, in West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress won one Lok Sabha bye-poll with a margin of 4.74 lakh votes.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Feb 01, 2018 · 07:20 pm

In poll-bound Meghalaya’s Garo Hills, the BJP is struggling to shed its anti-Christian image

Viral WhatsApp messages in the run-up to Saraswati Puja add to the worries of party supporters in Tikrikilla town.

Arunabh Saikia

· Jan 29, 2018 · 06:30 am

Akhilesh Yadav rules out tie-ups for 2019, but Congress doesn’t think Opposition unity will suffer

Congress leaders believe that the Samajwadi Party chief’s statement was aimed at keeping his own flock together.

Anita Katyal

· Jan 11, 2018 · 10:30 am

Bye-elections: TMC bags West Bengal’s Sabang seat, BJP wins in Arunachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh

In Arunachal Pradesh’s Pakke-Kessang, BJP candidate BR Waghe eked out a narrow victory by a margin of 475 votes.

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· Dec 24, 2017 · 01:36 pm

Bye-polls held in West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh seats

Electronic voting machines and voter-verified paper audit trail were used for the first time in Arunachal Pradesh.

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· Dec 21, 2017 · 12:54 pm

Gujarat’s model of development has done little to improve health of its people

The state’s health indicators are only middling to poor when compared with other states.

Kiran Kumbhar

· Dec 07, 2017 · 02:30 pm

Bye-election for former Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa’s constituency, four other seats on December 21

The EC made the announcement a day after deciding that the chief minister-led faction of the state’s ruling party will get to use the AIADMK’s symbol.

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· Nov 24, 2017 · 11:51 am

The prospect of an election in Catalonia has everyone nervous

An ousted leader, a divided electorate and the risk of further violence pile on the tension ahead of the December vote.

Paul Kennedy, The Conversation

· Nov 03, 2017 · 08:30 pm