In the latest trends, the Congress is leading in 136 seats and the BJP in 64. The JD(S) is leading in 20 seats. https://t.co/Eqv6OAeh3d
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Karnataka Election Results: Bommai Concedes; 'Poor Defeated Crony Capitalists,' Says Rahul
The Congress has won 135 of the 224 seats in the state assembly.
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The Jalandhar region has historically been one of the safest electorally for the Congress. By snatching it away, AAP has once again managed to represent one Lok Sabha seat from the state. https://t.co/dRsbSIPJeg
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Jalandhar Lok Sabha By-Poll: AAP's Big Win Is Congress's Big Loss
This region has historically been one of the safest electorally for the Congress. By snatching it away, AAP has once again managed to represent one Lok Sabha seat from the state.
The Congress has proved it can win a head-to-head battle with the BJP despite the saffron party using Modi as the headliner of its campaign, writes Praneet Pathak. #KarnatakaResults https://t.co/AP203wp7Xc
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Why the Karnataka Election Results Are a Big Jolt for the BJP
The Congress has proved it can win a head-to-head battle with the BJP despite the saffron party using Modi as the headliner of its campaign.
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What do the results reveal about the mood of Karnataka? And does it offer insights into the mood of the country? Karan Thapar speaks to @Ram_Guha. https://t.co/qo3tVbBeDN
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Watch: Ramachandra Guha On What The Karnataka Election Results Mean
What do the results reveal about the mood of Karnataka? And does it offer insights into the mood of the country?
Amidst talk of opposition unity, the likes of MK Stalin, Nitish Kumar, KT Rama Rao, Akhilesh Yadav, Arvind Kejriwal, Mamata Banerjee and the CPI(M) have reacted to Congress's emphatic victory in Karnataka. https://t.co/ea2LJyRObY
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Congrats, Cartoons and No Mention of Name: How Opposition Parties Reacted to Congress's Win
Amidst talk of opposition unity, the likes of MK Stalin, Nitish Kumar, KT Rama Rao, Akhilesh Yadav, Arvind Kejriwal, Mamata Banerjee and the CPI(M) have reacted to Congress's emphatic victory in Karnataka.
Amidst talk of opposition unity, the likes of MK Stalin, Nitish Kumar, KT Rama Rao, Akhilesh Yadav, Arvind Kejriwal, Mamata Banerjee and the CPI(M) have reacted to Congress's emphatic victory in Karnataka. https://t.co/ezqZyH5hGz
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Congrats, Cartoons and No Mention of Name: How Opposition Parties Reacted to Congress's Win
Amidst talk of opposition unity, the likes of MK Stalin, Nitish Kumar, KT Rama Rao, Akhilesh Yadav, Arvind Kejriwal, Mamata Banerjee and the CPI(M) have reacted to Congress's emphatic victory in Karnataka.
The BJP has paid a price for banking too much on the one dominant community, the Lingayats. This is very much against the party’s decade-long game plan, adopted elsewhere in India. | Soroor Ahmed https://t.co/9ewT9ZN25W
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Why the Choice Between 'Hindutva' and 'Lingayat' Led to BJP's Defeat in Karnataka
The BJP has paid a price for banking too much on the one dominant community, the Lingayats. This is very much against the party’s decade-long game plan, adopted elsewhere in India.
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The Karnataka results remind us that the 2024 Lok Sabha elections are not yet a done deal. | @AjoyAshirwad https://t.co/ahUdxDCQiP
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Karnataka Shows that The Road to Delhi Passes Through States
The Karnataka results remind us that the 2024 Lok Sabha elections are not yet a done deal.
This could be the largest haul of shahtoosh shawls in India in recent times, officials said. | @aathiperinchery https://t.co/l6iB8BjhO5
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Almost 400 Illegal Shahtoosh Shawls Seized in Less Than a Month
Shahtoosh shawls are made from the underfur of the chiru or Tibetan antelope, a species whose numbers have been fast plummeting in its home in the Himalaya.
”Don't watch it if you don't like it,” they say but they are not ready to acknowledge that there are people who are ready to act on what they are watching. | @alishan_jafri on the 'The Kerala Story' ban in Bengal. https://t.co/THXgHqFwRr
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What the Debate on the Ban on 'Kerala Story' Needs to Acknowledge
Talk on the ban is a distant conversation when there's an immediate need for the disincentivisation of anti-Muslim hate that offers economic, social and political advantages to so many people.
”Don't watch it if you don't like it,” they say but they are not ready to acknowledge that there are people who are ready to act on what they are watching. | @alishan_jafri on the 'The Kerala Story' ban in Bengal. https://t.co/THXgHqEZ1T
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What the Debate on the Ban on 'Kerala Story' Needs to Acknowledge
Talk on the ban is a distant conversation when there's an immediate need for the disincentivisation of anti-Muslim hate that offers economic, social and political advantages to so many people.
The Congress has alleged that BJP leaders illegally entered the counting centre to influence election officials. https://t.co/ul8pX86Un0
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Karnataka: After High Drama and Recount of Postal Ballots, BJP Wins Jayanagar Seat by 16 Votes
The Congress has alleged that BJP leaders illegally entered the counting centre to influence election officials.
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India’s former ambassador to Turkey Sanjay Panda unpacks the significance of the elections and whether any change in Ankara could herald a new direction in India-Turkey relations. | @DevirupaM https://t.co/Ra9TZYrVzM
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What Turkey's Pivotal Elections Mean for India
India’s former ambassador to Turkey Sanjay Panda unpacks the significance of the elections and whether any change in Ankara could herald a new direction in India-Turkey relations.
The film is clearly full of fake narratives and numbers, and little more than propaganda, but let the audiences see and make up their minds. https://t.co/8dxpYVKXIE
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Banning 'The Kerala Story' Serves No Purpose, That Is Not The Way of Democracies
The film is clearly full of fake narratives and numbers, and little more than propaganda, but let the audiences see and make up their minds.
.@aliyaqut looks at the roots of the dispute between Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot. https://t.co/QJzmfH3T4H
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Watch: How Did the Dispute Between Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot Begin in Rajasthan?
The Wire delves deeper into the roots of this dispute, tracing it back to its origins and exploring the many controversies that have arisen between these two prominent leaders.
Every event like the G20 that hosts foreign dignitaries doesn’t only exclude the inhabitants of a city that is put on display like a treasured trophy. It comes at a heavy cost that they are expected to pay. https://t.co/oLlJhZn291
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SAARC, Not G20, Is What Will Make India a 'Vishwaguru'
Every event like the G20 that hosts foreign dignitaries doesn’t only exclude the inhabitants of a city that is put on display like a treasured trophy. It comes at a heavy cost that they are expected to pay.
Karnataka Director General of Police Praveen Sood might become the next head of the Central Bureau of Investigation, according to various reports. https://t.co/22hcGlabP5
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Karnataka DGP Praveen Sood Has Been Appointed the Next CBI Chief
News reports had earlier said Sood is one among the three IPS officers who have been shortlisted for the job.
The Congress has trumped the BJP in a win reminiscent of Delhi in 2015 and West Bengal in 2020 – when the Modi-Shah heat was pushed right back by single parties. But it is not as if all is well suddenly with democracy in India. | @seemay https://t.co/Tmz2Q0MRlD
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Ten Factors to Remember Amidst the Congress’s Win and BJP's Defeat in Karnataka
The Congress has trumped the BJP in a win reminiscent of Delhi in 2015 and West Bengal in 2020 – when the Modi-Shah heat was pushed right back by single parties. But it is not as if all is well suddenly with democracy in India.
"At around 8 pm, we heard a sharp knock on the door; my eldest kid ran to open it, hoping it was his father. No sooner did he open the door, a crowd of people rushed in; maybe about 30 of them." https://t.co/YLg6DgaOpJ
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My House Was Burnt Down in the Manipur Violence. And Just Rebuilding it Won't Make it Home.
The mutual trust between communities is gone.
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In Uttarakhand, rules and regulations for playing rural cricket have been crafted by several generations as the topography changed and developed. This shows how the love for the game overtakes all hesitations. | Mrinal Pande https://t.co/Oc03Zjr8Ht
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The Himalayan Cricket Warriors and Their Local Matches
In Uttarakhand, rules and regulations for playing rural cricket have been crafted by several generations as the topography changed and developed. This shows how the love for the game overtakes all hesitations, and the Indian jugaad reigns supreme.