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Editorials point to need for stricter norms for pollsters, message from India

Exit polls have bit the dust with the performance of the BJP-led NDA being far below the forecast and the INDIA bloc touching a tally of nearly 230. It was also a traumatic Tuesday for markets, which tanked a day after a surge linked to investor confidence about a government…

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No clear winner in Sena vs Sena battle. Over to assembly polls now

Dance, firecrackers, sloganeering, gulaal, and dime a dozen media interviews – Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena Bhavan in Mumbai’s Dadar was a sight to behold today, even early in the afternoon, before leads were cemented.

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Sharad Pawar’s 80% strike rate vs Ajit’s 25%: It’s clear who carries the NCP legacy

In the last two decades, Sharad Pawar has predicted poll results only twice. Once in 2004, when he said that Atal Bihari Vajpayee wouldn’t become the prime minister again. And next this year, when he forecasted around 30 Lok Sabha seats for the Maha Vikas Aghadi in Maharashtra.

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Speeches in 151 seats, 85 won: Modi’s strike rate dips from 85% to 56%

Between March 31 to May 30, PM Narendra Modi conducted public meetings across 151 constituencies, of which the BJP-led NDA won 85 – a strike rate of 56 per cent.

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15 of 25 in UP, 14 of 19 in Telangana: States with highest turncoats in fray see most of them lose

The states which fielded the highest number of turncoats have seen most of them trail behind – 14 of 19 in Telangana, 15 of 25 in Uttar Pradesh, and 10 of 19 in Maharashtra.

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‘Silence of Dalits’, ‘unreliable’ answers: Why pollsters thought they got it wrong

Some exit polls hit the bull’s eye. Others get the results partly right. But today was neither of them.

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‘Concerns about media coverage..right-wing populism’: What elite US universities said on India polls

As the global gaze turned to India in the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha election results, some elite American universities also weighed in with their analyses on critical issues such as voter mobilisation, the risk to India’s democratic institutions, and the diaspora’s perception of national politics.

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The 2024 mandate is a risk to Modi’s sledgehammer politics

In seeking its third consecutive term in power at the Centre, the NDA seems to have survived a surge in anti-incumbency vote by crossing the 272-majority mark in the Lok Sabha polls. However, the reduced tally of the NDA’s anchor party BJP implies the return of an era of delicate…

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Decoding the 2024 Lok Sabha mandate with independent media

From the early trends to the big picture, five independent media outlets have come together to bring you the sharpest insights on the 2024 Lok Sabha poll results.

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लोकसभा चुनाव 2024: विज्ञापन फ्री और ब्रेक फ्री नतीजे 4 जून को देखें LIVE

किन राज्यों में किसने जीत हसिल की? वे कौन से मुद्दे थे जो मतदाताओं के दिलों को छू गए? क्या बेरोगजारी, महंगाई और अर्थव्यवस्था मायने रखती है? मोदी फैक्टर भाजपा के किले को इंडिया गंठबंधन के आक्रमण के खिलाफ मजबूत करने के लिए कितना प्रभावी था? प्रत्येक राज्य का वोट…

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NewsClick case: After EU, RSF and Guernica 37 now urge US for sanctions against Delhi police officers

Nearly two months after requesting the European Union to sanction four high-ranking officers of the Delhi police for “exactions” in the NewsClick case, advocacy groups Reporters Without Borders and Guernica 37 Chambers have called on the US government to do the same.

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‘War rukwa di papa’ goes global as John Oliver throws a lead for Modi govt’s fact-check unit

A month after JioCinema reportedly took down a 2020 episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, the show’s fresh episode has now criticised PM Narendra Modi and what his tenure has meant for democratic freedoms in India.

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Inflatable tubs, ice-making machine: Inside a Delhi hospital unit to tackle heat stroke cases

On a blistering Saturday afternoon, a homeless man in his sixties was found unconscious near the Ram Manohar Lohia hospital in Delhi. He was brought in with a body temperature of 107 degrees Fahrenheit, and immersed in a tub filled with water and ice cubes. About an hour and another…

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आया राम गया राम, भाग 20: आखिरी चरण में पाला बदलने वाले 30 उम्मीदवार

लोकसभा चुनावों के सातवें और आखिरी चरण में कुल 30 दलबदलू उम्मीदवार मैदान में उतरे. इनमें से 11 भाजपा, सात आम आदमी पार्टी, आठ कांग्रेस, दो बीजू जनता दल और शिरोमणि अकाली दल में हैं.

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Trump convicted: Divide clear in US media, Indian papers point to ‘polarising effect’

Donald Trump has become the first former American president to become a convicted felon after a New York jury convicted him on 34 felonies – linked to the falsifying of records to cover up a sex scandal that threatened to derail his 2016 presidential campaign.

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Women exiting workforce, farmer arrests: 10 issues for which Modi govt had no data in parliament

IndiaSpend looked at 35 parliamentary questions on health, education, labour, environment, agriculture, finance, gender and law and justice, between 2015 and 2023, for which the government responded that they had no data. The most common reason, in 17 of the 35 questions, for not providing data was “no such data…

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Know Your Turncoats, Part 22: Three raided by ED, CBI, one linked to parliament breach

In March this year, former Trinamool Congress leader Tapas Roy – “frustrated” at his party’s “silence” over raids at his residence by the Enforcement Directorate – quit the TMC and jumped ship to the BJP. But in the run up to the January probe, the BJP itself levelled corruption charges…

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Exit polls: Modi to return with historic mandate, 3 say BJP largest party in Bengal

If exit polls are to be believed, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set for a historic third term with a landslide mandate. The National Democratic Alliance, led by the BJP, is expected to make inroads into the south, and win big in Odisha, and West Bengal in the 2024 Lok…

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‘End Gaza genocide’: Delhi students, activists demand Indian govt halt arms supply to Israel

At about 10:45 am on Saturday, under the scorching sun, hundreds of students and activists with Palestinian flags and slogans of “ceasefire now” crowded Delhi’s Jantar Mantar in solidarity with Palestine and to protest the “war crimes” unfolding in Gaza.

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आया राम गया राम, भाग 19: कांग्रेस के 5 दलबदलू नेता

2019 में कांग्रेस के कद्दावर नेता कृपाशंकर सिंह ने जब पार्टी छोड़ी थी तब उन्होंने कहा था कि वे भाजपा में शामिल नहीं होंगे. लेकिन रिश्वतखोरी और भ्रष्टाचार के मामलों में केंद्रीय एजेंसियों के दायरे में आए सिंह ने 2 साल बाद भाजपा का दामन थाम ही लिया. अब उनका…

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आया राम गया राम, भाग 18: कोयला घोटाले के आरोपी और पूर्व दंपत्ति के बीच सीधा मुकाबला

25 मई को हुए छठे चरण के लोकसभा चुनाव में 58 लोकसभा क्षेत्रों में कुल 23 दलबदलू उम्मीदवार शामिल थे. इनमें से दो बीजू जनता दल से, नौ भाजपा के एनडीए गठबंधन से और 12 इंडिया गठबंधन से रहे.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 323: Lok Sabha polls, hot seats, strategies

This week, host Shivnarayan Rajpurohit is joined by Newslaundry’s Basant Kumar, Pratyush Deep, and Sumedha Mittal to discuss the coverage of the Lok Sabha elections and provide insights into the pulse of the people.

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Fire tragedies are lurking in plain sight, invisible in everydayness

The week’s news cycle, clogged with the surplus reportage of elections, briefly took note of the two fire tragedies in Rajkot and Delhi, which together claimed 34 lives — at least 27 were dead at the gaming centre in Rajkot and, merely a few hours later, seven died at a…

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आया राम गया राम, भाग 17: 'झारखंड बचाने' की कोशिश में जुटे बीजेपी विधायक, पूर्व मंत्री, यूपी में 'बाहरी'

लोकसभा चुनाव के पांचवें चरण मे केंद्रीय एजेंसियों की निगरानी में मौजूदा विधायक, बंगाल के पार्टी-पार्टी कूदने वाले और बिहार के दलबदलू नेताओं की हॉट सीट समेत 15 दलबदलू नेताओं में से आठ एनडीए में और छह इंडिया गठबंधन में हैं.

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एनएल चर्चा 321: आसमान से बरसती जानलेवा आग और सातवें चरण का चुनाव

इस हफ्ते जानलेवा होती जा रही गर्मी और सातवें चरण के चुनावों को लेकर चर्चा हुई. चर्चा के प्रमुख विषय गुजरात के एक गेम जोन और दिल्ली में बच्चों के एक अस्पताल में लगी आग, सैंकड़ों महिलाओं के शारीरिक शोषण के आरोप में प्रज्ज्वल रेवन्ना गिरफ्तार, पूर्व अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति डोनाल्ड…

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