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Know Your Turncoats, Part 15: NDA has 53% defectors in phase 5; 2 in Shinde camp after ED whip

A total of 15 turncoats populate the fifth phase Lok Sabha candidates list – eight in the BJP-led NDA, six in the INDIA bloc, including one in the Trinamool Congress. The Biju Janata Dal has also fielded one defector.

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Uttarakhand: Forests across 1,500 hectares burned in a year. Were fire lines drawn to prevent it?

About 1,500 hectares of forests got burned in forest fires in Uttarakhand this year, as per government data. Taking cognisance of the damage, the Supreme Court asked tough questions to the state and central governments.

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Hafta letters: Modi, Congress and voting systems

On Hafta 478, Manisha suggested that the BJP is stronger than the Congress and that’s why they keep winning. I would like to differ on this.

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उत्तराखंड के कई जंगलों में नहीं है कोई फायर लाइन?

उत्तराखंड में फॉरेस्ट फायर को लेकर सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने राज्य और केंद्र सरकार से कड़े सवाल पूछे और मुख्य सचिव से जवाब तलब किया. सरकारी आंकड़ों के मुताबिक, इस साल करीब 1500 हेक्टेयर में जंगल जल गए और आग से निपटने की तैयारियों में कमी उजागर हुई. न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री को पता…

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What do Mumbai’s women want? Catch the conversations in local trains’ ladies compartment

Be it the BJP, the Congress, or either of the Shiv Senas, all political parties have heavily focused on women this election season. But what lies beyond manifesto promises and speeches?

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बिहार: हेलिकॉप्टर को ट्रैक्टर बनाकर मोदी-नीतीश को शिकस्त दे पाएंगे तेजस्वी यादव?

लोकसभा चुनाव के चार चरणों का मतदान हो चुका है. पांचवें के लिए चुनाव प्रचार जारी है. बिहार की बात करें तो यहां एनडीए गठबंधन की ओर से प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी और बिहार के मुख्यमंत्री नीतीश कुमार जैसे दिग्गज नेता चुनाव प्रचार कर रहे हैं. वहीं, इंडिया गठबंधन की तरफ…

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100 rallies, fund crunch, promise of jobs: Inside Bihar’s Tejashwi Yadav ‘wave’

The high stakes battle for Bihar has brought the NDA top brass to ground zero, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. On the contrary, RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav is the lone soldier from the INDIA alliance.

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Prices, bills, and booze ban: What matters to Haryana’s women workers

Working in the onion fields around Mathana village of Haryana’s Kurukshetra district, many women labourers say they don’t know who their Lok Sabha poll candidates are. For them, all that matters is how they will be able to earn enough wages to ensure their children don’t sleep on an empty…

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कुरुक्षेत्र की महिला मजदूरों के चुनावी मुद्दे: शराब के ठेके बंद और महंगाई कम हो

हरियाणा के कुरुक्षेत्र जिला मुख्यालय से करीब 15 किलोमीटर दूर मथाना गांव के बाहर खेतों में काम कर रही महिलाएं लोकतंत्र के उत्सव चुनाव से दूर हैं. न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री से बातचीत में कहती हैं कि अगर दिहाड़ी नहीं करेंगी तो घर में चूल्हा नहीं जलेगा. बच्चों को खाली पेट सोना पड़ेगा.

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No press conference? No problem. Modi explains his ‘new culture’ of avoiding press meets

Narendra Modi has been prime minister for 10 years and part of his legacy is that he’s never held a press conference.

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Swati Maliwal ‘assault’ FIR: Here’s everything we know so far

From the mainstream media to BJP leaders, the knives are out for the Aam Aadmi Party and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal ahead of the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha polls, with his party colleague making serious allegations about an assault on her at his residence.

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Another Election Show: What’s the pulse of Bengal’s youth? On Modi, corruption, development

In West Bengal’s Hooghly, the BJP’s Locket Chatterjee and Trinamool Congress candidate Rachna Banerjee are locking horns in a fierce poll battle. The constituency is one of the seven Lok Sabha seats in the state that are set to vote on May 20.

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ऐतिहासिक चंदन नगर कॉलेज से मॉर्निंग शो: “विकास तो हुआ पर भ्रष्टाचार भी बढ़ा”

पश्चिम बंगाल में 20 मई को 7 सीटों पर मतदान होना है. इनमें हुगली लोकसभा सीट भी शामिल है. हुगली लोकसभा सीट से भाजपा की लॉकेट चटर्जी और तृणमूल कांग्रेस की प्रत्याशी रचना बनर्जी के बीच मुख्य मुकाबला है.

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Case ‘seems fictional’, ‘perils of alternate justice system’: Editorials laud Prabir Purkayastha’s release

NewsClick editor Prabir Purkayastha walked out of Tihar Jail on Wednesday night, hours after the Supreme Court said his arrest was illegal and ordered his immediate release.

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मुंबई: ईडी नोटिस, हिंदुत्व, दो फाड़ हुई शिवसेना पर क्या बोले अमोल कीर्तिकर

मुंबई में इस बार चुनावी लड़ाई काफी दिलचस्प हो चली है. 6 में से 3 लोकसभा सीटों पर सीधे-सीधे दो फाड़ हुई शिवसेना के बीच मुकाबला है. शिवसेना (शिंदे गुट) और शिवसेना (उद्धव गुट) के बीच इन सीटों पर सीधा मुकाबला देखने को मिल रहा है.

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‘Defaming me’: Shiv Sena UBT’s Amol Kirtikar on ED notice, Hindutva, Sena vs Sena

In Mumbai, the election battle has a unique twist this time – three of its six Lok Sabha seats are witnessing a direct clash between the two Shiv Sena factions.

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Modi’s ‘Hindu-Muslim’ assertion amplified unchecked. Thanks to a media in coma

One must acknowledge that, as media strategists, the Bharatiya Janata Party and Narendra Modi are streets ahead of their opponents. It helps, of course, that they have a pliant mainstream media that is ever-ready to play along.

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एक और चुनावी शो: ममता, मोदी और मीडिया पर सीनियर जर्नलिस्ट सुमन चट्टोपाध्याय से बातचीत

एक और चुनावी शो के तहत हमने पश्चिम बंगाल में चल रहे चुनावी घमासान पर वरिष्ठ बंगाली पत्रकार सुमन चट्टोपाध्याय से बात की. सुमन चट्टोपाध्याय पूर्व में कई प्रतिष्ठित अखबारों और संस्थाओं से जुड़े रहे हैं. वे आनंद बाजार पत्रिका और बंगाली दैनिक “एइ समय” के संपादक रह चुके हैं.…

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‘Godi in Delhi, Didi media in WB’: Bengal journo Suman Chattopadhyay on Mamata, Modi, media

To dissect the election turmoil in West Bengal, we caught up with senior journalist Suman Chattopadhyay in this episode of Another Election Show.

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400 पार के दावों, अंबानी- अडाणी और अमेठी ‘छोड़ने’ के आरोपों पर क्या बोलीं प्रियंका गांधी

प्रियंका गांधी वाड्रा भले ही एक कांग्रेस उम्मीदवार के रूप में रायबरेली या अमेठी से चुनाव न लड़ रही हों लेकिन उन्होंने नेहरू-गांधी परिवार के क्षेत्र के रूप में देखी जाने वाली दोनों लोकसभा सीटों पर पार्टी के प्रचार अभियान की कमान संभाल रखी है.

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एक और चुनावी शो: अग्निवीर, पेपरलीक या बेरोजगारी, युवाओं को कौन ज्यादा सता रहा?

एक और चुनावी शो के तहत हमारी टीम लखनऊ विश्वविद्यालय पहुंची. यहां हमने छात्रों से उनके लिए जरूरी मुद्दों पर बात की. इस बातचीत में प्रसिद्ध व्यंग्यकार डॉ मेड्यूसा भी शामिल रहीं.

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Dainik Bhaskar journo booked for report on ‘10 deaths enroute Chardham’ in Uttarakhand

The Uttarakhand police has booked Manmeet Rawat, a journalist with Hindi daily Dainik Bhaskar, over his May 15 report on the overwhelming crowd and the “death of 10 devotees in four days” enroute Chardham or the state’s four major pilgrimage sites – Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri and Yamunotri.

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Unemployment a big issue, but will it dent Modi govt? Election charcha at Lucknow University

In Lucknow University, we chat with students about issues that are important to them. We are joined in this conversation by Dr Medusa, a popular satirist on Instagram who takes on the task of praising PM Modi.

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‘PM remarks show he is cut off from public’: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Cong prospects, poll strategy

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra may not be contesting as a Congress candidate from either Rae Bareli or Amethi but she has taken charge of the party’s campaign in the two Lok Sabha seats seen as the Nehru-Gandhi family boroughs.

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‘Special treatment’: Amit Shah takes dig at SC’s interim bail to Kejriwal

Days after the Supreme Court gave interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the alleged liquor scam case, Home Minister Amit Shah has taken a dig at the judgement, saying it is “not a routine judgement” and a “lot of people believe” that “special treatment” was given.

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