'This election is an attempt to heal the people' rediff.com/news/interview…

BSP’s internal churn | why did BSP chief Mayawati remove her nephew Akash Anand from the post of coordinator? This week on “Talking Politics” youtu.be/aod06ENp4q8?si… via YouTube

First time I went to Srinagar to report, in 1989, kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed, the daughter of the then Indian Home Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and founder of J&K PDP .
What all we have seen since then!
So many deaths and despair, terrorism and separatists movements.
And,…

Really? Is it a zero wave election? 🤔

HM Amit Shah meets rebel SP MLA Manoj Pandey. His support is crucial for BJP in Rae Bareli.

It’s the season for the media crowd ‘to give take on likely results’ and make ‘news’ out of ‘desire’.
Who will win?
Will Congress get more than 75 seats?
Is Narendra Modi rattled?
Are BJP workers on ground or not?
What will Modi do if he wins a third term?

And for…

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Ravi Ashwin recently clarified why did Rohit Sharma say 'koi Garden me nahi ghumega' in the recent test series against England.
He adds how Jaiswal and Gill's unawareness about 'ball management' could've costed India reverse swing.

A thread on 'ball management'.

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I can understand people born in the 2000s wanting to go back to paper ballots. But frankly anyone who has seen the mass rigging of elections before 2004, should jog their memories.

Ma ki mamta!

In the middle of historic election this headline wasn’t expected!
Credit goes to Arvind Kejriwal

KN Raj wrote India's first five-year plan when he was 26. He went on to become one of India's most respected economists and institution builders. Yet, as we near his birth centenary, we have forgotten him entirely. My piece

tribuneindia.com/news/features/…

In hindsight, I believe it was wrong on our part to call for boycotts of past elections”. Now, he is “encouraging people to fight politically and peacefully”. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq tells Praveen Donthi Crisis Group

crisisgroup.org/asia/south-asi… via @crisisgroup

Today in Srinagar Office of LG J&K, R&AW chief Ravi Sinha, IB chief Tapan Deka, Home secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla and other senior officials including ADG Vijay Kumar and IG V K Birdi reviewed the security of Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency. The importance of Monday election in…

Modi may sail JDU boat in 2024, but Nitish's popularity will be tested in 2025. Stagnating growth, lack of jobs, grassroots corruption, poorly implemented prohibition, and ideological flip-flops are dimming the halo around Bihar’s Vikas Purush. I report
indianexpress.com/article/politi…

आम आदमी पार्टी के नेता अरविंद केजरीवाल जी ने जेल से अंतरिम जमानत पर छूटने के बाद, आज भाजपा के बारे में जिस तरह की अनर्गल बातें की हैं उससे यह साफ़ दिखने लगा है कि इस चुनाव में भाजपा और एनडीए गठबंधन प्रधानमंत्री श्री Narendra Modi के नेतृत्व में शानदार विजय प्राप्त करने जा रहा है।…

R&AW is India's most secretive intelligence agency

Its agents defeated Pakistan, spied on China and fought civil wars

But we know little about R&AW's story

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On @Linkedin, Microsoft and their wokeness.

As an Indian institution, Ola is for genuine actions on diversity. We run one of the largest women only automotive plants. Not 1 out of 10 lines, or a small section, but the whole plant! Almost 5000 women now and will grow to tens of…

#NDTVExclusive | 'Could not do much for people till I was in Jagan Reddy's party': Ambati Rayudu (ATR), Cricketer campaigning for NDA, to Vasudha Venugopal (@vasudha156)

#ElectionsWithNDTV #LokSabhaElections2024

It’s final. Amit Shah (Modi Ka Parivar) clarifies Narendra Modi to stay on in power even after turning 75. Arvind Kejriwal’s googly helps BJP to grab the opportunity to clear the path for their strongest leader.
Even though nobody had any doubt that if Modi gets third term he is all set to…