MLC polls: Voters left chits in ballot boxes, one read ‘Satish bro, it’s done’, says NCP (SP) winner
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: NCP (SP) candidate Pratapsinh Patil, who defeated rival NCP’s sitting MLC Satish Chavan in the Maharashtra Legislative Council polls, said on Thursday that voters express their discontent when they feel they are being taken for granted. He said angry voters even left chits inside ballot boxes to send a message, claiming that one…
Simple Questions Unanswered
The call for an early SGM and elections leaves more questions than answers. Special Correspondent Elections are essential to democracy, and the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) is no exception. Members have every right to demand an elected body and a voice in running their association. But elections cannot become a substitute for accountability, nor can…
Water Shield
Bharat cannot afford to be strategically naïve while China builds a colossal dam on the upper reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet, the river that enters Arunachal Pradesh as the Siang and flows into Assam as the Brahmaputra. Beijing’s ambitious 60,000-MW hydropower project at the Great Bend is not merely an engineering spectacle. It…
Netanyahu’s bloc leading Israel election but short of majority, partial results show
Online News Desk Partial results from Israel’s general election show veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is leading his rival, former military chief Gadi Eisenkot, but is still short of a majority in parliament. With 85% of ballots counted, Netanyahu’s Likud party and its far-right and ultra-Orthodox Jewish allies were on track to win 53 seats…
MLC results: BJP-NDA wins 16 seats, SP emerges strong in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow/Bengaluru: The BJP and its NDA allies won 16 of the 28 seats in the legislative council elections held across four states as the Congress drew a blank while the Samajwadi Party emerged winner in five seats in Uttar Pradesh, including two in Varanasi. Results were declared in all but one seat – Nagpur Graduates’…
That’s why I praised my team: Daren Sammy backs West Indies’ 2-2 draw, says India remains a dangerous team
Online Sports Desk West Indies head coach Daren Sammy has reiterated his praise for his team’s 2-2 T20I series draw against India, pointing to the challenge of competing against the reigning two-time T20 world champions after India’s record-breaking batting display against New Zealand. Sammy highlighted the impact of smaller boundaries, batting-friendly pitches and the challenges…
Ignoring political risk, Trump jokes about ‘affordability’ at election rally-but crowd loves it
Washington: How far can USD 5,000 go in America? If you believe President Donald Trump, it is just about enough to buy a hamburger at his super luxury Mar-a-Lago resort. In a politically risky joke, made at a time when high cost of living has become central to national elections next week, Trump more or…
Cong’s ‘zero’ tally in MLC polls triggers meme fest by BJP
New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday poked fun at Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, claiming that the Congress drew a ‘zero’ in the 28 MLC seats that went to polls recently, soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi taunted the party for its dismal performance despite the use of paper ballots. The MLC elections…
Congress: BJP’s PR Agency?
MV Ramanamurthy What if the BJP’s most dependable advertising agency is not some high-priced multinational firm, but the Congress party itself? Imagine a PR agency that charges no fees, requires no contract, works round the clock and, best of all, lets its rival write the punchlines. In Indian politics, this would qualify as a revolutionary…
Ballot Reality
The Congress has discovered an inconvenient truth: elections can be lost even without Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). Its candidates have drawn a blank in the Legislative Council elections across four states, dealing a political blow to Rahul Gandhi’s relentless campaign against alleged “vote chori”. When the ballot paper, rather than the EVM, delivers an embarrassing…
