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Every candidate has a responsibility to the voters of his/her constituency and to his/her party

At the end of polling in each booth, the candidate's polling agent must collect the signed Form 17-C and send it, the same day, to the candidate

The candidate must compile the Form

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Mr Karan Thapar has recalled fondly the days of T N Seshan who enjoyed being described as
'Bulldog Seshan' and transformed the ECI into a respected -- and feared -- institution

Some CECs followed his example but not all

Why does the current CEC take a month to decide on the

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I mourn the passing away of Narayan Vaghul. He was a legendary banker who turned ICICI into a financial powerhouse, but he was more than that: he was the one who spotted talent among men AND women, mentored them, promoted them and entrusted them with high responsibilities.

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Congress' Manifesto has the following promise on page 22, point 16:

'We promise to put an end to the weaponisation of laws, arbitrary searches, seizures and attachments, arbitrary and indiscriminate arrests, third-degree methods, prolonged custody, custodial deaths, and

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According to a report in The Hindu today, Hon'ble PM speaking in MUMBAI said:
'The Maoist manifesto is eyeing gold from temples and the mangalsutra of women. It also plans a 50% inheritance tax ....... the party is planning an X-ray of your property and handing it over to their

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Hon'ble prime minister threw an allegation that the Congress had directed that 15 per cent of the Budget should be earmarked for Muslims.

After Mr Rajdeep Sardesai fact-checked the statement and brought out the truth, PM and BJP have gone totally silent.

There was a statement

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I heard the Hon'ble Prime Minister say that he is prepared to sacrifice his life but, as long as he is alive, he will not allow reservations based on religion

Let the PM live long but let him not spread the lie that Congress will introduce reservations on the basis of religion

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VIDEO | Here's what former Union Minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram (P. Chidambaram) said on PM Modi's 'Congress government wanted to allocate 15 per cent of the budget for Muslims' remark.

'This is bizarre. Obviously, his (PM Modi's) speech writers have lost their

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Hon'ble Prime Minister's statements are increasingly bizarre and show that his speech writers have lost their balance

Yesterday, he claimed that if he played the Hindu-Muslim divide, he would not be fit to be in public life

Today, he played his usual game of dividing Hindus and

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NewsClick founder was arrested on October 3, 2023. The Supreme Court ruled today that his arrest was illegal

Justice will ultimately triumph and it has today

Who will be held responsible for the illegal arrest?

Who will pay the penalty for depriving the journalist of his

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It is sad - and a shame - that the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions has declined accreditation to India's NHRC

The status of NHRC as an accredited Human Rights body was suspended in 2023
and now again in 2024

The GANHRI has concluded that India's NHRC

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After analysing various poverty estimates, Dr C. Rangarajan and Dr Mahendra Dev have reached the following conclusion (The Hindu)

'Poverty declined significantly between 2011-12 and 2022-23, though the rate of decline was LOWER compared to the 2004-05 to 2011-12 period'

That

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நாகப்பட்டினம் நாடாளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர் திரு செல்வராஜ் அவர்கள் மறைவுக்கு என் ஆழ்ந்த இரங்கலையும் அனுதாபங்களையும் அவருடைய குடும்பத்தினருக்கும் இந்திய கம்யூனிஸ்ட் கட்சிக்கும் தெரிவித்துக் கொள்கிறேன்

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BJP claimed that it had retrieved Kashmir and integrated it with India

BJP claimed that it had put an end to terrorism and infiltration in Jammu & Kashmir

BJP claimed that the people are happy with the steps taken by it in Jammu & Kashmir

If so, why did the BJP not field its

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UP chief minister claimed that Congress had made a 'commitment to bring an inheritance tax'

Mr Chief Minister!, where has the Congress made that commitment? Can you please show the page and the para in the Congress' Manifesto 2024?

Apparently, the Hon'ble chief minister is

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