Karnataka’s Hubballi has been the BJP’s ‘gateway to the south’ and remains a hotbed for communal polarisation, as the twin cities of Hubballi-Dharwad head to Lok Sabha polls on May 7
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Heat wave, voter apathy and cyclic migration are blamed for the poor voter turnout in Bihar. Political parties are clueless about what impact will it have on election results
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Personal attacks, lower voter turnout and the BJP’s determined campaigning: how has Kerala voted this time?
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The development comes after the senior JD(S) leader HD Revanna received a notice from the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in the case in which his son and sitting Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna has also been named.
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Lok Sabha Elections LIVE Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a rally in Gujarat’s Jamnagar on Thursday said Congress wants to take away reservation of SCs, STs and OBCs and give it away to Muslims based on religion. Earlier, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi slammed the BJP over the alleged Prajwal Revanna sex tapes row and called Revanna a 'mass rapist'. Prajwal Revanna, a now-suspended leader of BJP-s Karnataka ally JD(S) has been in the eye of a storm over alleged leaked 'obscene videos' of him. In other news, Congress will likely end the suspense over its Amethi and Rae Bareli candidates on Thursday. Meanwhile, repolling was underway at a polling booth in Ajmer Lok Sabha seat of Rajasthan on Thursday. The repolling was necessitated by a misplaced voters' register at a booth in Ajmer.
The February 8 general elections delivered a fractured mandate. Independent candidates – a majority backed by 71-year-old Khan's PTI party – won 93 seats in the 336-member National Assembly. Former three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) won 75 seats while the Bilawal Zardari Bhutto-led Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) came third with 54 seats. The Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P) won 17 seats.
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Insulin, Inheritance Tax, eating fish...such frivolous issues are grabbing headlines in this vision-less election. But Outlook's reporters, who are travelling across the country, will continue to bring you stories on unemployment, health, education, corruption, violence against women and issues that matter the most to voters, in this edition.
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In the time of polarisation politics and othering, how to respond to the banality of hate?
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Heat wave, voter apathy and cyclic migration are blamed for the poor voter turnout in Bihar. Political parties are clueless about what impact will it have on election results
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Did an independent candidacy elevate Pappu Yadav’s stature? Voices from the ground say so
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Karnataka’s Hubballi has been the BJP’s ‘gateway to the south’ and remains a hotbed for communal polarisation, as the twin cities of Hubballi-Dharwad head to Lok Sabha polls on May 7
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Parched farmers will decide who will win in the Mysuru and Mandya regions of Karnataka
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The Katkari community in Raigad district has been facing issues like cyclic migration, no rights over forest land, and a dearth of basic facilities. But these concerns don’t find mention in the high-pitched political debates
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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma enjoys popularity both as an administrator and a politician despite his relentless anti-Muslim rhetoric
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Muslim ghettos in Ahmedabad are dilapidated and neglected
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Two-time MP from Varanasi, Narendra Modi, is sculpting the eternal city in his image
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Peaking water scarcity and pervasive groundwater contamination have increased migration from many districts of Rajasthan.
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Residents of the tribal district of Gadchiroli resist development models that destroy the environment
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The newly carved-out constituency of Anantnag-Rajouri is set to witness a very close contest
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Personal attacks, lower voter turnout and the BJP’s determined campaigning: how has Kerala voted this time?
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Prajwal Revanna, BJP-JD(S) alliance’s candidate from Hassan Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka, has been engulfed in a series of complaints over the past week. He is accused of sexually abusing several women.
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