On a day global stock indices were battered by rising international trade tensions induced by US President Donald Trump, Indian markets followed their slump, with all gauges dipping sharply. Japanâs Nikkei and Chinaâs CSI 300 fell 2.88% and 1.97%, respectively, amid weak openings for Germany’s Dax and French CAC. Almost on cue, the Indian benchmarksâNifty…
In response to its prolonged political slump, Congress is considering a back-to-basics approach by decentralising major decision-making to its district units, which have been sidelined in recent years. Also Read: âAll of you accountableâ, âpromote those who…â: Mallikarjun Kharge tells Congress leaders after Delhi election loss According to a report by Times of India citing…
Two important guiding ideas came into play. First, the equal protection clause, which lets an individual county within a state determine the validity of polled votes unique to its own understanding (given conflicting manual recount standards). Second, the need to truthfully capture the âintent of the voter”âthe holy grail of democracy. A significant outcome of…
People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti said she will not contest the upcoming assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. The former chief minister said she would not be able to fulfil her party’s agenda in the union territory set up even if she became the chief minister. “I have been chief minister of a…
Former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah on August 25 ‘thanked’ Union Home Minister Amit Shah for reacting to the National Conference (NC) election manifesto for the upcoming assembly election in the Union Territory. Abdullah said the Home Minister forced everyone to read the manifesto. But the sad part is that he only…
Beginning September 18, Jammu and Kashmir will witness assembly polls after a gap of ten years. The last assembly election was held in the erstwhile state in November-December 2014. Of the 87 seats that went to polls then, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) won 28 while the National Conference could won only 15. The Bharatiya…
National Conference (NC) leader Farooq Abdullah said on August 16 that he will lead the party in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections scheduled in three phases from September 18. The announcement by 86-year-old Farooq comes after his son Omar Abdullah opted to refrain from participating in elections until Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood is restored….
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has issued notice to Kangana Ranaut, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha Member of Parliament (MP) from Mandi, on a petition filed seeking to set aside her election on the grounds rejecting his nomination papers for general election 2024. The petitioner, a Kinnaur resident, has alleged that his nomination…
Something is brewing within the Bharatiya Janata Party: If it is a Union minister who sparks a frenzy of debates by his utterances at one time, it is a deputy chief minister whose statement grabs media attention at another. Has the BJPâs talisman, its discipline, started to fray with the party failing to achieve the…
