Election

A dissection of religion-based voting pattern show that the NDA's largest support base was upper caste Hindus as 51.6 per cent of the community voted for the Narendra Modi-led coalition.

Votes from upper caste Hindus, OBCs and STs won it for NDA

New Delhi: The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) got maximum support from the Other Backward Castes (OBCs), followed by Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Scheduled Castes (SCs), according to the IANS-CVOTER analysis of the voting pattern in the General Election 2019. Among the social groups, 47.1 per...

Modi recalled that ever since the 2014 elections, the story of Gujarat's development initiatives had reached all corners of the country even before he reached various places for campaigning.

People want Gujarat-like development in Bengal: Modi

Ahmedabad: Indicating that Bharatiya Janata Party is eyeing to conquer West Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Sunday that the people in the eastern state are wishing for Gujarat-like development. Modi recalled that ever since the 2014 elections, the story of Gujarat's development initiatives had...

Housewife Manjulata becomes Bhadrak MP

Bhadrak: The BJD swept the Assembly and parliamentary polls in Bhadrak, but three new candidates of the ruling party tasted electoral success in their debut attempts. They are Manjulata Mandal elected as MP from Bhadrak Lok Sabha seat; Sanjib Mallick elected as MLA from Bhadrak...

7 new faces in Mayurbhanj

Baripada: Mayurbhanj saw seven new leaders being elected to the Assembly with the BJP making inroads into this BJD bastion. BJP’s Biseswar Tudu was elected as MP. He is a new face and an electrical engineer. Leaving his job, he plunged into politics and was...

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Rich candidates lose; poor ones win

Baripada: The results of the Assembly and parliamentary elections in Mayurbhanj have stunned political quarters and the BJD. However, the results have come as a shot in the arm for the BJP after it won in six Assembly seats under this parliamentary segment. Significantly, rich...

No end in sight for fake news even after polls

New Delhi:  Posts containing fake news continued to flourish on social media platforms after the end of the Lok Sabha elections that saw the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) returning to power with a massive win. Celebrations followed the results that pave the way...

 

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