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NEW DELHI: Social media has transformed the way elections are fought in India, becoming a powerful tool for political campaigns to connect with voters. From the 2024 Lok Sabha elections to Assembly elections in various states, it has played a crucial role in reshaping strategies and outreach efforts.Platforms like Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, and YouTube have…
When Julius Caesar’s Senate fixed January 1 as the ‘first day of the year’, the idea wasn’t only to ‘start afresh’. It was also when those in civil office were to set in motion their responsibilities. In that tradition, coming down from 45 BC, let the existing coalition government headed by Narendra Modi set out…
Top policy formulators of the Congress party met in Belagavi, Karnataka, on December 26 and devised a plan for the Grand Old Party. The leaders’ collective assembly decided to launch a campaign to protect the Constitution and strengthen the organisation. The choice of the venue was symbolic, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the location where…
2024 was a year in which the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) skills in managing coalitions and addressing multiple challenges—some with finesse and others through subtle manipulation—clearly came to the forefront. The year began with the party fresh from victories in the assembly elections of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Rajasthan. The primary focus, however, was on…
New Delhi: In a significant escalation of the row over the choice of Dr Manmohan Singh’s cremation site, senior Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra attacked the BJP-ruled government at the Centre and accused it of “insulting” the memory of the two-term Prime Minister and not thinking beyond “politics and narrow-mindedness”. Leading a…
New Delhi: Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena today ordered investigations into allegations concerning the Aam Aadmi Party’s schemes ahead of the assembly elections scheduled for next year. The Lt Governor’s office has issued separate directives to the Delhi Chief Secretary and Commissioner of Police, based on complaints raised by Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit. AAP chief…
Dr Manmohan Singh‘s last rites will be performed today around 11:45 am on Saturday. The Centre has declared a seven-day state mourning throughout the country as a mark of respect to Dr Singh. During this period, the national flag will be flown half-mast across India. The Congress has also declared that all official programs of…
