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Covering geo-political news and current affairs across Asia

Tag: General election 2019

Posted inIndia, South Asia

BJP’s Bihar alliance may not fetch votes

by Manoj Chaurasia April 22, 2019February 18, 2020

It’s said that elections in India are generally decided by two states, the first being Uttar Pradesh with 80 seats in Parliament. The next is Bihar, with 40 seats. In the 2014 elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party scored heavily in both states. This year, however, with Uttar Pradesh shaky as the BJP faces a strong opposition alliance, […]

Indian flag flag, elections, ballot box, casting vote. Image: iStock
Posted inIndia, South Asia

How the world’s largest democracy holds elections

by Shivam Vij March 11, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inIndia, South Asia

Uttar Pradesh tackles stray cattle ahead of polls

by Kanchan Srivastava @Ms_Aflatoon March 5, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inIndia, South Asia

Questions over Uttar Pradesh’s pre-poll budget

by Kanchan Srivastava @Ms_Aflatoon February 22, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inIndia, South Asia

BJP’s Tamil Nadu alliance could fall flat

by TM Veeraraghav February 21, 2019February 18, 2020
The new 2000 Indian rupee banknotes. Photo/Reuters
Posted inIndia, South Asia

Modi’s election budget widens fiscal deficit

by Puja Mehra February 4, 2019February 18, 2020
Shashi Tharoor, a former member of parliament from India's main opposition Congress party. Photo: Reuters/ Anindito Mukherjee
Posted inIndia, Pakistan, South Asia

Shashi Tharoor faces trial for allegedly aiding his wife’s 2014 suicide

by Asia Times staff June 6, 2018February 18, 2020

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