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Omar Wasow teaches political science at the University of California, Berkeley. Speaking to Srijana Mitra Das, he discusses the past — and future — of movements encompassing America’s current protests: Q. What is the core of your research? A. I’ve studied American protests of the 1960s, particularly civil rights protests which used some of the techniques of noncooperation that were central to the Indian independence movement. I’ve found non-violent protests were effective in increasing support to civil rights for African-Americans — this was particularly so when non-violent protests were met with state violence. That tended to generate sympathetic media attention. When protesters used violent tactics, that generated negative media, growing the coalition of voters opposed to civil rights. Q. We are in an era of polycrises now — what are the most important political movements you’re observing? A. Right now, in the US, we’re seeing protests in opposition to the Israel-Hamas war, also described as pro-Palestinian movements. Alongside, we’ve had globally sustained waves against climate change and pro-democracy movements.

Maulana Badruddin Ajmal, seeking re-election to the Lok Sabha seat is sweating it out in Dhubri. He is up against Congress’s Rakibul Hussain, a prominent leader from Muslim minority community and former minister. BJP’s ally in state government, Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), has fielded Zabed Islam from Dhubri setting up a multi cornered contest in Dhubri.

candidates need to have their pockets stuffed with cash, as in seriously stuffed. The poll game gets real when stakes are high, such as Lok Sabha elections. But wait.

Joe Biden has called two of his QUAD partners — India and Japan — and two of his adversaries — Russia and China — "xenophobic" nations, asserting that none of these countries, unlike the United States, welcome immigrants. «This election is about freedom, America and democracy. That's why I badly need you. You know, one of the reasons why our economy is growing is because of you and many others. Why? Because we welcome immigrants,» Biden told his supporters at a fundraiser here on Wednesday evening.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will never accept Bharat Ratna or any other award for his father Biju Patnaik in return for any election or political alliance with the BJP, his close associate and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader V K Pandian has said. The former IAS officer, who has worked in Odisha for over 25 years, including as private secretary to the chief minister, also hit out at the central ministers from the state for having never spoken about the highest civilian award for the 'Pride of Odisha' and inspiration for every Odiya, Biju Patnaik. «One of the biggest identities for Odisha is the courage and valour shown by Biju Babu. If you see two Odiyas in any part of the world if they speak about Odisha, they will end up speaking about Biju Babu,» Pandian told PTI in an interview here. «They will either have tears or they will have emotions. That is the connect Biju Patnaik has with the people of Odisha. He was a freedom fighter, he has done so much for the country and the state. He is the architect of modern Odisha,» he added.

PTI, citing BJP sources, Bose had cut short his personal visit to his home state Kerala to return to Kolkata owing to the prime minister's visit. PM Modi is scheduled to address election rallies in support of party candidates in Krishnanagar, Bardhaman Purba and Bolpur Lok Sabha constituencies on Friday.

Amit Shah also said that in West Bengal the BJP will win "at least thirty seats', where PM Modi and the saffron party is contesting against Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee. Acknowledging a close fight in southern states of Karnataka, Kerala, amil Nadu, and Andhra Pradesh, Amit Shah claimed that BJP would “open accounts in Kerala, and Tamil Nadu". Shah also convicted that BJP would be “ahead of Congress" in all four southern states combined.

Karnataka government on Thursday issued a lookout notice for the suspended JD(S) leader. Prajwal’s counsel has requested seven days’ time for the MP to appear before SIT since he is out of Bengaluru. While the Congress has mounted a big attack on the BJP which is in poll alliance with the JD(S), Amit Shah, the Union home minister, countered the allegations, stressing the BJP's position against crimes committed against women. Shah questioned the Congress-led government's failure to take action in Karnataka before the allegations came to light. The Revanna effect on Lok Sabha polls Elections in the South Karnataka which is dominated by the Vokkaliga community the Gowda family belongs to are already over in the previous phase. Now constituencies in the Central and North Karnataka will go to polls on May 7. The BJP has accused the Congress govenrment of holding back on the Revanna scandal till polls on the Vokkaliga-dominated seats were over, fearing the community's anger against the Congress govenrment and its impact on the polls.

Mamaji (as former chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is known) did some excellent work, and his schemes, especially Ladli Behna Yojana, have reached everyone. So, the BJP government both in the state and Centre have together given the needy a lot of suvidha (facilities)." Over 2,000km away in Kaziranga, Assam, Rubika Ingtipi, 25, a vegetable seller from Karbi Anglong, echoes similar sentiments. “We get help under the (state government’s flagship) Orunodoi scheme, along with benefits from other welfare policies.

Shashi Tharoor claimed that BJP will draw a blank in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Andhra Pradesh while performing worse than in 2019 in Karnataka. Shashi Tharoor, in his Lok Sabha Elections Result 2024 prediction, also noted that "it looks increasingly likely that the BJP-led NDA government will lose its majority." "They only had a 32-seat margin in 2019, an election where they maxed out in all their strong states.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Mukesh Kumar Meena on Thursday published the final electoral roll of the state in the run-up to the forthcoming polls, pegging the total number of voters over 4.14 crore, which rose by nearly six lakh from January 1. In exact figures, the total number of voters in the southern state are 4,14,01,887, who include 2.02 crore male voters, 2.1 crore female voters, 3,421 third gender voters and 68,185 service electors. «Voter list has been finalised and frozen. On the day of freezing the list, April 25, including all categories of voters, service voters, male, female and third gender voters, there are 4,14,01,887 voters,» said Meena, addressing a press conference at the secretariat here. The CEO noted that the electoral rolls witnessed an increase by 5,94,631 voters between January 1, 2024 and April 1. The voter list was updated until the last day of receiving the nominations, April 25. Meena called on the electorate to check their names and polling stations at https://electoralsearch.eci.gov.in/ and on the voter helpline app. Though more than 7.2 lakh voters are eligible for home voting under the categories of voters above 85 years of age and specially-abled, Meena said only 28,591 such voters availed this facility.

Congress, ejected from the contest after its Indore candidate joined the BJP, is appealing to voters to press the 'None Of The Above' (NOTA) option, a move slammed by the ruling party as negative tactics. Akshay Kanti Bam, who had been pitted against BJP's sitting MP Shankar Lalwani, shocked the grand old party on Monday, which was the last day for withdrawal of nomination, after he pulled out of the race and switched over to the saffron party. The Indore constituency in Madhya Pradesh will go to polls on May 13 in the fourth phase of the general elections. «Voters of Indore had delivered a huge victory to the BJP in the last municipal and assembly elections. In spite of it, the saffron party murdered democracy by unfairly luring Bam. Voters must give a befitting reply to BJP by hitting NOTA,» senior Congress leader Shobha Ojha told PTI on Thursday.

Shashi Tharoor has said the alleged sex scandal involving JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna will echo in the remaining phases of the Lok Sabha polls not just in Karnataka but elsewhere as the BJP will have a tough job explaining its position after having campaigned for the accused in the elections. Prajwal and his father H D Revanna, former Karnataka minister, were booked by police on Sunday on charges of sexual harassment and criminal intimidation based on a complaint from a woman, who worked in their household. Prajwal is the grandson of former prime minister H D Deve Gowda and nephew of Karnataka former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy. Faced with unrelenting attack from the Congress and other political parties, the JD(S), an ally of the BJP, suspended Prajwal.

Sunita Kejriwal said that her husband, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, has been 'forcefully' jailed for the last 40 days. "It's clearly a dictatorship. He is well read, patriotic and truthful person.

na rahega baans, na bajegi bansuri, meaning there will be no government jobs and no reservations. Also Read: PM Modi recalls helping Sonia Gandhi after helicopter crash, calling Rahul during crisis: 'This is beyond politics' Gandhi also claimed that the BJP government is secretly snatching away reservations from Dalits, tribals, and backward classes through 'blind privatisation' by eliminating government jobs.

₹2,390 crore/$2.2 per barrel in Q4, despite the sharp rise in end-of-period crude prices by $9.4 per barrel," said Hemang Khanna, analyst at Nomura Financial Advisory and Securities (India) in a report on 1 May. For perspective, the brokerage had factored crude inventory gains of ₹1,400 crore/$1.3 per barrel. Accordingly, IOC’s reported gross refining margin (GRM) in Q4 came in at $8.4 per barrel, missing analysts’ estimates.

Pawar was quoted by PTI as saying. Pawar reportedly alleged that PM Modi doesn't talk about the basic issues that people face and diverts their attention. Wondering why Maharashtra was voting in five phases in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Pawar said, "It is because Modi can campaign here as much as possible...Those in power are worried." ALSO READ: Sharad Pawar says voting PM Modi back to power is 'dangerous': Wants to bring… Sharad Pawar alleged that PM Modi's frequent remark that if voted to power, the INDIA bloc would bring reservation based on religion, was an attempt to create social tension.

Saran Lok Sabha seat, once held by her father, Rohini Acharya, daughter of RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav, faces competition from a namesake of her father. Laloo Prasad Yadav, a local farmer from Bihar's Saran district, known for his penchant for contesting elections, has thrown his hat into the ring as a candidate of the Rashtriya Jansambhavna Party (RJP) for the Saran Lok Sabha seat. He submitted his nomination papers on April 26. Laloo Prasad Yadav's history includes previous bids for higher office, such as filing nominations for the 2022 Presidential polls and the 2017 Presidential polls, where his papers were rejected due to insufficient endorsement. Speaking to PTI over the phone, Laloo Prasad Yadav expressed confidence in his electoral prospects, citing his longstanding engagement in agriculture, social work, and his recurrent participation in electoral contests. «I have been contesting Lok Sabha polls from Saran constituency for the last several terms. I had contested against former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi as well. This time, I am contesting against her daughter Rohini Acharya,» Yadav told PTI, further expressing optimism about securing victory.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has criticized the BJP's '400 paar' claim for the Lok Sabha polls, calling it a joke and suggesting that even '200 paar' may be a challenge for the ruling party. Tharoor, who was in a three-way contest in Thiruvananthapuram, expressed confidence in a «very comfortable win» and predicted that the BJP would draw a blank in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Andhra Pradesh. He also stated that the BJP would perform worse than its 2019 performance in the South. Tharoor, a Congress Working Committee member and former Union minister, highlighted the current sentiment among BJP voters as one of indifference and lack of enthusiasm. He noted that while there is no overwhelming wave in favor of the Congress and the INDIA bloc, the difference between this election and previous ones is that the BJP appears to be losing its majority, which he considers a foregone conclusion. Asked how it was looking for the Congress and the INDIA bloc after two phases of the polls, the former Union minister said, «190 seats have voted so far and what I am picking up from my sources, it is tremendously positive for our side. We are not suggesting that there is an overwhelming wave but there certainly isn't one for the government.»

Speaking about the future of US stocks at the Morningstar Conference in London on Wednesday (1 May), Pines said that despite «some specific sector issues,» markets are generally well-equipped to withstand political unpredictability. His statement comes at a time when several experts believe Trump might win a second White House term in November this year.  JP Morgan AM's Karen Ward: Investors should not 'trade' the US election Some investors have even started to look for ways to safeguard their investment portfolios by diversifying their asset classes in the event that Trump's re-el...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday labelled the Congress party as a “disciple” of Pakistan, alleging that the neighbouring country is eager to see the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, referred to as ‘shehzada’ (prince), become the next Prime Minister of India.