Hindustan Times Delhi - November 24, 2024
Hindustan Times Delhi - November 24, 2024
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In this issue
November 24, 2024
Mahayuti seizes a Maha mandate, Soren keeps his Jharkhand crown
Maharashtra's ruling alliance sweeps polls with unprecedented tallies for all 3 partners. Voters galvanised by PM Modi's 'Ek hain toh safe hain' pitch, state govt's big welfare push. Soren leads INDIA bloc to resounding victory as J'khand tribal leader's emotional appeal works. BJP gains upper hand in UP bypolls; AAP reigns in Punjab; Priyanka to make Parliament debut.
5 mins
Perfect Perth day: Pace heroics, historic stand
{172-RUN PARTNERSHIP} AFTER BUMRAH TEARS THROUGH OZ LINE-UP
3 mins
A victory for both vikas & virasat: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) emphatic win in Maharashtra was the victory of \"good governance\" and \"real social justice\"; a rejection of \"the forces of deception, divisiveness and dynastic politics\"; and showed that the people have faith only in the BJP to deliver \"vikas\" (development) while celebrating the country's \"virasat\" (heritage).
1 min
Welfare works in polls, east to west
Maharashtra and Jharkhand may have thrown up diametrically opposite results on Saturday but behind the comprehensive wins registered by the Mahayuti and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-led alliance, respectively, was a common factor -two game-changing women-focussed cash transfer schemes that transformed the poll pitch and helped the respective incumbents win.
1 min
18-YEAR-OLD JEE ASPIRANT DIES IN THE YEAR'S 19TH SUICIDE IN KOTA
An 18-year-old student, who was preparing for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) for admission to undergraduate engineering courses, died by suicide in Kota district of Rajasthan on Saturday, officers aware of the matter said, making it the 19th such incident in the coaching hub this year.
1 min
After 'paltry' funding offers, day of chaos, fury at COP29
WEALTHY NATIONS RAISED OFFER OF CLIMATE FUNDING TO $300BN, A RISE OF MERE $50BN THAT WAS SEEN AS INSULTINGLY LOW'
3 mins
AQI still 'severe' as calm winds hurt air
The air quality in Delhi slipped into the \"severe\" category with the city recording an average Air Quality Index (AQI) of 412 at 4pm.
1 min
WHAT SWUNG THE VOTE IN...
Dhrubo Jyoti decodes the factors that worked behind the scenes for the Mahayuti in Maharashtra and for the INDIA bloc in Jharkhand
10+ mins
Win for real social justice, rejection of Oppn lies: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) emphatic win in Maharashtra was the victory of \"good governance\" and \"real social justice\"; a rejection of \"the forces of deception, divisiveness and dynastic politics\"; and showed that the people have faith only in the BJP to deliver \"vikas\" (development) while celebrating the country's \"virasat\" (heritage).
3 mins
Pivotal poll cycle strengthens BJP, blunts Oppn sting
Within the party, success in Maharashtra means that Narendra Modi's leadership and Amit Shah's control become even more robust now
8 mins
Results show Cong still far behind BJP
The 2024 Lok Sabha elections saw a massive, almost unprecedented, political polarization in India.
3 mins
Bruised in LS, how NDA got its groove back
The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti won 235 of the 288 assembly constituencies in Maharashtra, with the BJP itself winning 132 of the 149 seats it contested for a strike rate of 88.5%; its allies the Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party won 57 and 41 of the 81 and 59 seats they contested, respectively.
6 mins
Women-centric schemes helped shape results
Maharashtra and Jharkhand may have thrown up diametrically opposite results on Saturday but behind the comprehensive wins registered by the Mahayuti and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, respectively, was one common factor - two gamechanging women-focussed cash transfer schemes that transformed the poll pitch and helped the respective incumbents win.
2 mins
Another Cong setback further erodes its Parl polls advantage
The summer of 2024 is becoming a distant memory for the Congress.
3 mins
Fadnavis back as a favourite for CM's post
From the morning of that hurried, furtive and eventually ill-fated swearing-in with Ajit Pawar in November 2019, Devendra Fadnavis has been the target of a zillion memes.
3 mins
WILL CONTINUE TO RAISE CONCERN OVER ELECTORAL PROCESS: CONG
The Congress on Saturday said that it will analyse the outcome in Maharashtra which is \"completely opposite\" to the expectations and \"very strange\".
1 min
Behind the rise and rise of BJP in Maharashtra
The Mahayuti alliance of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Shiv Sena, and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and some smaller allies has won 235 out of 288 seats in the Maharashtra elections, the biggest win in the state for any alliance or party since the 1972 election.
2 mins
In battle of permutations, Mahayuti's decisive blow
The Opposition coalition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) was decimated in the state elections, with its joint tally at 50
2 mins
How parties fared across 5 regions of Maharashtra
Experts attribute the Mahayuti victory to several factors, especially changing dynamics of the Maratha quota issue
4 mins
Uddhav's nephew beats Siddique's son
Bandra East is a prestigious constituency for Shiv Sena (UBT), as Matoshree, the family residence of the Thackerays, is located here. It has been a Sena bastion since the 1970s.
1 min
RSS hit the road, played key role in BJP's victory
Neither the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nor its ideological parent, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has ever admitted it, but the perception was that the latter was largely absent from the Lok Sabha elections, in which the BJP-led Mahayuti won only 17 of the 48 seats in the state.
3 mins
What changed between LS, state polls
One of the biggest surprises in the Maharashtra elections is the complete political turnaround between the 2024 Lok Sabha and assembly elections.
2 mins
Shinde camp settles Sena versus Sena debate
In a decisive verdict after the bitter split in the Shiv Sena in June 2022, the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena can finally claim the title of the \"real\" Sena – the party won 57 of the 81 seats it contested in the Maharashtra assembly, battering the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT), which managed just 20 of the 95 it contested.
2 mins
Ajit Pawar's NCP has the last laugh
The Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), seen by many in the run-up to the Maharashtra assembly elections as the weakest link in the Mahayuti coalition, had the last laugh on Saturday as it won 41 of the 59 seats it contested.
2 mins
Brand Thackeray no longer immune to whims of voters
Shinde's Sena won 57 seats, as opposed to Sena (UBT)'s 20 this should worry Thackeray about the Sena mantle moving to his rival
2 mins
Mahayuti's win makes smaller parties irrelevant
ALL THOSE WHO DREAMT OF BECOMING KINGMAKERS IN MAHARASHTRA HAVE NOW BEEN PUSHED TO THE FRINGES
2 mins
Mahayuti wins Mumbai but Uddhav prevents rout
India's financial capital witnessed a strong wave of support for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Mahayuti alliance in the Maharashtra elections, with the coalition winning 22 of the 36 seats in the city.
4 mins
Three key insights to decode the mandate in Maha, J'khand
There is more than one way to look at the assembly election results for Maharashtra and Jharkhand.
4 mins
B'desh pitch fails to help BJP in tribal belt
The Jharkhand electoral contest was expected to be closer than the final outcome showed, with the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) pulling out all the stops on its Hindutva pitch during a high-octane campaign centred around alleged infiltration by Bangladeshis and corruption charges against chief minister Hemant Soren.
2 mins
Soren's emotive campaign bucks J'khand's poll trend
With JMM winning 34 of the 43 seats it contested, the verdict solidifies Soren's hold over the state months after he was jailed
3 mins
JMM, Congress nail J'khand social configuration in diverse landscape
Soon after the Election Commission announced the Maharashtra and Jharkhand assembly polls on October 15, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) working president and chief minister Hemant Soren and his legislator wife, Kalpana Soren, met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi.
2 mins
Kalpana grows in stature in no time
Kalpana Soren made her first public appearance on a political stage on March 4 this year, a little over a month after her husband and Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate over money laundering charges linked to a land deal case.
1 min
Champai factor doesn't boost BJP
Former Jharkhand chief minister Champai Soren salvaged his pride by winning the Seraikela assembly constituency for the seventh time but with little else to boast of as he was unable to swing the elections in the favour of his new party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
1 min
With new message and brand new avatar, CM joins pantheon of tallest tribal leaders
Two days after coming out of jail on June 28, Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren, in his first public address in Bhoginath, gave the call to uproot a \"feudal\" Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and restore the rule of tribals and the original inhabitants of Jharkhand in the state.
3 mins
'Never seen such a tough election...don't think I ever will'
Jharkhand is set to welcome back chief minister Hemant Soren for a second term.
2 mins
Jairam Mahato's JLKM makes its presence felt with victory in Dumri
The Jharkhand assembly poll results on Saturday solidified the image of 29-year-old Jairam Mahato, founding president of Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha (JLKM), as the newest star in the state's politics and a prominent face of the OBC Kudmi community.
2 mins
WHY BJP FAILED TO MAKE A MARK AMONG TRIBALS IN EASTERN STATE
The BJP's narrative that Muslims were changing Jharkhand's demography and marrying tribal women to take over their land failed to take off.
1 min
3 factors that explain Jharkhand poll result
Three factors explain the JMM's big victory—it is the biggest ever in the state's history—in these elections: complete consolidation of its core constituency among Scheduled Tribe (ST) voters, better outreach among non-ST voters with a wider alliance, identity-agnostic welfare schemes, and some external help from a nativist party making its debut which hurt the BJP alliance far more than the JMM alliance.
2 mins
Big issues that decided the J'khand outcome
The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha-led alliance on Saturday retained its hold over the state, bucking the trend of voting out the incumbent, buoyed by a campaign that banked heavily on tribal identity and welfare schemes.
1 min
Wayanad: On electoral debut, Priyanka wins by huge margin
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra registered a comfortable victory on her electoral debut as she won the Wayanad Lok Sabha (LS) bypoll on Saturday by over 400,000 votes.
1 min
BJP, allies win 25 seats in assembly bypolls
All eyes may have been on Maharashtra and Jharkhand, but Saturday also saw results being announced for bypolls to 46 assembly and two Lok Sabha seats across 15 states.
1 min
After LS losses, BJP gets UP boost with bypoll wins
After the reverses in the Lok Sabha elections this summer, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday swept the assembly bypolls in Uttar Pradesh, with the party-led NDA candidates winning seven of the nine seats that went to the by-elections, and dealt a blow to the Opposition Samajwadi Party (SP) which failed to repeat its success from the general elections.
2 mins
PRASHANT KISHOR'S CANDIDATES LOSE DEPOSITS IN 3 OF 4 BYPOLL SEATS
The Jan Suraaj Party, floated recently by former political strategist Prashant Kishor, failed to make any impact in its electoral debut, with all four of its candidates losing the bypolls to four assembly seats in Bihar.
1 min
Lessons from the polls for BJP and Congress
THE LANDSLIDE VICTORIES OF THE INCUMBENTS IN BOTH STATES INDICATE THAT THE REGIONAL DIVIDES AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC FAULT LINES HAVE BEEN FLATTENED
4 mins
After Maharashtra, fate of Opposition
Of the two states that went to polls, Maharashtra was the big prize. And, the incumbent BJP-led Mahayuti has made a stunning turnaround to win the state.
1 min
Welfare politics swings the polls
Incumbent alliances that delivered cash handouts gain as swing voters hold sway
2 mins
What clicked for the JMM in Jharkhand
So, what worked for the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-led INDIA grouping in the just concluded assembly election in Jharkhand?
3 mins
In Maharashtra, a tale of two coalitions
The sweep for Mahayuti marks a definitive political turn for the state, and a moment of reckoning for Congress, Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar
4 mins
BJP wins Gzb by margin of over 69K votes
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) retained the Ghaziabad assembly seat, as Sanjeev Sharma inflicted a 69,351-vote defeat on his nearest rival, Singh Raj Jatav of the Samajwadi Party (SP).
1 min
Delhi continues to suffocate as 'severe' air quality persists
NEW DELHI: Air quality in the Capital, after a two-day respite, continued to remain in the \"severe\" category on Saturday, as western disturbances in the region brought down the wind speed, effectively trapping pollutants within Delhi.
3 mins
1ST TRAFFIC ENGG CENTRE IN NATION COMES UP IN GGM; FOCUS ON SAFETY
Haryana Police and the Institute of Road Traffic Education (IRTE) inaugurated India's first Traffic Engineering Centre (TEC) and Organisational Development Centre (ODC) at the Traffic Towers, Gurugram, on Friday, officials said.
1 min
Delhi to install 400 PUC cameras
POLICE SAID THAT SO FAR, THESE CAMERAS HAVE HELPED GENERATE 43,000 CHALLANS OF ₹10,000 EACH FOR INVALID PUCS
1 min
Police constable stabbed to death in Govindpuri
A 28-year-old Delhi Police constable was tragically stabbed to death while on patrolling duty in Govindpuri, southeast Delhi, early on Saturday.
1 min
CLEAR 'DELAYED' SALARY DUES OF DSFDC: LG WRITES TO DELHI GOVT
Lieutenant governor (LG) VK Saxena asked the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government, on priority, to look into pending salaries of DSFDC (Delhi SC/ST/OBC/Minority, Safai Karamcharis and Handicapped Financial and Development Corporation), officials with the LG secretariat said on Saturday.
1 min
Woman kills daughter to marry lover
A 27-year-old woman from Wazirabad village, northwest Delhi, has been arrested for allegedly strangling her five-year-old daughter after her boyfriend's family refused to take care of the child, police said on Saturday.
2 mins
Delay in clearing imports hits Indian medical industry
MANUFACTURERS HAVE ASKED FOR PERMISSION TO IMPORT ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS ON VALID MD-9 CERTIFICATION TEMPORARILY
2 mins
Amid tensions, curbs on net extended in Manipur
The Manipur government on Saturday extended suspension of mobile internet services for two more days in nine districts in the wake of prevailing law-and-order situation, according to a home department order.
2 mins
Pal meets Muslim delegation, discusses Waqf amendments
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker Jagdambika Pal, chairman of the joint parliamentary committee of the Waqf (Amendments) Bill, met a delegation of Muslim scholars on Saturday to discuss the proposed amendments to the bill, which is likely to be taken up during the winter session of Parliament beginning next week.
1 min
MAN KILLS KIN OF WOMAN HE WAS STALKING, DIES BY SUICIDE IN ASSAM
A 35-year-old man allegedly killed three members of the family of a woman he was stalking, days before she was scheduled to get married with another man, and later died by suicide in Nagaon district of Assam, police said on Saturday.
1 min
Another JEE aspirant dies by suicide in Kota
THE DEATH OF THE 18-YEAR-OLD STUDENT MARKED THE 19TH SUICIDE CASE IN THE COACHING HUB THIS YEAR
2 mins
Adani summoned by US SEC amid bribery case
THE ADANI GROUP HAS STRONGLY DENIED THE ALLEGATIONS AS 'BASELESS' AND VOWED TO 'SEEK ALL POSSIBLE LEGAL RECOURSE'
2 mins
AAP's Punjab bypoll performance foreshadows Delhi result: Kejriwal
Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said the party winning three of the four assembly seats in Punjab bypoll was a pre-cursor to the victory of the AAP in the February 2025 Delhi assembly polls, and a testament of people's faith in the governance of AAP.
1 min
Seven booked for assaulting man at Gurugram nightclub
AFTER AN INITIAL FIGHT SUBSIDED, THE VICTIM WAS BLOCKED WHEN TRYING TO LEAVE AROUND 4AM AND WAS THRASHED
2 mins
Odisha set to amend state Universities Act 'for better autonomy'
The Odisha government on Saturday decided to amend the Odisha Universities Act, 1989 and change certain provisions of the Industrial Policy Resolution (IPR), 2015.
1 min
At least 37 killed in fresh Pakistan sectarian violence
The clashes between Alizai and Bagan tribes in Kurram district, bordering Afghanistan, took place following Thursday's attack
2 mins
VP publicly threatens to have president assassinated
{PHILIPPINES} MARCOS AND DUTERTE WERE ONCE RUNNING MATES WHO WON THE 2022 POLLS
1 min
Israeli strikes kill at least 49 in Lebanon, 19 in Gaza: Officials
Israeli airstrikes on Saturday claimed at least 49 lives in Lebanon and 19 in Gaza, according to local authorities and rescue teams, as the conflict escalates in the region.
1 min
PAK SEALS OFF CAPITAL AHEAD OF A PLANNED RALLY BY KHAN SUPPORTERS
Pakistan has sealed off the capital, Islamabad, ahead of a planned rally by supporters of imprisoned former premier Imran Khan. It's the second time in as many months that authorities have imposed such measures to thwart tens of thousands of people from gathering in the city to demand Khan's release.
1 min
Ukraine lost 40% of Kursk land: Kyiv
Ukraine has lost over 40% of the territory in Russia's Kursk region that it rapidly seized in a surprise incursion in August as Russian forces have mounted waves of counter-assaults, a senior Ukrainian military source said.
1 min
Trump announces more picks for his new administration
President-elect Donald Trump announced on Friday that he'll nominate hedge fund manager Scott Bessent, an advocate for deficit reduction, to serve as his next treasury secretary.
1 min
Arsenal return to winning ways
Arsenal returned to winning ways in the Premier League with Bukayo Saka and captain Martin Odegaard inspiring a comfortable 3-0 home victory against Nottingham Forest on Saturday.
1 min
Openers set India on Perth to glory
Jaiswal and Rahul hit patient fifties to raise an unbroken 172-run opening stand as India take control vs Australia in 1st Test
3 mins
From the time I qualified, this has been on top of my mind: Gukesh
Roughly 48 hours before they descend into an intense battle, the reigning world chess champion and his challenger typically allow for some probing.
3 mins
Satwik-Chirag lose in China Masters semis
India's campaign at the $1.15 million China Masters came to an end in Shenzhen on Saturday after Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy lost their men's doubles semi-final in three tightly fought games in the Super 750 tournament.
1 min
Eyes on Rishabh, Rahul in battle of bids
Mitchell Starc carried his sharp tongue into the Perth Test, telling ex-Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) teammate Harshit Rana to be prepared to face bouncers that will be faster than what he was dishing out to him. The Aussie fielders were also heard on stump mic reminding Rishabh Pant about the IPL auction. Even the verbals in the Border-Gavaskar Test series have an IPL flavour.
3 mins
Kotomi-Elisabeth pair in women's padel final
On the face of it, Kotomi Ozawa and Elisabeth Nogueras Lorenz form the unlikeliest of pairs.
1 min
Perception shaping reality
Big FM and Chinmaya Vidyalaya come together for a dialogue on traditional knowledge systems and the need for reclaiming their glory in the Indian education landscape
2 mins
Singer Amit Mishra marries Kriti Thakur in Lucknow
Singer Amit Mishra is now married. He tied the knot with singer Kriti Mahendra Singh Thakur in an intimate ceremony in his hometown, Lucknow, on Friday.
1 min
The Mask director Chuck Russell says he wants to work with SRK, Aamir
Filmmaker Chuck Russell, best known for Hollywood cult hits such as The Mask (1994) and The Scorpion King (2002), recently expressed his desire to work with actors Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan in an interview.
1 min
MALAVIKA ON THANGALAAN, YUDHRA RECEPTION: EVERY FILM HAS ITS OWN JOURNEY
Actor Malavika Mohanan reflects on the stark differences in how her two latest films were received and how box-office numbers are not a deciding factor for her
1 min
Sayani Gupta reveals she was an intimacy coordinator on her latest
Actor Sayani Gupta calls herself a \"PhD in doing intimacy scenes\", so much so, that she was offered a job as an intimacy coordinator in her recent OTT film Khwaabon Ka Jhamela.
1 min
Noida man shows how to kick the butt!
If pollution is a major problem, then a Noida resident has found a way to kick its butt, quite literally! Meet Naman Gupta, whose unique approach to combat pollution has gone viral on social media, with over 271k views and 14.4k likes.
1 min
Palaash Muchhal's next stars visually-impaired comic Bhavya Shah
Filmmaker Palaash Muchhal has consistently championed stories about marginalised communities, from highlighting the struggles of trans individuals in Ardh (2022) to his upcoming film focusing on Down syndrome.
1 min
Duct-taped banana artist says his work is a 'provocation' on value of art
The Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, who created the artwork featuring a banana duct-taped to a wall, which sold this week for $6.2 million (about ₹52 crore), said in an interview on Friday that the work was an \"invitation to appreciate the true value of art\".
1 min
IT WAS A SHOCK: PARAS ON KUNDALI BHAGYA ENDING
When actor Shraddha Arya recently quit the show Kundali Bhagya after seven and a half years, the common assumption was that she was going on maternity leave. However, there were also rumors that the show itself was slated to end.
1 min
Absolute BS: Mohini Dey addresses link-up speculations amid AR Rahman's divorce
Ever since Oscar-winning music composer AR Rahman and Saira Banu announced their divorce, rumours have swirled linking the composer to bassist Mohini Dey, who coincidentally announced her separation from husband Mark Hartsuch on the same day.
1 min
'EVERYTHING I WEAR IS AN EXTENSION OF WHO I AM'
In an exclusive shoot with HT City Showstoppers, actor Tina Datta talks being unabashedly herself through her style
1 min
Microneedle pimple patches: How to tackle your zits from the inside out
Don't settle for a patch that babysits your pimple; instead, use one that fights back. Unlike regular pimple patches that act like band-aids, microneedle pimple patches go deeper, literally.
1 min
I felt connected to the material: Anna Kendrick on her directorial debut
Hollywood actor Anna Kendrick, who made her directorial debut with Woman of the Hour, recently opened up about why she chose a dark crime thriller for her foray into directing.
1 min
I've always worked with the people that I love: Miley Cryus on ex Liam
Singer-actor Miley Cyrus recently made a rare comment about her relationship with her ex-husband Liam Hemsworth and recalled collaborating with him on the 2010 film The Last Song.
1 min
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