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Highlights of India Today 23rd October 2023:-  A deep dive into the upcoming assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Telangana, the four states going to the polls in November

ABHISHEK'S DAY OUT

It was a national debut of sorts for an emerging regional face, even if it amounted to nothing much more than a few hours of television-friendly drama at Rajghat that ended in a bout of jousting with the beefy gendarmes of Delhi Police and the obligatory detention afterwards.

4 mins

A WARNING FOR THE BJP

In what was being touted as a referendum against the annulment of Article 370 and a test for the Opposition's INDIA bloc, the National Conference (NC) and Congress alliance swept the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council election in Kargil, bagging 22 of the 26 seats that went to the polls this month.

3 mins

TROUBLE FOR MANN

THE OPPOSITION FEELS THAT BHAGWANT MANN’S LAW OFFICERS SHOULD HAVE CONVINCED THE SC BENCH TO REVIEW THE WATER SITUATION IN PUNJAB INSTEAD OF OPENING A WINDOW FOR A FRESH SURVEY THAT COULD RESULT IN AN ADVERSE RULING

3 mins

A TOOL FOR EARLY DETECTION

One woman dies of cervical cancer every eight minutes in India. The country also accounts for the highest number of cervical cancer cases in Asia (followed by China), according to a 2022 Lancet study.

3 mins

ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR WHY INDIA SHOULD WORRY

THE WIDER GEOPOLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS APART, ANY ESCALATION IN THE CONFLICT WILL JEOPARDISE THE COUNTRY'S CAREFULLY CULTIVATED TIES IN WEST ASIA AND FORCE IT TO TAKE SIDES

10+ mins

BATTLING THE ODDS

THE ELECTORAL CONTESTS OF NOVEMBER WILL DECIDE THE FATE OF SEVERAL POLITICAL VETERANS AND ALSO DETERMINE THE TONE IF NOT THE OUTCOME OF THE GENERAL ELECTION IN 2024

4 mins

ON A SHAKY WICKET

SHIVRAJ SINGH CHOUHAN'S BATTLE LIES BOTH WITHIN AND OUTSIDE HIS PARTY AS HE STRIVES TO OVERCOME THE ANTI-INCUMBENCY OF 16 YEARS

5 mins

A LEGACY BATTLE

CM ASHOK GEHLOT IS HOPING HIS WELFARE SCHEMES WILL DO THE TRICK THIS ELECTION. CAN HE BUCK THE TREND OF INCUMBENTS BEING VOTED OUT AND MAKE HISTORY?

5 mins

A COMBATIVE HEAD START

KCR IS SEEKING A THIRD TERM, BANKING ON A SLEW OF SOCIAL WELFARE SCHEMES AND STATEHOOD EMOTIONS, BUT ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION AND ANTI-INCUMBENCY MAY STYMIE HIS HAT-TRICK

6 mins

SECURE IN HIS CITADEL

BAGHEL IS RELYING ON HIS PRO-RURAL SCHEMES AND THE CONGRESS'S TRADITIONAL TRIBAL SUPPORT BASE TO HELP HIM WIN A SECOND TERM

5 mins

THREE-SIDED CONTEST

MNF HAS TO FIGHT OFF ZPM, OLD FOE CONGRESS

1 min

MISSION ZERO COMPLAINTS

WITH THE VANDE BHARAT TRAINS A SHOWPIECE OF ITS GRAND MODERNISATION PLANS, THE RAILWAY MINISTRY IS FINE-TUNING AND CORRECTING ALL SHORTCOMINGS

8 mins

CRUCIBLE OF NEW IDEAS

EMINENT PERSONALITIES ACROSS DIVERSE FIELDS CAME TOGETHER AT THE INDIA TODAY CONCLAVE IN MUMBAI TO TALK BUSINESS AND POLITICS, AND ALSO FILMS, SPORTS AND SOCIETY

2 mins

PRIMAL MOTIFS

FELLSNE Tree & Serpent, a seminal exhibition of early Buddhist art at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, showcases how Buddhism incorporated the prevalent animistic nature cults of the day into its storytelling

3 mins

ART HOUSE

BELINDER DHANOA'S KASAULI ART CENTRE 1976-1991 OUTLINES THE PIVOTAL ROLE THAT IVY LODGE, KASAULI, PLAYED IN THE WORLD OF INDIAN ART IN ITS HEYDAY

2 mins

Time Travel

Sukanya Ghosh straddles past and present by transforming old discarded photographs into works of art at her show at Cymroza Art Gallery in Mumbai

2 mins

SPACE ODYSSEY

Komorebi's latest project, 'The Fall', comprises an album, comic book and music videos, and tells the story of a runaway alien

2 mins

Sparking Hope

This year's October Jam-an independent arts and music festival in Bengaluru-promises a fiery lineup around the theme of 'lightning'

2 mins

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