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Three Vijays, two Josephs and counting: How Tamil Nadu polls have become a battle of namesakes

Across the state, different parties are also facing the same problem as candidates with identical names slug it out in the high-stakes 23 April assembly election.

RSS flags fake Bhagwat-Modi letter, AI-generated content going viral ahead of polls

The RSS has complained to the police about viral deepfake videos and AI-generated letters that have gone viral before the assembly elections, including in Assam.

How Congress leaders remember Mohsina Kidwai, party’s generational bridge & voice of internal democracy

The veteran leader, who passed away on Wednesday at 94, leaves behind a legacy that party leaders say would be remembered for a long time.  

Adhir comeback & Humayun Kabir’s ‘Babri’ stir interest, but Bengal’s Muslims fear BJP gains

ThePrint visited Murshidabad, Cooch Behar, Malda, Nadia, Kolkata, Nandigram, where some decisions by Mamata haven't gone down well with community that has traditionally supported TMC.

CBI opposes Kejriwal’s plea for recusal of Delhi HC judge. ‘Attending RSS event doesn’t indicate bias’

The agency rejected Kejriwal’s allegation of ‘ideological bias’, calling his plea for the judge’s recusal in the excise policy case hearing ‘wholly vexatious’.

Right hook: Inside the tactical coalition between CPI-M and ‘untouchable’ SDPI in Kerala

Political arm of banned PFI seeks to carve out a gamechanger destiny by doing playing AIMIM-like role to hurt UDF in the southern state.

Competing schemes, stressed budget: Tamil Nadu parties go all out to woo voters, critics slam ‘freebies’

Chennai: The Dravidian leaders prefer to call them as ‘social investments’, or ‘personalised gifts’. But a familiar sight is back in poll: Dravida Munnetra...

Assam, Kerala & Puducherry vote today in single-phase election

Voting is underway for 126 seats in Assam, 140 in Kerala, and 30 in Puducherry.

As Assam votes, Jorhat frames a contrast between Himanta & Gaurav Gogoi—intensity vs reticence

A victory here would not only mark Gogoi’s first entry into Assam assembly, but also endear him to a quieter, yet sizeable, constituency across Assam that finds Sarma’s style unappealing.

Navjot Kaur Sidhu has a solution for rampant drug abuse in Punjab—‘opium tablets for addicts’

Former Congress member Navjot Kaur Sidhu, who joined Bharatiya Rashtrawadi Party the previous day, now says Priyanka Gandhi is ‘like my sister’.

On Camera

Congress was committed to alcohol ban law without being practical: MA Venkata Rao

Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.

India bond yields rise as RBI moves to drain liquidity, lift overnight rates

New Delhi: India’s sovereign bond yields rose after the central bank announced its first step this year to drain cash from the banking system,...

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.