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‘Loot zindagi ke baad bhi’ — Modi hits out at Congress leader Sam Pitroda over ‘inheritance tax’ remark

The chairman of overseas Congress had given example of US inheritance tax & suggested a debate on this in India. BJP has called it Congress’s 'destructive' intention if voted to power.

“They seem frustrated, making absurd remarks…election not going in their favour”: Priyanka Gandhi hits out at PM Modi, BJP leaders

Wayanad (Kerala) , April 24 (ANI): Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior BJP leaders for their repeated attacks on Congress, party...

Owaisi effect notwithstanding, why Kishanganj’s Muslims back Congress despite unpopular incumbent

AIMIM has made inroads among the Bihar district's youth in semi-urban areas, but rural Muslims, more in number, say they will give Congress's Mohammad Jawed one more chance.

Sharmila ‘is also YSR’s blood’, but in family bastions Kadapa & Pulivendula, brother Jagan is supreme

Though Viveka murder case is hot topic again in YSR family home-turf, locals appear disinclined to vote on its basis. Some also dismiss Jagan-Sharmila rivalry as a 'family matter'.

‘Paani do, vote lo’ — Jodhpur’s villages don’t care who comes to power, they only want water

Caught amid the slugfest between Congress and BJP in Rajasthan are the people of Jodhpur district, who are hoping that the elections will bring about some change.

Student leader, lawyer & a ‘sharp’ politician’ — who is Tashi Gyalson, BJP’s candidate for Ladakh

Gyalson was announced as BJP candidate as sitting MP Namgyal was dropped after he became unpopular among Ladakhis for 'not standing up for the region'.

Surrounded, heckled & shown black flags, BJP candidates in Punjab are facing farmers’ wrath

From singer-politician Hans Raj Hans to Patiala MP Preneet Kaur, BJP candidates are facing protests from farmers over MSP issue & death of 4 farmers, allegedly run over by minister's son.

“Redistribution of wealth in interest of people-not super rich” says Sam Pitroda, advocates inheritance tax like law in India

Chicago , April 24 (ANI): Chairman of Indian Overseas Congress Sam Pitroda has backed the party's stand on redistribution of wealth and advocated an...

Rahul Gandhi breached decorum of INDIA bloc by criticising Pinarayi — CPI(M) candidate KK Shailaja

Former Kerala health minister, who is contesting from Vadakara, says Left fielded senior leaders so 'people know that the leaders will raise their voices in Parliament when needed'.

INDI engine has failed in Phase 1, will not take off: Tamil Nadu BJP chief Annamalai

Mangaluru (Karnataka) , April 23 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief K Annamalai said on Tuesday that all hopes of the Congress...

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.