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Bihar records 58.92% voter turnout for 5 Lok Sabha seats in phase 4

Begusarai witnessed the highest turnout of 61.27%, while Samastipur recorded the second-highest 60.80%.

PM Modi claims 40 Trinamool MLAs in touch with him, TMC accuses him of horse-trading

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee hit back at PM Modi and accused him of horse trading.

Mamata slams BJP for misusing forces as violence erupts in 4th phase of polls in West Bengal

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said law & order is a state subject and accused BJP of bringing in central forces and using them to garner votes.

Elections have become a convenient season to suddenly discover religion: Arun Jaitley

Without getting into issue of whether a person can inherit grandmother’s caste, Congress has proclaimed Rahul Gandhi a ‘Janeu-dhari Brahmin’.

SP nominates former BSF constable Tej Bahadur Yadav to take on PM Modi in Varanasi

In 2017, Tej Bahadur Yadav was dismissed from the Border Security Force (BSF) after he uploaded a video about the poor quality of food being served to jawans.

BJP wants Election Commission to deploy central forces in all polling booths of West Bengal

In its complaint, BJP alleged that Trinamool workers indulged in violence during fourth phase of polling in West Bengal.

Watch me eat, sleep, kill mosquitoes & vote for me — a candid camera Congress campaign

Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, Congress candidate for the Bathinda Lok Sabha seat, beams his day-to-day activities live to his 5.35 lakh followers.

Mumbai breaks jinx of low voter turnout as four of six seats cross 50% mark

Mumbai North clocked 54.72 per cent turnout, the highest among the six seats, followed by Mumbai North East at 52.3 per cent and Mumbai South Central at 51.53 per cent.

Shatrughan Sinha has a problem – he still thinks he has to attack Congress

Congress workers are finding it hard to warm up to Shatrughan Sinha, who switched over from BJP this month. His unwitting jibes at Congress don't help.

BJP is staring at a crisis in ‘Jatland’ and Sunny Deol is just another quick-fix solution

Sunny Deol’s candidature is another BJP attempt to produce Jat leaders, without whom it is politically hamstrung in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and western UP.

On Camera

Hormuz crisis won’t replace the dollar with yuan. De-dollarisation is a myth

Recent data does not support any dramatic shift away from the dollar. As per IMF, the share of international transactions conducted in dollars has declined from 56.90% to 56.77%.

Haryana’s new industrial policy in the works, but industry says old problems remain unsolved

Increase in employment subsidy, Rs 500 crore for estate revamp, new townships in pipeline—but land cost, power breakdowns and inspector raj top among key worries for industry leaders.

Military pushes for private participation in space, more Indian satellites. ‘Can’t rely on single entity’ 

CDS Anil Chauhan says future space capability will not be built by government agencies alone. ‘It will be co-developed with industry, start-ups, and technology innovators’.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.