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AAP will win all 7 Delhi seats in Lok Sabha elections, says Arvind Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said Sheila Dikshit's comments against an alliance suggested the Congress was 'not thinking about the nation'.

Congress begins campaign for Lok Sabha polls from PM Modi’s home state Gujarat

The party is also holding a Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting at the Vallabhbhai Patel's national memorial in Ahmedabad.

Why India’s election is among the world’s most expensive

Lok Sabha polls 2019 are estimated to cost Rs 500 billion -- 40% more than 2014. The jump is expected from social media, travel & advertising expenses.

With Rahul Gandhi ‘hybrid’ remark, BJP’s Anant Hegde continues to play chief rabble rouser

The union minister, who said the BJP will remove secular from the Constitution, is unabashedly Islamophobic and appears to have no qualms in exhibiting it.

Rahul Gandhi calls JeM chief Masood Azhar ‘ji’, Congress says it’s a taunt but BJP outraged

BJP leaders, led by Smriti Irani, labelled it as Rahul Gandhi’s ‘love for terrorists’, but Congress explained that the use of the honorific ‘ji’ was a taunt.

After 50 years in politics, Sharad Pawar hangs up his boots — for now

Maratha strongman Sharad Pawar won't contest 2019 polls, which is being seen as end of the road for a politician who won 14 elections & was 4-time Maharashtra CM.

Kerala chief election commissioner warns political parties not to use Sabarimala temple as a campaign issue

Citing or doing something of religious propaganda on the Sabarimala issue by invoking name of Sabari God, will be a clear violation of model code of conduct, he said.

BJP takes an early lead over rivals in securing partners when it comes to alliances

BJP President Amit Shah has made some strategic moves like stitching an alliance with the AIADMK and getting smaller parties to join NDA.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar won’t contest Lok Sabha elections, steps back for children

Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar, who has won 14 times so far, said he was moving aside to give young leadership a chance.

Why 2019 Lok Sabha election schedule could mean advantage BJP

Choice of states going in for multi-phase polling, the number of phases allotted for them and the dates picked have raised questions over ‘suiting’ the BJP.

On Camera

Iran war has given India a blueprint for the next conflict

Pakistan would be itching to do an Iran on us and China would be planning to execute an air campaign without allowing us asymmetrical escalation. India has no choice but to transform.

India’s online gaming rules to take effect on 1 May; most games exempt from registration

The rules, which come into force on 1 May, establish an Online Gaming Authority which will determine whether a game is an online money game or online social game in only three situations.

War at machine speed: How AI became a decisive force in US-Israel conflict with Iran

The core of the US military’s AI deployment in Iran is a system called the Maven Smart System, built by software company Palantir Technologies.

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.