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Telugu Desam members protest PM Modi’s visit to Andhra after party’s severed ties with BJP

It is Narendra Modi's first visit to the state after the ruling Telugu Desam Party severed ties with NDA. 

The A to Z of Elections 2019 — the dictionary you didn’t know you needed

Heading into elections, a gamut of issues, slogans and words are being thrown around. ThePrint provides you a dictionary to help gulp down the alphabet soup.

BJP ally in UP says will part ways if social justice recommendations not implemented

The Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party said that they can even go with the anti-BJP alliance (of SP and BSP) if the need arises.

Amit Shah targets 45 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra including Sharad Pawar’s bastion

In a review meeting of three constituencies, BJP chief Amit Shah told party workers they could not win less than 45 seats.

BSP calls off 9-month-old alliance with INLD, cites on-going Chautala family feud

BSP has now forged ties with LSP, an outfit floated by rebel BJP MP Raj Kumar Saini.

Jaitley returns from US, tweets ‘delighted to be back’

Union minister Arun Jaitley had flown to New York last month to undergo medical treatment.

Modi must answer to new Rafale deal revelation, demands Sena

An editorial published in Shiv Sena's mouthpiece Saamana said that the PM was directly involved in Rafale deal, and will have to answer the allegations.

Rahul Gandhi feels invoking NSA for cow slaughter was wrong, has told MP govt: Chidambaram

Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram said at the launch of his book that secularism is in danger, and is being ‘drowned by the cacophony of the extreme Right’.

‘You grow tea, I make tea’: Modi sells his chai wala image at north Bengal rally

Prime Minister Modi attacks West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, accusing her of shielding the corrupt in Ponzi scams and wanting to abandon her state.

Does PM Narendra Modi have schizophrenia, asks Rahul Gandhi

Congress president Rahul Gandhi replies to PM Modi's chor-chowkidar jibe at press meet in the wake of a Rafale 'expose' published by The Hindu.

On Camera

Mumbai woman who shouted at minister spoke for many Indians, exposed BJP’s protest politics

Had it been a poor woman shouting at Maharashtra minister Girish Mahajan over the roadblock, the police would likely have arrested her, raided her home, and terrorised her family members.

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.

Japan overhauls post-World War II pacifist military approach, lifts restrictions on defence exports

Since October last year, Japan PM Sanae Takaichi has planned to increase defence spending target to 2 percent of GDP.

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.