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Modi & ministers skip Davos meet due to ‘pressing matters’ ahead of Lok Sabha polls

Last year, Modi had addressed the opening session of the annual meeting, while senior ministers like Arun Jaitley, Piyush Goyal and Suresh Prabhu had attended.

Latest offering from Modi — mega youth conclave in Gujarat as BJP looks to stem jobs anger

BJP believes that events like these ahead of Lok Sabha polls will help it connect with its urban, professional constituency and balance its rural-urban outreach.

Modi says Opposition has money power, but BJP earned double that of Congress since 2013

Between 2013 and 2018, BJP’s total declared income was Rs 4,276 crore. Comparatively, the Congress reported an income of Rs 1,877 crore.

Bickering, bonding, bantering: Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti’s Twitter exchanges

Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti use Twitter not just to bicker with each other, but also to civilly disagree, sometimes agree or even to crack jokes.

Income Tax department reverses order that would’ve cleared Gandhis in National Herald case

Within three weeks, I-T department reverses circular after BJP MP Subramanian Swamy, among others, raises objections.

Kapil Sibal has made a habit of embarrassing the Congress

BJP has used Kapil Sibal’s presence at the ‘EVM hacking’ press conference in London Monday to attack the Congress for orchestrating the event.

EVM hackathon in London organised by Congress, claims Ravi Shankar Prasad

Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the Congress sponsored the event where a cyber expert claimed EVMs were rigged to favour BJP in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

Congress kept out of UP alliance to correct poll arithmetic, says Akhilesh Yadav

Akhilesh Yadav said the Samajwadi Party, which has formed a pre-poll alliance with the BSP, would be open to working with the Congress after the Lok Sabha elections.

How Jet Airways is casting a shadow on Modi’s re-election bid

The fate of Jet Airways is now part of the opposition’s narrative that businesses are ailing, with the $2.6 trillion economy losing jobs on Modi’s watch.

What Rahul Gandhi and Mohan Bhagwat have in common

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat sported an olive green quilted jacket at an event Monday — similar to the ones Congress president Rahul Gandhi sports.

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.