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Income Tax Department seizes record Rs 1100 crore cash and jewellery in Lok Sabha elections 2024

New Delhi , May 31 (ANI): The Income Tax Department has achieved a record seizure of Rs 1100 crore in cash and jewellery during...

Late PM Chandra Shekhar gave ‘Baaghi Ballia’ its identity, but BJP candidate son faces headwinds

Chandra Shekhar, Ballia MP for eight terms, is still remembered fondly here, but lagging development and anti-incumbency towards BJP pose a challenge for his son Neeraj.

Lok Sabha polls: AAP reaches out to industries, workers in Ludhiana as campaigning for final phase concludes

Ludhiana (Punjab) , May 30 (ANI): As the Lok Sabha elections approached its final phase, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) intensified its outreach efforts,...

‘United against Manusmriti’ — Bhujbal supports Awhad, MLA from rival NCP camp facing BJP protests

Former Maharashtra minister came out in defence of Mumbra-Kalwa MLA who is under attack for erroneously tearing picture of Ambedkar during protest. Both of them are OBC leaders.

‘Exaggerations of all sorts’ — Naveen Patnaik rules out close aide VK Pandian as his ‘successor’

Pandian was private secretary to Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik for over a decade and is chief strategist and star campaigner for BJD this poll season.

Manmohan Singh on Modi — ‘1st PM to lower dignity of PMO, made vicious hate speeches’

In letter addressed to Punjab's voters, former PM Manmohan Singh says Modi-led BJP left no stone unturned in 'castigating Punjab, Punjabis and Punjabiyat' in the last 10 years.

Why RSS has recalled its man GV Rajesh from key organisational post in Karnataka BJP

While BJP maintains it is Sangh’s decision, party leaders attributed this move to 'non-performance, incompatibility with senior office bearers & inability to contain dissent'.

PM Modi’s Kanyakumari trip is about more than just meditation, it is packed with political messages

Modi will meditate at Vivekananda Rock Memorial once the campaign closes on 30 May. It’s where Swami Vivekananda is said to have had a divine vision of Bharat Mata & developed India.

Prestige at stake in heart of Santhal Pargana, JMM & BJP battle it out for glory in Dumka

Shibu Soren's daughter-in-law Sita left JMM for BJP this year and has now been pitched against 7-time JMM MLA and INDIA bloc candidate Nalin Soren in Dumka.

1 in every 4 BJP & Congress Lok Sabha candidates are political legatees, finds new study

A total of 209 candidates entered politics because of their family legacy, analysis by election non-profit Prajatantra Foundation shows. Most of these are second-generation politicians.

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Abusing industrialists has become the be-all and end-all of Indian labour leaders’ role: Ambedkar

In September 1943, Dr B R Ambedkar delivered a speech at a trade union workers’ study camp in Delhi, reflecting on parliamentary democracy, trade unionism, and the labouring classes.

Recovery of energy flows will be ‘gradual rather than immediate’ as Hormuz re-opens post ceasefire

The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz eases supply fears, but controlled shipping, slow output recovery, and high costs may delay oil flow normalisation for months.

Why Siliguri Corridor is strategically important for India & how it is being secured | Cut The Clutter

This special edition of Cut The Clutter, straight from the Siliguri corridor, details the strategic importance of the narrow strip of land in West Bengal, and how it’s a vital link connecting the Northeast to the rest of India.

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.