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CRPF helped me escape Trinamool goons while Kolkata police stood mute, says Amit Shah

BJP president Amit Shah appealed to the Election Commission to ensure a free and fair election in the last phase in West Bengal.

Both BJP & Congress claim credit for Rohtang Tunnel, but it’s set to miss another deadline

Modi says at a rally he will inaugurate Rohtang Tunnel after 23 May, Congress calls it a ‘lie’. Builder BRO says it's unlikely to meet its year-end deadline.

After Parth, it’s Rohit — one more son set to rise in Pawar dynasty

Rohit Pawar, the grand-nephew of NCP chief Sharad Pawar, is expected to contest Maharashtra elections later this year. This is after the debut of his cousin Parth in Lok Sabha polls.

Trolling the dead, women’s underpants & ‘Pappu’s Pappi’: Here’s worst of the 2019 campaign

Modi, Shah, Mamata, Mayawati or Rahul — this Lok Sabha election will be remembered for its vicious, personal attacks as well as brazenly sexist and communal remarks.

‘Secular’ Congress’ Punjab poll campaign hinges on these 3 religious issues

The Congress has been attacking the Akalis and the Badals in particular over the desecration of the Guru Granth Sahib in 2015 and their control over the SGPC. 

Amit Shah roadshow witnesses stone pelting & clashes in Kolkata

A scuffle broke outside the Calcutta University when activists of both the Left and Trinamool student wing shouted slogans at Amit Shah convoy.

TRS says its open to forming federal front with Congress but with conditions

TRS spokesman Abid Rasool Khan said that the federal front is completely averse to any help from BJP.

Ullu hun, par itna bhi nahi: Mani Shankar Aiyar refuses to clarify remark on PM Modi

Earlier in an article for ThePrint, Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar referred to his 'neech aadmi' remark against PM Modi and called it prophetic.

MK Stalin says no chance of non-BJP, non-Congress third front after Lok Sabha polls

DMK chief MK Stalin's remarks came a day after Telangana chief minister KCR visited him.

How Modi’s 1984 riots attack on Congress could be turning point for BJP-SAD poll campaign

Congress had cornered Akalis on the 2015 sacrilege issue, but Modi’s anti-Sikh riots attack at Bathinda rally has given new life to BJP-SAD's defensive campaign.

On Camera

Gaza, Ukraine being fought on techno-battlefields. Indian military is 3 decades behind

My assessment is that the Indian armed forces are adopting emerging technologies for incremental change and not transformation—which is the need of the hour.

Even as SEBI lays down new curbs on F&O market, discount brokerages are changing business models

SEBI Tuesday unveiled rules to curtail retail participation in derivatives market. Options premia to be collected upfront from options buyer effective 1 Feb 2025.

‘No drone bombs or infiltration’, Army Chief says ‘battle of narratives’ must be controlled in Manipur

Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi says the Manipur conflict was triggered by a rumour and that the situation may be ‘stable today, but it is tense’.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?