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BJP supporters have a secret weapon in their online poll campaign — satire

Satire websites like Hansi Mazak Party and The Fauxy target the 'liberal ecosystem', which the former says comprises 'eminent journalists and paid thinkers'.

Does Lalu still hold sway over Yadav votes — that’s the big question in Bihar this time

Since 1990, Muslims and Yadavs have constituted the core support base of the RJD barring 2014, when a section of the Yadavs backed the BJP.

Arvind Kejriwal has hit the streets again but not to become PM of India

A far cry from its national vision in 2014, Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP has chosen a Delhi-centric approach for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

Once Bihar’s rising star, Nitish Kumar is a shadow of himself & losing support on the ground

Nitish Kumar, the Bihar CM, was once seen as a potential PM but his recent public meetings have been far from impressive and he is missing on the ground.

Wanted to give PM Modi a ‘tight slap of democracy’: Mamata Banerjee

The TMC chief also attacked Modi saying the country will have a downfall as children will learn wrong things from a PM that lies.

The modest gunny bag might turn out to be Punjab’s biggest election issue

Shortage of gunny bags is a huge worry for Punjab’s wheat farmers, whose produce is waiting in mandis. CM Amarinder Singh blames BJP-ruled Centre.

Answer to Modi’s Rajiv Gandhi challenge to Congress lies in Punjab’s 1985 elections

Modi wants Congress to campaign in Rajiv Gandhi's name in Punjab, a veiled dig at the ex-PM's alleged role in 1984 anti-Sikh riots. But party actually fared well even after the riots.

31 rallies, 10 days, 9 states: Narendra Modi’s feverish last leg of campaigning

West Bengal is a state with special focus for BJP — it will see 6 rallies by PM Modi — as the party hopes to win 22-25 seats from here, up from just 2 in 2014.

Bullet-proofing experts, slogan writers are making big money in this election

Lok Sabha elections 2019 is the costliest poll on earth at an estimated $7 billion expenditure & has created opportunities for a range of businesses.

Election Commission stops screening of Pragya Thakur short film in Bhopal

The film on the BJP leader was being shown to journalists by Bharat Vichar Manch.

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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?