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Why in Congress bastion Guna voters talk about all that’s wrong with the party

MP Jyotiraditya Scindia is hugely popular in Guna. But while voters say they will back him, it's Narendra Modi they want to see back as prime minister.

Modi’s biggest blunder was asking Pakistan’s ISI to probe Pathankot attack: Manmohan Singh

Former PM Manmohan Singh criticised the Modi govt for using surgical strikes & national security for garnering votes.

Odisha’s Game of Thrones — whoever wins, these families will remain in power

At least half-a-dozen political clans in the state have family members in the 3 main political parties in the state — the BJD, BJP and the Congress.

Election Commission bars Sadhvi Pragya Thakur from campaigning for 72 hours

The BJP leader was barred for her remarks on former ATS chief Hemant Karkare and Babri mosque demolition.

Priyanka Gandhi says there’s no tacit understanding with Akhilesh & Mayawati in UP

From Balakot air strikes and terror attacks in India to Rahul Gandhi fighting from Wayanad, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra speaks to ThePrint on a host of issues.

Tej Bahadur Yadav’s Varanasi nomination to contest against Modi rejected

Samajwadi Party candidate and former BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav's nomination was served notices by the Varanasi returning officer over discrepancies in 2 sets of nomination papers.

Arun Jaitley is wrong, Modi has used his caste 4 times in last 15 days to attack opposition

PM Modi hit out at SP-BSP and Congress for talking about his caste, but from 2014 to the current election campaign, he has often used it in his speeches.

Congress slams Election Commission’s clean chit to PM Modi

The Congress party criticised the Election Commission, and sought action against PM Modi's 'divisive' speech in Wardha on 1 April.

In Jaipur’s Olympian battle, Rathore shoots for nationalism as Poonia hurls in local woes

BJP's Rajyavardhan Rathore, an Olympic silver medallist, is relying on nationalism while the Congress’s Krishna Poonia, an ex-discus thrower, has stuck to local issues.

DU survey shows Akhilesh-Maya more popular than Modi, Priyanka is a failed gambit

Survey conducted on 38,000 Uttar Pradesh residents by DU students finds SP-BSP alliance has a definite edge over BJP.

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Indian industry in Bangladesh is staring at a void. New Delhi must give line of credit to Dhaka

For New Delhi, SAFTA and CEPA will be critical. Such frameworks could institutionalise economic ties with Bangladesh, making them resilient to political disruptions.


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?