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SP nominates former BSF constable Tej Bahadur Yadav to take on PM Modi in Varanasi

In 2017, Tej Bahadur Yadav was dismissed from the Border Security Force (BSF) after he uploaded a video about the poor quality of food being served to jawans.

BJP wants Election Commission to deploy central forces in all polling booths of West Bengal

In its complaint, BJP alleged that Trinamool workers indulged in violence during fourth phase of polling in West Bengal.

Watch me eat, sleep, kill mosquitoes & vote for me — a candid camera Congress campaign

Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, Congress candidate for the Bathinda Lok Sabha seat, beams his day-to-day activities live to his 5.35 lakh followers.

Mumbai breaks jinx of low voter turnout as four of six seats cross 50% mark

Mumbai North clocked 54.72 per cent turnout, the highest among the six seats, followed by Mumbai North East at 52.3 per cent and Mumbai South Central at 51.53 per cent.

Shatrughan Sinha has a problem – he still thinks he has to attack Congress

Congress workers are finding it hard to warm up to Shatrughan Sinha, who switched over from BJP this month. His unwitting jibes at Congress don't help.

BJP is staring at a crisis in ‘Jatland’ and Sunny Deol is just another quick-fix solution

Sunny Deol’s candidature is another BJP attempt to produce Jat leaders, without whom it is politically hamstrung in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and western UP.

The Haryana leader who’s uniting anti-Jat forces and could hurt BJP & Congress

Former BJP MP Rajkumar Saini is the man behind the Lok Suraksha Party, an astute political formula consolidating the anti-Jat vote in Haryana.

Why Odisha wants more and more of Naveen Patnaik, it’s 4-time chief minister

Naveen Patnaik, the Odisha CM, continues to hold sway in the state through a carefully-cultivated clean image, pro-poor policies and media management.

‘No other like Modi,’ they say in MP’s Mahakoshal after voting Congress in assembly polls

The Mahakoshal region accounts for six of MP's 29 Lok Sabha seats. Five went to the BJP in 2014, while one elected Kamal Nath for a ninth term.

Giant statues of Hindu gods and leaders are making Muslims in India nervous

The mammoth public shrines to Hindu nationalism are a pet project of PM Modi and the 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?