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This man from Madhya Pradesh wants to defeat both Kamal Nath & his son on the same day

M.P. Vishwakarma is the Rashtriya Aamjan Party candidate for both the Chhindwara assembly bypoll and the Lok Sabha elections in the constituency.

Sri Lankan president Sirisena calls for resignations of defence secretary & police chief

The Sri Lankan govt faced flak Tuesday after it admitted to receiving intelligence inputs about the terror attacks days before Easter but failed to act on it.

Mamata hits back at Modi’s chit fund scam jibe with one on demonetisation

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said PM Modi had forcibly imposed demonetisation to convert black money to white, and is now using it to purchase votes.

Sunny Deol triggers resentment in BJP as party faces rebellion across Punjab & Chandigarh

From late Vinod Khanna’s wife Kavita to Hoshiarpur MP Vijay Sampla, many are angry about the BJP’s choice of candidates in Punjab & Chandigarh.

Pragya Thakur says ‘truth & religion’ always win after court rejects plea to bar her from polls

Pragya Thakur is contesting the Lok Sabha elections from Bhopal against Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh.

Ram temple built by Hindus, Muslims, Christians & Sikhs is Bengal’s answer to BJP politics

The newly-launched Ram temple in Bengal village Pandaveswar was a joint initiative of all its residents, including Muslims, Sikhs and Christians.

Election Commission to give women voters sanitary pads at ‘sakhi matdan kedras’ in Mumbai

The Sakhi matdan kendras -- polling booths managed by women, have been set up in all 26 assembly segments of suburban Mumbai.

BJP, Shiv Sena are losing sleep over Raj Thackeray though he’s not contesting this election

MNS chief Raj Thackeray is out to ‘expose’ how BJP has failed the people, backing up his claims with facts, figures, newspaper archives, audio & video clips.

Political parties think women are ‘weak’ candidates, but data doesn’t say so

On Women’s Political Empowerment Day, ThePrint looks at women candidature in Lok Sabha polls and what existing data tells us about their representation.

Prime Minister Modi represents worst of Congress legacy, says Yogendra Yadav

Activist-politician Yogendra Yadav says if any other political party had fielded a terror accused like Sadhvi Pragya, BJP would have labelled them ‘terrorists’.

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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?