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BJP’s Maharashtra test begins tomorrow — in Pawar fortress of Baramati

BJP claims several talukas in the Pawar bastion of Baramati exist only on paper as the family has not bothered to develop those areas.

‘It’s strategic’: Tejashwi, absent from Rahul Gandhi’s rallies, dismisses talks of rift

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav's absence from Congress chief Rahul Gandhi's rallies, triggering talk of a fissure within the opposition alliance.

Congress likely to field boxer Vijender Singh from South Delhi, add punch to campaign

Party expected to name Vijender Singh, the 2008 Olympic bronze medallist, to round off its Delhi candidate list.

Mehbooba’s fate, fragile security on trial as volatile Anantnag readies to vote in 3 phases

Anantnag is the first-ever constituency to have Lok Sabha elections in three phases, a result of the unstable security situation in south Kashmir.

Want to know how nervous BJP is in Gujarat? Just check out party’s ad campaign

BJP accounts for 88% of all electronic ads in Gujarat, giving rise to speculation that the party could be nervous even in Modi's home state.  

BJP & Congress are forgetting city voters in race to woo villages

Voter turnout has been dismal in 3 key southern cities -- Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad -- that have gone to polls so far in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.

Why son Raghavendra’s Shimoga campaign is a fight for survival for Yeddyurappa

Raghavendra and Yeddyurappa have retained Shimoga, one of Karnataka's 28 Lok Sabha seats, for the BJP for a decade.

There’s no place for BJP’s Hindutva agenda in Odisha’s temple cities of Bhubaneswar & Puri

Unlike large parts of the country, BJP candidates in Bhubaneswar and Puri are focussing on 'sabka saath, sabka vikas' to challenge the ruling BJD.

Rahul Gandhi expresses regret over Rafale remarks wrongly attributed to Supreme Court

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said that he made the remarks in the heat of campaigning, and it was being misused by his opponents.

Sadhvi Pragya’s nomination right decision, says BJP chief Amit Shah

BJP president Amit Shah backed the party's decision to nominate Malegaon blast accused Sadhvi Pragya, and said the real culprits were set free.

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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.


You can’t ‘wish away’ China, India must balance economic & security considerations, says Sanjeev Sanyal

Sanyal, an economist & member of the Economic Advisory Council to PM, also suggests that if India is to import parts from China, why not allow Chinese companies to manufacture in India.

‘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?