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Weary Kannur calls for end to 50 years of RSS-Left bloodshed saga, wants to vote for peace

For 50 years, Kannur in Kerala has been driven by the 'eye for eye' motto and violence has largely played out between Left and Right. The result: More than 250 political killings.

RSS helping Pranab Mukherjee’s son to win for Congress, says CM Mamata Banerjee

The chief minister urged people to defeat the combination of the Congress, BJP and the Left.

‘Vote for CPM is vote wasted’: Bengal’s Left supporters look to BJP to challenge Mamata

From Cooch Behar to Siliguri, Malda to Asansol, and Singur and Nandigram to Kolkata, CPI(M) supporters looking to challenge Trinamool see BJP as their only option.

Why this Karnataka seat looks set to re-elect a BJP MP it doesn’t like

The Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency, held by the BJP, wants a lot of issues resolved, including jobs and a bank merger seen as an assault on local pride.

EC bars Adityanath, Mayawati from campaigning for a few days for making communal remarks

BSP chief Mayawati was issued notice for her speech in Deoband while UP CM Adityanath was pulled up for his 'Bajrang Bali' remarks in Meerut.

Azam Khan in trouble for ‘underwear’ jibe at BJP’s Jaya Prada

In a campaign speech in Rampur, Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan made references to actor-turned BJP leader Jaya Prada and said she wears a 'khakhi' undergarment.

Shiv Sena has a new ‘tiger’, and it’s not Uddhav Thackeray

Aaditya Thackeray, the 28-year-old son of Uddhav, is the new Shiv Sena neta — busy addressing rallies, holding Q&A sessions and talking about more than youth & education.

Historically, 75% candidates lose badly in every Lok Sabha election but contest anyway

Despite losing their deposits, many candidates contest in order to split their rival's votes or protest the political environment.

Pakistan, China can’t afford misadventures under BJP’s watch, says UP CM Adityanath

Addressing a rally in Rourkela, CM Yogi Adityanath accused the Congress of having a soft approach towards terrorists and naxalites.

SC directs poll body to watch Modi biopic to decide on nationwide ban of film

Producers of 'PM Narendra Modi' moved the top court after the poll body banned it a day before voting in the Lok Sabha elections began.

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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.

Compete, coexist, confront & contest: Army chief General Dwivedi says on dealing with China

Referring to current situation, General Upendra Dwivedi says it is stable but not normal; instead, sensitive. He adds the diplomatic side can only come up with certain options.

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?