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Badla, mandir & Swachh Bharat — tracking VK Singh’s final vote pitch in Ghaziabad

ThePrint followed BJP's V.K. Singh, the 67-year-old retired general, on his last day of campaigning in Ghaziabad to see the action from the trenches.

BJP’s priority is national security but look who asked most defence questions in Lok Sabha

Only one BJP MP features in a list of 10 parliamentarians who asked the most number of questions on national security-related issues in 16th Lok Sabha.

Trinamool Congress will help form the next govt and Modi will be driven out of power: Mamata

Mamata Banerjee in an election rally in West Bengal said that this Lok Sabha election is to defeat BJP and drive it out of power.

Separatists in Kashmir call for a strike against first-phase polling for Lok Sabha

Separatists also said in a statement that they have called for a complete shutdown as a protest against NIA's stance against JKLF chairman Yasin Malik, among other issues.

Opposition parties capitalise on Imran Khan’s comments, say Pakistan is allied with Modi

The Congress, CPI(M) & AAP reacted to Pakistan PM's remark that India-Pakistan peace has a better chance if BJP came to power.

In Congress-BSP tussle, Priyanka threatens to steal Mayawati’s march in UP

The Congress and the BSP have been at loggerheads in UP, fielding candidates to offset each others' poll prospects, much to the glee of the BJP. 

Nagpur believes Nitin Gadkari could be PM — if not now, then surely someday

Nagpur loves its MP, and union minister Nitin Gadkari is seen as a 'man of work' who has brought about development not just in the city but across Maharashtra.

Nandigram, Singur farmers angry with Mamata as getting land back hasn’t improved their lot

Farmers in Singur, Nandigram got their land back, but it is ‘uncultivable’. They’re angry because Trinamool didn’t help them, say the agitation was just politics.

EC issues notice to Telangana CM Chandrashekhar Rao for alleged communal remarks

A show cause notice was issued to the Telangana CM for making derogatory remarks against Hindus and violating the Model Code of Conduct.

JKLF chief Yasin Malik arrested by NIA in terror-funding case, shifted to Tihar jail

Yasin Malik, whose Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front was banned last month by the govt, is also facing probes in two CBI cases

On Camera

Goa’s torture chamber is now a cultural hub. Aguad Jail’s dark past is the new go-to place

Aguad has many reminders of the price of freedom, such as the wall of plaques commemorating fallen fighters and the solitary cell of TB Cunha, the ‘Father of Goan Nationalism’.

After a brief surge, private investment & hiring has again turned cautious. Focus is on cutting debt

Financial year 2022-23 saw private investments & hiring surge, but since then firms are using cash to reduce debt. General elections didn’t help matters, either.

Indian envoy in Oman dons Army combat print for photo ops, sparks controversy

Ambassador Amit Narang wore combat uniform at closing ceremony of India-Oman joint military exercise. Only serving personnel can wear service uniforms, say veterans.

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?