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Making Milind Deora Mumbai Congress chief was a sensible decision, says Priya Dutt

Priya Dutt, the Congress Lok Sabha candidate from Mumbai North Central seat, tells ThePrint the city unit is now a cohesive one and there's no factionalism.

Congress can’t lead India or Assam – message from voters in party stronghold Kaliabor

Kaliabor in Assam serves as a microcosm of what voters even in Congress strongholds think of party’s larger political prospects.

Updates: BJP manifesto sets 75 resolutions to be fulfiled by 2022 to mark 75 years of independence, says PM Modi

BJP chief Amit Shah and manifesto committee chairman Rajnath Singh said the 'Sankalp Patra' will address the aspirations of a 'New India'.

At first UP mahagathbandhan rally, Muslims, Jats, Dalits share seats, set allies on their way

Demographic at first joint rally of the SP-BSP-RLD alliance is exactly what the parties wanted. Question is, will that translate into votes?

Arun Jaitley defends electoral bonds, says they check black money

Highlighting the problem of black money in elections, Jaitley said as per reports Rs 1,500 crore has been seized as a result of initiatives taken by the Election Commission.

Mamata Banerjee allying with those who want to divide India, says PM Modi in West Bengal

The prime minister was addressing a rally in Cooch Behar where he also accused the Bengal CM of delaying implementation of several central schemes.

On Hema Malini’s campaign trail — rose petals, cow dung & a child’s naming ceremony

ThePrint spends a day with Hema Malini as she campaigns in her constituency of Mathura ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. 

Not just ‘Modi’s Army’, these are 5 other times VK Singh disowned his comments

From comparing Dalit children to ‘dogs’, to calling journalists ‘presstitutes’, Gen. (retd) V.K. Singh has often taken a U-turn after controversial statements.

Why 175 turmeric & jowar farmers are fighting Telangana CM’s daughter in Lok Sabha polls

The farmers have filed their nominations from the Nizamabad Lok Sabha seat, hoping it will help highlight their cause nationally.   

Guess what Assam’s voters believe should not be an election issue? Balakot air strikes

As ThePrint travelled from Tezpur to Golaghat and Jorhat, it found national security is not an overt poll issue but voters were not indifferent to it.

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Tirupati controversy shows temples can’t run as public sector units. They must be privatised

A private temple could make crores by selling better laddus and investing in goshalas and captive production units to control quality.

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?