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Actor Urmila Matondkar joins Congress, likely to be fielded from Mumbai North

Urmila Matondkar will meet Congress president Rahul Gandhi. She is expected to address a press conference at 2 pm.

Congress party’s minimum-income scheme for the poor is short on funding details

The plan has left economists wondering how this would be rolled out without breaching the budget deficit goal of 3.4% of GDP for the fiscal year starting April. 

2 MGP legislators break away to merge with BJP in Goa

BJP's strength now goes up to 14 in the 40-member House, bringing them on par with opposition Congress.

Not Modi vs Rahul, this poll will be defined by satraps, say Prannoy Roy & Dorab Sopariwala

BJP is way ahead of Congress in nurturing alliances with regional leaders, psephologists Prannoy Roy and Dorab R. Sopariwala say at Off The Cuff.

Indian women a step closer to breaking glass ceiling in politics

Quotas for women candidates in BJD & Trinamool are expected to help give a final push to reserving 33% Lok Sabha seats for women.

In BJP’s 10th list, party swaps seats of the mother-son duo of Maneka & Varun Gandhi

Uttar Pradesh minister and MLA Rita Bahuguna Joshi, formerly a top Congress leader in the state, has been fielded from Allahabad.

Don’t participate in TV debates on Pulwama, communal issues: Kushwaha tells opposition

The former union minister, who broke away from the NDA, alleges TV channels are deviating from real issues and promoting RSS, BJP agenda.

India’s challenges have become worse under PM Modi, says Pew survey

Pew survey also finds 55% Indians are happy with the way things are going and terrorism & unemployment are their biggest concerns.

Congress to discuss Rahul Gandhi’s mega poll promise at aay pe charcha meeting

Congress president Sheila Dikshit termed the announcement as an extraordinary step and said she was getting congratulatory phone calls.

Change of guard, no family card: BJP’s larger message in ticket distribution

BJP's ninth list is symbolic of its efforts to ease out the older guard beyond the obvious names and dismiss the 'family factor'.

On Camera

Drop that cigarette. Smokers are twice as likely to develop skin cancer compared to non-smokers

A noticeable effect of smoking is premature aging. Studies indicate that the skin biopsy of a 40-year-old heavy smoker can resemble that of a 70-year-old non-smoker.

10 yrs ago, battery leasing failed to boost demand for EV cars in India. Now, it’s making a comeback

Under this model, battery is provided to EV owners on a subscription basis or lease. With more people open to buying EV cars, the lower upfront cost could likely drive wider acceptance.

Morocco signs pact with Tata for joint manufacture of WhAP Infantry Fighting Vehicle

The armoured platform is India's first amphibious infantry combat wheeled vehicle. Last year, the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces had procured 90 military trucks from the Tata Group.

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?