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Congress announces 9th list for Lok Sabha polls, Karti Chidambaram to fight from Sivaganga

Corruption-accused businessman Karti Chidambaram is the son of former union finance minister P. Chidambaram, who has been the Sivaganga MP seven times.

Sapna Chaudhary says she has not joined Congress, claims pictures with Priyanka are old

A day after the news that Sapna Chaudhary has joined Congress, the singer-dancer said she is not with any party and will not campaign for any political party in LS elections.

Congress lets go of Godda seat, seals alliance in Jharkhand

Congress will contest 7 seats while Jharkhand Mukti Morcha will contest 4 and JVM(P) will fight 2. RJD is being convinced to fight one seat.

Only L.K.Advani can comment now: Uma Bharti on BJP’s decision to not field him in 2019 polls

Heaping praises on the veteran leader, union minister Uma Bharti said that L.K.Advani never craved for any position in his long political career

Modi engaged Amitabh Bachchan & Sachin Tendulkar on Twitter to increase his visibility: Study

Modi started tweeting in 2009 when he was among a very few leaders of India on Twitter. By October 2012, he had over 1 million followers & now he has over 46 million followers.

Akhilesh Yadav to contest Lok Sabha polls from Azamgarh, Azam Khan to fight from Rampur

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav will join four family members in the fray, while senior leader Azam Khan will fight his first Lok Sabha election.

Bihar’s dons are propping up their wives, sons and brothers to keep their political clout

From RJD to JD(U) and LJP to Congress, virtually every party in Bihar is giving tickets to dons’ family members for the Lok Sabha elections.

Mulayam Singh Yadav name absent from SP list of star campaigners

Akhilesh Yadav to contest from Azamgarh, the seat represented in the Lok Sabha by his father Mulayam Singh Yadav who has shifted to Mainpuri in this election

AIADMK follows DMK’s footsteps in dynasty politics, fields kin of its leaders in LS polls

Among DMK's 20 candidates, six are children of prominent leaders including Kanimozhi and former Union Minister Dayanidhi Maran, the grandnephew of Karunanidhi.

Congress nominates 3 former CMs in its eighth list of candidates

Congress in its eighth list has released 38 names, including three ex-chief ministers Harish Rawat, Ashok Chavan and Digvijaya Singh. 

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?