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BJP ministers, leaders target Mamata as she reveals her gotra, say she is sensing poll loss

AIMIM too slammed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the gotra remarks she made at a rally in Nandigram Tuesday.

Mamata alleges goons from other states intimidating voters in Nandigram, seeks EC action

BJP leader Jaiprakash Majumdar said that although it is for the EC to look into the allegations, but it seems that sensing defeat the CM is making such claims in advance.

Trip to the moon, rolling beedis, washing clothes — TN & Kerala show new ways to woo voters

Candidates in Tamil Nadu and Kerala have come up with bizarre and innovative ways to win over voters — be it by selling vegetables, frying fish or making parathas. 

Behind BJP’s rise in Assam, a quiet RSS push that began before Modi, Shah & Sarma were born

RSS affiliates such as Vidya Bharti, Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram, Seva Bharti & VHP have been on the ground in Assam for decades, building goodwill through schools, health aid etc.

Job-starved Bengal wants employment & not free ration, says Mamata shouldn’t have let Tatas go

Voters across Singur, Howrah, Hooghly in West Bengal have one demand — jobs. They, however, also say Mamata Banerjee govt has fared far better than the Left Front in the last 10 years.

This is why Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Vadra & top Congress leaders are yet to campaign in Bengal

Campaigning for the second phase of West Bengal elections ended Tuesday. Votes for the phase will be cast on 1 April for 30 assembly seats.

Would turn down offer to be Puducherry CM, will work to strengthen Congress: Narayanasamy

The former Puducherry chief minister's remarks come days after his name did not figure in the list of 14 candidates announced by the Congress for the Assembly polls.

PM Modi dubs A Raja as ‘outdated 2G missile’, slams remark on Palaniswami’s mother

Asking Congress and DMK leadership to control their leaders, the PM said the people of Tamil Nadu are noting everything & would never tolerate insult to the women of the state.

PM Modi’s visit to Bangladesh ‘unethical’, violated poll code, alleges TMC in letter to EC

The letter stated that some programmes in Bangladesh attended by PM Modi were solely intended to influence the voting pattern in certain constituencies of West Bengal.

Police from BJP-ruled states ‘terrorising’ voters in Nandigram, alleges Mamata Banerjee

Banerjee, however, said she was confident of a massive win from the seat and also about leading her party to a third straight term in power.

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University townships — India’s chance to build its own version of what America got right

India’s university towns initiative is an opportunity to do something we have never managed at scale: build knowledge ecosystems rather than knowledge silos.

FTA partners drive India’s trade surge as reliance on non-FTA countries dips, says NITI Aayog report

Share of trade with FTA partners rose from 4.6% in 2006 to 28.8% in 2024. India is currently negotiating or advancing agreements with US, Israel, GCC, Canada & Mexico.

Japan overhauls post-World War II pacifist military approach, lifts restrictions on defence exports

Since October last year, Japan PM Sanae Takaichi has planned to increase defence spending target to 2 percent of GDP.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.