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Oppn leaders including CPM, AAP, Congress, TDP, DMK discuss formation of non-NDA govt

Opposition leaders met Tuesday to discuss the possibility of a non-NDA govt as well as moving the Election Commission to tally the VVPAT paper trail with EVMs.

Congress puts plan in motion to guard EVMs as Priyanka Gandhi sends message of ‘hope’

Congress candidates have been coordinating with their state units to station workers outside EVM strongrooms and look out for suspicious activity.

Kumaraswamy, expected to meet opposition leaders over EVM issue in Delhi, cancels trip

Karanataka CM Kumaraswamy was scheduled to join a meeting of opposition leaders in New Delhi in the morning, and head back to Bengaluru the same evening.

Exit polls say Chandrababu Naidu could win state battle but lose out on national ambitions

Majority of exit polls suggest Naidu's TDP will win a majority in Andhra Pradesh assembly but will lose to Jagan Mohan Reddy's YSR Congress in the general elections.

After run-ins with media, Kumaraswamy threatens law to curb ‘irresponsible reporting’

The Karnataka CM, who has boycotted TV news channels since 18 April, had accused the media of running a campaign against him and ridiculing his family.

Left to consider joining opposition after exit polls paint dismal picture for it

A majority of the exit polls have given zero seats to the Left front in West Bengal.

Exit polls have a message: ‘New India’ wants structured parties with ideological clarity

Union minister Arun Jaitley says the Indian electorate is maturing, and seeing past dynastic parties and coalitions.

Congress will move to resolve Amarinder-Sidhu spat only after election results

Two of the Congress' most senior leaders in Punjab, Amarinder Singh and Navjot Singh Sidhu, have been at loggerheads since last week.

Exit polls not final decision but it reflects Modi’s win, says Nitin Gadkari

Most exit polls have predicted another term for PM Narendra Modi, with some of them projecting that the BJP-led NDA will cross majority mark by a distance.

CM Adityanath writes to Governor seeking sacking of Rajbhar, SBSP leaders from cabinet

SBSP chief Om Prakash Rajbhar & his fellow party members are under fire for criticising the BJP.

On Camera

Congress was committed to alcohol ban law without being practical: MA Venkata Rao

Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.