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In the battle for Bhopal, BJP is counting on the silence of Sadhvi Pragya

The Lok Sabha poll campaign for Bhopal, where BJP's Sadhvi Pragya Thakur is up against Digvijaya Singh of Congress, ends Friday evening.

Getting sentimental with voters – new trick Bihar’s politicians are using to win this poll

Veteran Bihar politicians are playing with the emotions of voters by either declaring these polls as their last or invoking their ties to certain seats.

A rarely told story of a Maratha vote-bank in deep, distant Haryana

Rod-Marathas are descendants of Maratha soldiers who fought the Third Battle of Panipat & Congress, BJP, BSP in Haryana woo them as a special votebank.

KCR floats his ‘federal front’ again, is even willing to sail with Congress now

KCR had shelved his attempts last year but has renewed it, softening his stand on the Congress while looking to meet a host of regional leaders.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar hits out at PM Narendra Modi over his Rajiv Gandhi remark

After his 'bhrashtachari no. 1' remark from last week, PM Modi accused the Gandhi family of using a warship as its "personal taxi" when Rajiv Gandhi was prime minister.

AAP’s Atishi accuses BJP’s Gautam Gambhir of distributing abusive pamphlet, he denies it

The disparaging pamphlet, allegedly distributed by BJP’s East Delhi candidate Gautam Gambhir, calls Atishi a ‘prostitute’.

Mamata Banerjee insulting the Constitution by not accepting me as PM: Modi

Mamata Banerjee has destroyed Bengal in her lust for power and is now bent on destroying it further, said PM Modi at a rally in Purulia.

In Shimla’s IAF vs Army fight, nationalism & Balakot battle jobs & highways

BJP's Suresh Kashyap, an ex-IAF personnel, is banking on national security while his rival, Congress' Col Dhani Ram (retd) is 'aghast the Army is being politicised'.

Behind Manoj Tiwari’s rise in Delhi, growing clout of the Purvanchali migrant vote

Once blamed for rising crime in Delhi, the Purvanchalis are now considered a decisive force who can swing elections in the national capital.

Ladakh BJP leader booked for ‘bid to bribe’ journalists ahead of polling day

BJP leader Vikram Singh Randhawa said the FIR was the result of a ploy hatched by journalists of the Leh Press Club.

On Camera

Ube is all set to kick out matcha from Indian cafes. Expect purple frappe, boba tea, kulfi

Ube’s sweet, nutty, almost vanilla-like flavour doesn’t need convincing. You don’t have to acquire a taste for it. And matcha fatigue is all too real.

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.