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The modest gunny bag might turn out to be Punjab’s biggest election issue

Shortage of gunny bags is a huge worry for Punjab’s wheat farmers, whose produce is waiting in mandis. CM Amarinder Singh blames BJP-ruled Centre.

Answer to Modi’s Rajiv Gandhi challenge to Congress lies in Punjab’s 1985 elections

Modi wants Congress to campaign in Rajiv Gandhi's name in Punjab, a veiled dig at the ex-PM's alleged role in 1984 anti-Sikh riots. But party actually fared well even after the riots.

31 rallies, 10 days, 9 states: Narendra Modi’s feverish last leg of campaigning

West Bengal is a state with special focus for BJP — it will see 6 rallies by PM Modi — as the party hopes to win 22-25 seats from here, up from just 2 in 2014.

Bullet-proofing experts, slogan writers are making big money in this election

Lok Sabha elections 2019 is the costliest poll on earth at an estimated $7 billion expenditure & has created opportunities for a range of businesses.

Election Commission stops screening of Pragya Thakur short film in Bhopal

The film on the BJP leader was being shown to journalists by Bharat Vichar Manch.

In Pulwama suicide bomber’s village, people ‘don’t vote, they never have’

Pulwama suicide bomber Adil Dar's father says they still haven't received even a single body part of their son, so they buried a shirt.

BJP ally Om Prakash Rajbhar resigns from Yogi Adityanath’s UP government

Om Prakash Rajbhar, chief of the Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party, resigned alleging that the BJP was misusing his party's name and flag during campaigns.

Rahul a land thief, now stealing votes: Smriti Irani accuses Congress of booth capturing

Union minister Smriti Irani accused Rahul Gandhi of forcing a woman to vote for Congress in Amethi, the Lok Sabha seat both leaders are contesting.

No reply from Speedbreaker Didi after I called her twice to discuss Cyclone Fani: PM Modi

Speaking at a rally in Jhargram, Mamata Banerjee said she could not take PM’s call on Cyclone Fani as she was in Kharagpur.

No Ram tourism, jobs or development — Ayodhya is still waiting for BJP to fulfill promises

As Ayodhya votes today, disillusioned residents say tourism can't take off here —  the city and temples are dirty and the streets are full of stray animals.

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.