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In Haryana, new parties like JJP & fresh alliances have changed equations on all 10 seats

Chitleen K Sethi -
Old powers like Congress, INLD & BJP are facing a tough challenge from the Jannayak Janata Party and its ally AAP, and the Lok Suraksha Party with the BSP.
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As another AAP MLA defects to Congress in Punjab, party set to lose main opposition tag

Chitleen K Sethi -
Ropar MLA Amarjeet Singh Sandoa joined Congress Saturday, reducing AAP’s strength in the assembly to 11. SAD-BJP with 18 MLAs could stake claim to LOP post.
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West Bengal to vote for 7 Lok Sabha seats in fifth phase on 6 May

PTI -
The fate of 83 candidates will be decided in this phase of the elections.
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Arvind Kejriwal slapped by man at Moti Nagar roadshow, AAP alleges BJP set it up

PTI -
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal was in an open jeep when a man jumped onto the vehicle and slapped him before being pulled away.
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Architect of BJP’s Tripura win is now in Bengal to wrest Mamata’s Kolkata bastions

Pragya Kaushika -
Sunil Deodhar, a former RSS pracharak, has been moved to Kolkata from Andhra Pradesh, where he serves as the BJP's state co-in-charge.
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‘A new PM everyday’: Amit Shah takes a jibe at opposition alliance at BJP rally in MP

PTI -
Naming the various opposition leaders, BJP chief Amit Shah questioned how a country could be run by a leaderless alliance.
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Congress chief Rahul Gandhi slams ‘completely biased’ Election Commission in fresh attack

PTI -
In a press conference Saturday, Rahul Gandhi alleged that the Election Commission was buckling under pressure from the BJP-led govt.
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Congress makes people wait so long they get tired: Akhilesh Yadav on AAP alliance

Neelam Pandey -
Akhilesh Yadav speaks to ThePrint from the UP campaign trail, weighing in on the prospects of a third-front government and Mayawati as PM
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5 big causes Rahul Gandhi championed, only to forget them after the fanfare

Moushumi Das Gupta -
From Bhatta Parsaul to Niyamgiri, Congress president Rahul Gandhi has championed causes of the poor & marginalised only to disappear once the initial euphoria died down.
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Too much of Modi, Rahul everywhere? Not really, ad spend is actually down this poll season

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
According to research firm AdEx, there were far fewer political ads across media between January and March this year compared to 2014. Only radio ads grew.
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Opinion

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

Triya Gulati -
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.

How India’s Sparrows outsmarted Pakistan and conquered Siachen in 1984 Operation Meghdoot

Anil Kapoor and the rise of angry Dalit-Bahujan hero

Economy

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

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

Defence

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

Adurthi Ashwin Swarup -
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.

National Interest

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

Shekhar Gupta -
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.

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