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Civil aviation body initiates probe after Rahul Gandhi’s flight faces engine trouble

Congress president Rahul Gandhi Friday was on his way to Patna as a part of his campaign trail when the flight was rerouted to Delhi.

In Odisha, media barons cross the line & embrace politics like in no other state

At least 9 media barons, running major newspaper and television channels, are also full-time politicians from either the BJD, BJP or the Congress.

Mumbai is talking about development that’s happening, that’s why we’ll win: City BJP chief

BJP’s Mumbai president Ashish Shelar says besides development, Balakot air strikes resonate among city voters, claim Congress candidates lack confidence.

Bengal’s communal polarisation is a ‘strategy that helps’ both Mamata and Modi

The overt religious assertion by Hindus in Bengal, through celebration of Ram Navami & spurt of Hanuman temples, is seen as an answer to Muslim 'appeasement' by Mamata Banerjee.

BJP has trained 11 lakh workers to campaign for Modi’s re-election

Cadres have been trained about BJP ideology, how to reach out to deprived sections, manage journalists & devise social media strategies.

Why BJP’s Amritsar candidate Hardeep Singh Puri should worry about his ‘outsider’ tag

Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri recently took to Twitter in an attempt to counter the ‘insider-outsider’ narrative in Amritsar.

Advertisement of candidates’ criminal records to come under poll expenses, says EC

Some parties had approached the poll body asking if advertisement expenditure can be borne by parties and not candidates, who have a Rs 70 lakh cap on poll expenses.

AAP has a host of promises for Delhi — but only if the national capital becomes a state

From 85% reservation in jobs and colleges to ensuring women’s security, most of AAP's promises have one crucial caveat — statehood for Delhi.

At AAP manifesto release, Arvind Kejriwal slams Rahul Gandhi for failed Congress alliance talks

AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal said the party will support any grand alliance to beat BJP, and added they will fight for full statehood for Delhi.

No Priyanka vs Modi fight in Varanasi as Congress fields Ajay Rai

Ajay Rai, who is considered a local strongman in Varanasi, came third in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, after PM Modi and Arvind Kejriwal.

On Camera

Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar didn’t have a cabaret-classical split. It was about genre, style

Consider Asha Bhosle and Kishore Kumar’s duet ‘Chhod Do Aanchal’. The sequence was set in a flower garden, and the girl’s bashfulness was not even remotely relatable to a cabaret dancer.

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.