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Message from India’s first voter S.S Negi — Democracy was hard-earned, vote thoughtfully

The first time Shyam Saran Negi of Himachal Pradesh voted was also the first time Independent India voted, in the heady initial days of the Indian Republic.

To win this election, Congress will have to master the spill-over effect

Unlike the BJP, the Congress has lost in a general election after having won in the preceding assembly election on three occasions.

Modi’s nomination filing a Varanasi show — temple run, Ganga aarti & display of NDA power

PM Narendra Modi's nomination filing will be a 2-day affair. Nitish Kumar, Uddhav Thackeray & Parkash Singh Badal will accompany the PM when he files his nomination Friday.

Sadhvi Pragya Thakur is a god-send — for Digvijaya Singh

Digvijaya Singh, often called Congress' ‘Muslim face’, is attempting an image makeover, pitching a 'Hinduism vs Hindutva' contest in Bhopal.

This man from Madhya Pradesh wants to defeat both Kamal Nath & his son on the same day

M.P. Vishwakarma is the Rashtriya Aamjan Party candidate for both the Chhindwara assembly bypoll and the Lok Sabha elections in the constituency.

Sri Lankan president Sirisena calls for resignations of defence secretary & police chief

The Sri Lankan govt faced flak Tuesday after it admitted to receiving intelligence inputs about the terror attacks days before Easter but failed to act on it.

Mamata hits back at Modi’s chit fund scam jibe with one on demonetisation

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said PM Modi had forcibly imposed demonetisation to convert black money to white, and is now using it to purchase votes.

Sunny Deol triggers resentment in BJP as party faces rebellion across Punjab & Chandigarh

From late Vinod Khanna’s wife Kavita to Hoshiarpur MP Vijay Sampla, many are angry about the BJP’s choice of candidates in Punjab & Chandigarh.

Pragya Thakur says ‘truth & religion’ always win after court rejects plea to bar her from polls

Pragya Thakur is contesting the Lok Sabha elections from Bhopal against Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh.

Ram temple built by Hindus, Muslims, Christians & Sikhs is Bengal’s answer to BJP politics

The newly-launched Ram temple in Bengal village Pandaveswar was a joint initiative of all its residents, including Muslims, Sikhs and Christians.

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.