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‘Voters considering change as absolute power corrupts absolutely’ — Kharge on Modi’s ‘400 paar’

Congress chief says Modi has created a narrative that there is no unity in INDIA. Adds same situation was there in 2004 with India Shining & Vajpayee did not return.

Phase 1: Full statehood the core poll plank for BJP, Cong as Puducherry gears up for LS polls tomorrow

Puducherry , April 18 (ANI): As Puducherry votes on Friday, after the curtains go up on the seven-phased Lok Sabha elections, the war of...

Annamalai, Dravidian giants & caste factor — all eyes on three-cornered fight in Coimbatore

BJP workers say Coimbatore would've been a cakewalk had they been in an alliance with AIADMK. The seat where BJP state chief Annamalai is in fray will go to polls in the 1st phase.

How battle between heavyweights A Raja & L Murugan is heating up Tamil Nadu’s placid Nilgiris

Former state minister and assembly Speaker P. Dhanapal’s son D. Lokesh Thamizh Selvan is contesting for the AIADMK in three-cornered fight in reserved (SC) constituency.

Tea tribes’ woes & Tarun Gogoi legacy — in Assam’s Jorhat, Gaurav Gogoi fights Himanta’s might

Congress is hoping that the abiding goodwill for his father, and Gaurav Gogoi's own performance as an MP, will lead him to victory, despite BJP’s stronghold in Assam.

Gunning to be UP’s Dalit face, Chandra Shekhar Azad’s wooing Nagina. But BSP says he’s no Mayawati

Azad is his party's lone candidate this election, contesting from reserved seat Nagina. He's a hit among constituency's youth, but analysts say he needs to do more to have pan-UP presence.

Boti-boti to roji-roti — how Congress’s Saharanpur candidate Imran Masood has changed tune

Masood last won an election in 2007. Despite his successive poll losses, local BJP leaders concede he has strong base in Saharanpur, but target him saying he switched 3 parties in year.

BJP’s ‘400 paar’ scares people who feel these polls may be last — Congress’s Churu pick Rahul Kaswan

Rahul Kaswan won Churu for BJP in 2014, 2019 but joined Congress after he was denied ticket this time. He says Rajasthan BJP leaders who 'abused' his parents were given party posts.

RLD-BJP pact creates Muslim-Jat rift in UP’s Kairana, but SP’s Iqra Hasan is wooing all votes

With RLD joining BJP-led NDA, cohesion between Jats and Muslims is eroding in communally sensitive Kairana, where SP’s Iqra Hasan will go against BJP’s Pradeep Chaudhary on 19 April.

Mamata’s Hindu card, Modi’s jibe & a hospital — polarisation & deprivation in north Bengal battle

Even as BJP aims to pull off a repeat of its 2019 sweep of North Bengal, TMC is on an offensive to claim Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar, Raiganj, Balurghat, and Darjeeling seats.

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Hormuz crisis won’t replace the dollar with yuan. De-dollarisation is a myth

Recent data does not support any dramatic shift away from the dollar. As per IMF, the share of international transactions conducted in dollars has declined from 56.90% to 56.77%.

Haryana’s new industrial policy in the works, but industry says old problems remain unsolved

Increase in employment subsidy, Rs 500 crore for estate revamp, new townships in pipeline—but land cost, power breakdowns and inspector raj top among key worries for industry leaders.

Military pushes for private participation in space, more Indian satellites. ‘Can’t rely on single entity’ 

CDS Anil Chauhan says future space capability will not be built by government agencies alone. ‘It will be co-developed with industry, start-ups, and technology innovators’.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.