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BJP’s carpet bombing battle plan for Bengal—Amit Shah to camp for 15 days, heavyweights to follow

The who's who of BJP brass, including Shah, PM Modi, Bhupender Yadav & Dharmendra Pradhan, will reach out to voters & party workers alike in a bid to unseat Mamata Banerjee.

3rd generation of Bansi Lal dynasty at forefront after Kiran Choudhry hints at passing on baton

After Shruti Choudhry's elevation as Haryana minister last year, Kiran, due to vacate Rajya Sabha, has urged support for daughter, marking a quiet but significant political succession.

‘Vijayettan’ at home, strongman outside: Kerala CM Pinarayi eyes 3rd straight win in Dharmadom

The CPIM) veteran seeks to beat growing Sangh presence this time around, campaign to intensify this week.

UDF manifesto for Kerala polls anchors on five ‘Indira guarantees’, welfare schemes & campus reforms

The five promises, announced by Congress's Rahul Gandhi last month, include Rs 1,000 monthly allowance for female students, health insurance scheme & interest-free loans for youth.

Uddhav’s first MLC term broke the Thackeray glass ceiling, but was a lost opportunity

The Shiv Sena leader entered the Maharashtra Upper House by compulsion, governed through crisis, and left behind a record his own supporters call an opportunity lost.

‘Throw TMC into Bay of Bengal’, Amit Shah campaigns for Suvendu Adhikari ahead of Bengal polls

The Union Home Minister urged the people of West Bengal to vote fearlessly and remove the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC from power.

Govt signals plan to roll out women’s reservation, Oppn asks ‘why ahead of state elections’

The law reserves one-third of seats for women in Lok Sabha and state assemblies. While it was passed three years ago, it was not implemented due to pending delimitation.

TVK chief Vijay files nomination from Trichy East assembly seat

Vijay is contesting from two seats, Perambur and Trichy East, against DMK’s incumbent MLAs RD Sekar and Inigo S Irudayaraj, respectively. Perambur was a CPI(M) bastion till 2016.

Kejriwal says 160 AAP workers ‘arrested’ in Gujarat, BJP rattled by party’s ‘growing popularity’

The AAP chief wrote a letter to Gujarat’s CM requesting a meeting to discuss the rising number of arrests involving his party's grassroots leaders in the last 48 hours.

In LDF’s Kerala manifesto, jobs, poverty eradication & pledge to address human-wildlife conflict

The manifesto outlined a 60-point programme with 950 proposals that aim to lift 5 lakh families out of poverty, expand infrastructure and increase jobs in the state.

On Camera

This is how Strait of Hormuz shock is forcing a global trade reset

The current Iran war has laid bare a fundamental reality: 20 per cent of global energy trade cannot afford to rely on a single artery, no matter how resilient and cost-effective.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.