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Wanted to give PM Modi a ‘tight slap of democracy’: Mamata Banerjee

The TMC chief also attacked Modi saying the country will have a downfall as children will learn wrong things from a PM that lies.

The modest gunny bag might turn out to be Punjab’s biggest election issue

Shortage of gunny bags is a huge worry for Punjab’s wheat farmers, whose produce is waiting in mandis. CM Amarinder Singh blames BJP-ruled Centre.

Answer to Modi’s Rajiv Gandhi challenge to Congress lies in Punjab’s 1985 elections

Modi wants Congress to campaign in Rajiv Gandhi's name in Punjab, a veiled dig at the ex-PM's alleged role in 1984 anti-Sikh riots. But party actually fared well even after the riots.

31 rallies, 10 days, 9 states: Narendra Modi’s feverish last leg of campaigning

West Bengal is a state with special focus for BJP — it will see 6 rallies by PM Modi — as the party hopes to win 22-25 seats from here, up from just 2 in 2014.

Bullet-proofing experts, slogan writers are making big money in this election

Lok Sabha elections 2019 is the costliest poll on earth at an estimated $7 billion expenditure & has created opportunities for a range of businesses.

Election Commission stops screening of Pragya Thakur short film in Bhopal

The film on the BJP leader was being shown to journalists by Bharat Vichar Manch.

In Pulwama suicide bomber’s village, people ‘don’t vote, they never have’

Pulwama suicide bomber Adil Dar's father says they still haven't received even a single body part of their son, so they buried a shirt.

BJP ally Om Prakash Rajbhar resigns from Yogi Adityanath’s UP government

Om Prakash Rajbhar, chief of the Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party, resigned alleging that the BJP was misusing his party's name and flag during campaigns.

Rahul a land thief, now stealing votes: Smriti Irani accuses Congress of booth capturing

Union minister Smriti Irani accused Rahul Gandhi of forcing a woman to vote for Congress in Amethi, the Lok Sabha seat both leaders are contesting.

No reply from Speedbreaker Didi after I called her twice to discuss Cyclone Fani: PM Modi

Speaking at a rally in Jhargram, Mamata Banerjee said she could not take PM’s call on Cyclone Fani as she was in Kharagpur.

On Camera

Dear Ralph Lauren, my DU college aesthetic is not your costume

What is truly confounding about Ralph Lauren’s bastardisation of the Bandhani into a printed tie-dye is the price tag—Rs 44,800.

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.