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35% dip in enrolment of first-time voters — the group that gave BJP clear edge in 2014

EC data shows that 1.5 crore first-time voters (18-19 age group) have enrolled so far in 2019 as against the 2.3 crore in 2014. 

Tejashwi Yadav puts alliance dharma over family ties, will campaign for Congress in UP

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav’s sister Raj Lakshmi is married to Mulayam Singh Yadav’s grand-nephew, but he will campaign against the Samajwadi Party in UP.

Meet Dev Kumar Deva, the mystery man in the picture with Sapna Chaudhary & Priyanka Gandhi

Dev Kumar Deva is Sapna Chaudhary’s friend and frequent collaborator, and is an actor and singer of some repute in his native Haryana.

Congress announces 9th list for Lok Sabha polls, Karti Chidambaram to fight from Sivaganga

Corruption-accused businessman Karti Chidambaram is the son of former union finance minister P. Chidambaram, who has been the Sivaganga MP seven times.

Sapna Chaudhary says she has not joined Congress, claims pictures with Priyanka are old

A day after the news that Sapna Chaudhary has joined Congress, the singer-dancer said she is not with any party and will not campaign for any political party in LS elections.

Congress lets go of Godda seat, seals alliance in Jharkhand

Congress will contest 7 seats while Jharkhand Mukti Morcha will contest 4 and JVM(P) will fight 2. RJD is being convinced to fight one seat.

Only L.K.Advani can comment now: Uma Bharti on BJP’s decision to not field him in 2019 polls

Heaping praises on the veteran leader, union minister Uma Bharti said that L.K.Advani never craved for any position in his long political career

Modi engaged Amitabh Bachchan & Sachin Tendulkar on Twitter to increase his visibility: Study

Modi started tweeting in 2009 when he was among a very few leaders of India on Twitter. By October 2012, he had over 1 million followers & now he has over 46 million followers.

Akhilesh Yadav to contest Lok Sabha polls from Azamgarh, Azam Khan to fight from Rampur

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav will join four family members in the fray, while senior leader Azam Khan will fight his first Lok Sabha election.

Bihar’s dons are propping up their wives, sons and brothers to keep their political clout

From RJD to JD(U) and LJP to Congress, virtually every party in Bihar is giving tickets to dons’ family members for the Lok Sabha elections.

On Camera

Iran war has given India a blueprint for the next conflict

Pakistan would be itching to do an Iran on us and China would be planning to execute an air campaign without allowing us asymmetrical escalation. India has no choice but to transform.

India’s online gaming rules to take effect on 1 May; most games exempt from registration

The rules, which come into force on 1 May, establish an Online Gaming Authority which will determine whether a game is an online money game or online social game in only three situations.

War at machine speed: How AI became a decisive force in US-Israel conflict with Iran

The core of the US military’s AI deployment in Iran is a system called the Maven Smart System, built by software company Palantir Technologies.

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.