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Bhujbal exhorts Ajit Pawar to claim 80-90 assembly seats. ‘We should get what they had promised’

At meeting in Mumbai, Chhagan Bhujbal & senior leaders decide to make it clear to BJP & Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena that they will not settle for less than 80 assembly seats.

Fourth time the charm? Why Yadav stronghold Pataliputra keeps eluding Lalu & clan

RJD chief Lalu Yadav and his daughter Misa Bharti have lost a total of 3 times in Bihar’s Pataliputra. Now, Misa is facing incumbent BJP MP Ram Kripal Yadav for the third time since 2014.

Why Akali chief Sukhbir Singh Badal expelled brother-in-law Kairon from party ahead of Punjab polls

Adaish Partap Singh Kairon has been dismissed for 'anti-party' activities after SAD candidate Virsa Singh Valtoha alleged Kairon was asking people in Patti to vote for anyone but Valtoha.

Blood, coal & fear: How mafias still rule the roost in Dhanbad, setting of ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’

Coal mafias control everything in Dhanbad, from unions & transport to auctions, besides engaging in extortion, bribery, and outright theft. They even have officials working in cahoots.

Currying favour with Buddhist voters, BJP & Congress make beeline for the Dalai Lama ahead of polls

Political observers say the Dalai Lama holds significant influence over voters in Kinnaur, Dharamshala, and Lahaul and Spiti, which also have significant number of Indian Buddhists.

Democracy triumphs in South Kashmir as Anantnag-Rajouri sees record voter turnout at 52%

Erstwhile Anantnag seat saw a turnout of 8.98 percent in 2019, while the turnout in Shopian was a mere 3% that same year.

Jagan, Naidu & Kalyan’s post-campaign sojourn abroad sparks curiosity in AP’s political circles

Jagan abroad with family, whereabouts of Chandrababu Naidu, Nara Lokesh & Pawan Kalyan is million dollar question in Andhra Pradesh where simultaneous polls were held on 13 May.

Amid polling in Delhi, Pakistan ex-minister’s remarks invites sharp criticism from Kejriwal

After casting vote, Kejriwal wrote on X that he had voted ‘against dictatorship’. Ex-Pakistan minister Fawad Chaudhry, while resharing it, wrote 'May peace defeat forces of hate'.

INDIA bloc performing ‘mujra’ to please its Muslim vote bank, says Modi in Bihar

'India needs PM who can do justice to India’s might on world stage. But INDIA bloc seems intent on playing musical chairs with top post,' says Narendra Modi in Bihar's Pataliputra.

Anti-incumbency, ‘poor’ candidate choice, caste factor — NDA depends on Modi’s ‘magic’ in Bihar

PM is set to return to Bihar for last round of rallies Saturday. NDA’s strategy for repeating its 2019 feat revolves around keeping spotlight on Modi & central govt.

On Camera

Make it a Fundamental Right of every religionist to propagate, convert: TT Krishnamachari

On 6 December 1948, TT Krishnamachari spoke in the Constituent Assembly during a debate on Article 19, supporting it as it is, including how it's framed in the matter of religion.

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

Iran’s Shahab-3, India’s Agni-1 to US’s Minuteman III—ballistic missile arsenals, who has what

Iran used Shahab-3, along with Fattah-1 hypersonic missiles, to attack Israel after the killing of Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah in air strikes on Lebanon's Beirut.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?