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Assets worth Rs 11 cr, including a pistol & a rifle — what Anurag Thakur’s poll affidavit shows

Union minister is eyeing a 5th term from Hamirpur in Himachal, his stronghold, as BJP candidate. Thakur will face Congress's Satpal Raizada, a former Una MLA.

Financial centre, Marathi manoos — Maharashtra-Gujarat debate takes centre stage in battle for Mumbai

Shiv Sena (UBT) has blamed BJP for taking away investments, industries & world cup to Gujarat. BJP & Modi, meanwhile, focus on wooing Marathis, say Thackerays didn't do anything for them.

Kangana Ranaut’s poll affidavit reveals Rs 92 cr in assets, 50 LIC policies & 8 criminal cases

BJP's Mandi candidate, the actor will face Congress' Vikramaditya Singh. Criminal cases against her include defamation cases, for offending religious sentiments & copyright infringement.

RSS-run schools are going strong in West Bengal, and Trinamool Congress is irked

At election rally, Mamata called out an RSS-run school in Bengal’s Paschim Medinipur during attack on RSS-BJP. But, it's her government that gives no-objection certificates to schools.

‘Heart has soured’—why UP’s RSS workers are lying low in BJP campaign

Across UP, a quiet unrest simmers in RSS ranks that their ‘own’ BJP government has overlooked them. Instead of shouting slogans, they are protesting by sitting out elections.

Kejriwal’s remarks on Modi’s retirement ‘absurd’, says Defence Minister Rajnath Singh

Refuting the Delhi CM's claims that PM Modi will retire at 75 years of age in 2025, Singh attested that the country 'wants Modi ji to be the prime minister in 2024 as well as 2029'.

Delhi Police file FIR against Kejriwal aide Bibhav Kumar after AAP MP Swati Maliwal lodges complaint

Maliwal files complaint three days after she called PCR complaining that Kumar was assaulting her at CM’s residence. She had also visited police station but left without filing complaint.

Mumbai’s wings being clipped, BJP trying to break it away from Maharashtra — Uddhav Thackeray

Saying BMC is enough to take care of Mumbai, former CM Uddhav Thackeray also promises to abolish MMRDA once Maha Vikas Aghadi comes to power.

Instant Analysis: Swati Maliwal’s allegation, AAP’s woes and the case of missing Rajya Sabha MPs

Instant Analysis is a short and snappy take on unfolding events, with some analysis and opinion

Congress & BJP are gunning for fair OBC ‘share’, but only about 1 in 4 candidates from community

Rahul Gandhi to PM Modi are championing OBC cause, but only 23% of Congress and 27% of BJP candidates are from the community, estimated to make up about half of India’s population.

On Camera

Why Modi-Shah have failed to develop mass leaders in states the way Vajpayee-Advani did

BJP had leaders like Modi, Chouhan, Raje, Raman Singh, BSY, and Dhumal who kept the party’s flame burning. Those promoted by Modi-Shah in the last 10 years fail to inspire confidence.

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.

‘Nightmare at Chennai Marina’: 4 dead, 96 hospitalised after pandemonium at packed IAF air show

Lakhs of people were stranded at beach in heat as crowd control measures apparently failed. At least 14 lakh people were in attendance though police had expected around 10 lakh.

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?