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Topic: 2019 elections

Modi-critic Prakash Raj is the latest actor who wants to try his hand at politics

Prakash Raj tweeted late Monday that he will contest the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as an independent. 

1 million homes still in dark as Narendra Modi fails to achieve power goal

The Modi government set out to electrify nearly 40 million homes in 2017, a target that has been shrinking along the way.

Five things Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi should stop doing in 2019

Ring out the old, dear leaders.

Farmers could get cash handout from Modi ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections

PM Modi has drawn up a course correction plan following the BJP's defeat in the recent state elections and the upcoming general election.

In 2018, Rahul Gandhi set the agenda – and Narendra Modi followed

After six long years, the Congress began to set the political agenda again.

What will Narendra Modi do if he is not PM in 2019?

The next 100 days are indeed crucial and cause for worry and, perhaps, hope.

Millennial voters will be the face of India & Indonesia in 2019

400 million millennials in India & 79 million in Indonesia will vote in national elections in 2019, many for the first time.

AAP’s national council extends term for Arvind Kejriwal & other office bearers by a year

Party leader Pankaj Gupta said the decision to extend the term of all office-bears by a year was done due to the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and the Delhi Assembly polls.

Rahul Gandhi’s balancing act, and the ‘big brother’ government

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Today’s Parliament debate on triple talaq was just ‘politics and posturing’

After a day of heated debates, Lok Sabha passes triple talaq bill, and just like last year it is expected to get stuck in Rajya Sabha.

On Camera

A frosty start featuring ‘ULFA tapes’, thawed by a love of dogs. My conversations with Ratan Tata

Besides politics, his frustrations with business environment & inspirational ideas ranging from entrepreneurship to technology, aviation, philanthropy, we discovered a common passion: dogs

RBI’s policy-setting body keeps rates unchanged for 10th straight time, changes stance to ‘neutral’

Change in stance signals possibility of rate cuts, potentially as early as December, depending on inflation trends & global economy. Growth projection for FY 2024-25 retained at 7.2%.

Amid concerns about use of Chinese parts in drones, Army general urges industry to be transparent

Maj Gen CS Mann, ADG, Army Design Bureau, cites national security concerns. This comes after intelligence agencies flagged use of Chinese components in drones purchased by armed forces.

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?