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Modi to Manmohan Singh, top leaders at Parliament House to vote for India’s next President

In the race are the National Democratic Alliance's pick Droupadi Murmu, and the opposition's consensus candidate Yashwant Sinha.

Focus on dominant Kapus & OBCs, pitch to end dynastic rule — BJP’s Andhra mantra

PM Modi's visit to unveil statue of Alluri Sitarama Raju & Rajya Sabha nomination of K.V. Vijayendra Prasad have raised pitch of BJP's renewed campaign in state, 2 years from elections.

UP to Punjab — ‘experts’ have had their say on election results. Here’s why they are wrong

Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, regional parties and dynasty politics are just some of the things that the 'experts' are wrong about. Here's the truth about BJP.

Hockey legends turned candidates hit streets in Jalandhar Cantonment as campaign fever starts

ThePrint follows the election campaigns of hockey legends Pargat Singh of the Congress and Surinder Singh Sodhi of AAP, and of the Congress’s Malvika Sood, sister of actor Sonu Sood.

From Paharganj to Vivek Vihar, Sikh leaders in Delhi are renaming themselves to stand out

Welcome the new brand of Sikh leaders in New Delhi who are in a tearing hurry to add the name of their neighbourhood to their real names.

Most SC/STs would vote for Opposition unity in elections, survey shows

Voters in Maharashtra and Karnataka approved of the Opposition unity while Delhi, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan voters disapproved.

How elections happen in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Time to take lid off the biggest scam

Thanks to both Imran Khan and Nawaz Sharif governments, the ‘AJK’ legislative assembly is completely toothless. Why have an election at all?

Voting in 53 UP districts for post of zila panchayat chairman begins

Chairpersons are elected from among elected members of zila panchayats of districts. Voting began at 11am and counting of votes will be held after 3pm, state election commission said.

Crowds at rallies don’t mean victory and have no bearing on how voters will vote

In 'How India Votes', CEO of Axis My India Pradeep Gupta writes that not even 10% of the crowd that claps and cheers for a leader will vote for him/her on the basis of what they hear at a rally.

‘Corona jihad’ to ‘holy dip’ – India’s TV channels shocked at Kumbh but it’s no ‘human bomb’

News channels’ coverage of Haridwar continued to dip in and out of Kumbh Mela. But no channel called this a ‘human bomb’ or ‘corona warfare'.

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Pushback against globalisation shouldn’t make us withdraw from it

As geopolitical tensions prompt serious calls for 'de-globalisation' and reduced import dependence, a more measured path may lie in regional globalisation.

All bets off as online gaming bill shakes industry & key players suspend ‘gambling’ on their platforms

The new law, which the government has framed as a moral duty, forced major platforms like Dream11 & Zupee to shut operations, wiping out hundreds of crores in market capitalisation. 

Post-Sindoor, joint doctrine tasks Special Forces with fighting info warfare & countering propaganda

Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.