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NATION
ELN3 POLL-DEROGATORY SPEECHES
Underwear and pajamas: Attacks turn too personal in poll season
ELN17 UP-JYOTIRADITYASCINDIA-INTERVIEW
Modi must stop looking outwards by talking of Pak; jobs, farm distress key issues: Scindia
Nagina (UP): Hitting out at the BJP for repeatedly bringing up Pakistan in its campaign, Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia says Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party must stop looking outwards and gaze inwards as jobs and agrarian distress are the key issues facing the country. By Asim Kamal
ELN33 UP-RAJNATH-LD ROADSHOW
Rajnath Singh files nomination papers for Lucknow seat
UP-LD YOGI TEMPLE
Facing EC's gag order, Yogi visits Hanuman temple, offers prayers
ELN43 UP-POLLS-LD POONAM SINHA
Shatrughan Sinha's wife Poonam joins SP
DEL14 MHA-BANGLA-ACTOR
Centre seeks report on B'deshi actor allegedly campaigning for TMC
ELX11 KA-TUMKUR-TEMPLE
Tumkur temple assumes key role in poll season
Tumkur: The Hethenahalli Adishakthi Maramma temple is again in discussion in this high-profile constituency, from where JD(S) chief and former prime minister HD Deve Gowda is contesting the ongoing Lok Sabha polls, as the shrine served as a "guarantee" for the candidates who had indulged in the "note-for-votes" scam in the 2018 Karnataka Assembly election. By Laxmi Devi
LEGAL
LGD18 SC-2NDLD POLITICAL PARTIES
SC satisfied over EC's action against politicians for hate speeches during campaigning
LGD17 SC-2NDLD CHIDAMBARAM-IT
SC to hear I-T dept plea against quashing of black money case involving Chidambarams' family
FOREIGN
FGN13 PAK-ARMY
Pak Army bars Asad Durrani, 2 ISPR ex-DGs from appearing on media as defence analysts
FGN12 PAK-INDIA-KARTARPUR
Pak, India officials hold technical meeting on Kartarpur corridor
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