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Amit Shah's boast of winning 22 LS seats in Bengal in 2019 is 'absurd': TMC

TMC's Chandan Mitra said that he felt "suffocated", as he could not adjust to the changed culture within the saffron party

Won't compromise minorities' self-respect for seat share in alliance: Maya

The BSP had ensured that the law was not misused during its four terms in power in Uttar Pradesh, the statement said quoting her

Centre, states on hiring spree ahead of polls: 330K govt jobs up for grabs!

Nearly 330,000 govt jobs, including 127,000 in railways, will be up for grabs over the next few months

To strengthen anti-BJP front, CPI-M to be part of DMK-led alliance: Yechury

Last week, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu met Stalin in a bid to strategize on an anti-BJP alliance at the national level

Ad spend may double to Rs 30 bn in 2019 polls; social media to see big jump

Parties expected to splurge a fourth of advertising budget on social media

Shekhar Gupta: Rahul picks up the sacred thread

Rahul Gandhi is audacious to mix his religion with Congress politics. He can win or perish, but can't retreat from this chakravyuha

Onion price slump adds to farm distress, sharpens Modi's election stakes

A growing disenchantment with the faltering profitability of farming has emerged as a political variable. But how much of a risk does it pose to the government?

Changing political equations in UP, India's most prized poll territory

Unconfirmed reports say the BSP and the SP have agreed to contest 38 and 37 seats, leaving only three for the RLD and two for the Congress

NDA will not be able to open account in LS polls in Bihar: Tejashwi Yadav

NDA finalised seat sharing according to which the BJP and the JD(U) will fight 17 seats each and the LJP the rest six in politically crucial Bihar

'Mahagatbandhan' in offing for 2019 Lok Sabha polls: NCP chief Sharad Pawar

Pawar held a meeting with Congress and NCP workers in Gondia in east Maharashtra

Govt plans financial package for farmers; step could cost over Rs 600 bn

Free crop insurance and tweaking the credit schemes are also being considered as part of the relief measures

Battle for the Hindi Heartland: Whose year will 2019 eventually be?

It is difficult to estimate the difference that Modi would make in a general election campaign

2019 polls: Govt planning monthly income support, cash handout for farmers

Another alternative being considered is a revamp of the crop insurance program

It's hashtag rural as Twitter prepares for 2019 Lok Sabha elections

The social media platform to promote tweeting in local language, hire more regional bloggers and influencers

Akhilesh hints at Opposition alliance in UP, doesn't comment about Congress

Akhilesh Yadav this week criticised the Congress government in Madhya Pradesh for not making the lone SP lone legislator in the state a minister.

With an eye on polls, Centre to go full throttle on labour reforms in 2019

The labour ministry is already in the process of seeking the Union Cabinet's approval on the amended wage code bill after its vetting by the parliamentary standing committee

Tejashwi, Kushwaha, Sahni meet Lalu over seat-sharing in Grand Alliance

The RJD is the pivot of the "Mahagathbandhan" in Bihar and hence, Prasad's approval in finalising the allocation of seats is required

PM Modi to visit his constituency Varanasi and Ghazipur on Saturday

He will inaugurate the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC) on the campus of National Seed Research and Training Centre (NSRTC) in Varanasi

Modi's promise of depositing Rs 1.5 mn in accounts an illusion: Ajit Pawar

Pawar, a former deputy chief minister of the state, was speaking at a function in Dombivali in the district

Onion prices fall 86%; poor farmers say they'll make Modi pay in 2019 polls

Steep drops in recent weeks in the prices of onions and potatoes, both staple foods for India's 1.3 billion people, have badly hit the rural economy in large states