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WB polls: Amit Shah holds roadshow in Nandigram amid 'Jai Shri Ram' chants

In a show of might ahead of the second phase of West Bengal elections, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday held a massive roadshow in the high-profile Nandigram constituency

Is there any deal with China on WHO Covid report: Manish Tewari asks govt

Congress leader Manish Tewari questioned Centre's silence on the WHO report that the coronavirus must have spread from bat to animals

They combined these two words again: Khurshid hits out at BJP on love jihad

Former Union Minister and Congress leader Salman Khurshid asked why the BJP has combined the words "love" and "jihad" apparently without understanding their meaning

ECI issues notices to Assam newspapers over BJP advertisement

ECI has issued notices to 8 newspapers of Assam which carried an ad of the BJP in the form of a headline claiming that the party will win all 47 seats where elections were held in the 1st phase

TMC, BJP brought West Bengal to ruins: Buddhadeb Bhattacharya

Former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya came down heavily on the ruling TMC and the BJP on Monday, accusing them of ruining the state and its secular credentials. Bhattacharya, 76, said it is only the Left-Congress- ISF alliance that can bring the state out of darkness. Noting that "the silence of a crematorium" prevails in Singur and Nandigram, he alleged that under the present dispensation, the state has gone backwards in agriculture, while no industry was established during its 10-year-tenure. Anti-land acquisition movements led by the Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee at Singur and Nandigram in 2007-08 had jolted the mighty Left Front government and laid the foundation of the TMC rule in West Bengal. "The conspirators of the devious play of that period are now divided in two groups engaged in mudslinging against each other," Bhattacharya said. Young people of Bengal have lost employment opportunities and the meritorious and skilled left f

Why was Amit Shah silent during Hathras rape case: Mamata hits back

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday hit back at Amit Shah and asked why was the home minister silent during the Hathras rape case in BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh

Assembly polls: Kerala doesn't need 'snakes' LDF, UDF, says Gijiraj Singh

Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Monday said that in the upcoming Kerala assembly elections, people of the state will choose BJP to run the government as they are fed up with the UDF and LDF

Dhaka disconnect: Excellent relations marred by violent protests

The invitation to PM Modi to deliver the keynote speech at the nation's 50th anniversary celebrations was a recognition of the importance Dhaka accords to the bilateral relationship with New Delhi

Assam: BJP expels 7 more leaders for contesting against party candidates

The ruling BJP in Assam on Sunday expelled seven more leaders from the party for six years for contesting as Independent candidates against the party's official candidates

Political culture

A country as diverse as ours needs a political culture rooted in constitutional values and political discourse based on truth, respect, civility, and restraint

Anil Deshmukh: The man once wooed by Uddhav may face the axe this time

This is a fallout of the February 25 bomb scare outside Antilla, the South Mumbai residence of the Reliance chairman, Mukesh Ambani

Battle royale between a more powerful LG and AAP govt appears inevitable

The National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill was passed by Parliament last week and is now awaiting the President's formal assent before it becomes a law

West Bengal polls: BJP faces stiff opposition over choice of candidates

Altercations over candidate selection affect the party's last-mile connectivity in West Bengal, writes Radhika Ramaseshan

Yogi govt trying to tilt panchayat polls in BJP's favour: Akhilesh Yadav

Akhilesh Yadav accused the Uttar Pradesh government of planning to make administrative interference into the upcoming panchayat elections on the pretext of the Covid spread

Sporadic violence marks first phase of Bengal polls, 36% turnout till 11 am

Sporadic incidents of violence were reported from some areas in the first phase of assembly elections, even as the overall poll situation was peaceful with 36.09 per cent turnout recorded till 11 am

Bengal polls: BJP accuses TMC of creating disturbances at polling booths

BJP candidate from West Midnapore Samit Das alleged that Trinamool Congress is creating disturbances in the rural areas of the district as voting in the first phase of Assembly polls is underway

Assembly polls: Nadda urges voters to participate, follow Covid norms

Nadda has urged voters to come out in record numbers and "participate in the festival of democracy" by exercising their right to vote in the first phase of assembly elections in West Bengal and Assam

Assam polls: Polling starts for first phase; CM Sonowal, top oppn in fray

Voting began at 7 am on Saturday for 47 seats in the first phase of the assembly elections in Assam to decide the fate of CM Sarbananda Sonowal, and a host of ministers and opposition leaders

Assam polls: Stakes high for BJP, AGP in first phase today; Sonowal in fray

The stakes for BJP and its ally Asom Gana Parishad are high in Assam where 47 seats of 126 Assembly constituencies across 34 districts will go for polling to the first of the three-phase elections

Shekhar Gupta: The missing foreign bogey

Pakistan, Bangladeshis and terrorism are missing from BJP campaign. It seems to have understood the risks of mixing of domestic political motivations with strategic national interests