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

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

BJP picks up the threads, needs to set course ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha polls

With only months left for the Lok Sabha battle, the party needs to set its course: Whether vikas over Hindutva, and to rely on leadership alone

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.

Over 400 million millennials to decide India's fate in 2019 Lok Sabha polls

How a billion Asian voters navigate around misinformation, fake news and a hardening of majority sentiment against minorities on their way to the polling booths will be worth watching

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

Amid growing pressure from partners in the ruling alliance, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday will visit Varanasi and Ghazipur, the areas where two NDA allies have considerable influence. The prime minister's trip to his Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi will be his second visit there in the last two months. 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. The centre will serve as a hub for rice research and training in South Asia and the SAARC region. Modi will also attend the 'One District, One Product' Regional Summit at Deendayal Hastakala Sankul (Trade Facilitation Centre & Crafts Museum) in Varanasi. A commemorative postal stamp on the Maharaja Suheldeo will be released by the prime minister in Ghazipur, where he will also address a public rally at the RTI ground there. However, senior minister in the Yogi Adityanath government and

AAP says will contest Lok Sabha elections in states to defeat BJP

AAP leader Bhagwant Mann said his party wasn't in 'formal or informal talks with the Congress for an alliance'.

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

Ahead of polls, Maharashtra approves implementation of 7th Pay Commission

The New Year-eve bonanza will also bring cheers to more than 360 retired government employees who are over 100 years of age

Setback for KCR? Akhilesh postpones meeting, Mayawati yet to confirm

Pitching for a Federal Front of regional parties, Rao had on Monday met Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

'Very difficult' to predict next PM; won't support or oppose anyone: Ramdev

Referring to the Ayodhya dispute, Ramdev claimed that the BJP would lose trust if the 'Ram Mandir' was not built in Ayodhya now

Naqvi takes a jibe at Mahagathbandhan, calls 'Modi Hatao' movement eyewash

The Union Minister further claimed that the Congress is 'working hard for just four hours, while they go on a picnic for four months'

2019 Lok Sabha elections: Congress set to promise revamped GST in manifesto

Sources in party's manifesto panel say simpler tax structure with single rate will be key poll plank

From US, 'friends of Modi' start campaign to ensure his re-election as PM

The US chapter of the Overseas Friends of the BJP has some 4,000 members, although its president Krishna Reddy estimates the broader network includes up to 300,000 supporters

Modi attacks Patnaik in Odisha, asks who's feeding 'demon of corruption'

Modi was addressing a BJP rally in Khurda town near the state capital Bhubaneshwar after launching a slew of projects for the state

K Chandrasekhar Rao meets Mamata, says talks for Federal Front to continue

The TRS chief met Mamata a day after meeting Odisha Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik in Bhubaneswar

Lose some, win some: Why BJP gave away seats to allies for Bihar elections

BJP will contest lesser number of Lok Sabha seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections than what it already holds. It makes alliance sense.

SC declines urgent hearing on BJP's plea on Rath Yatra in West Bengal

The lawyer associated with the plea said they have been informed by the apex court registry that the matter would be listed in the normal course