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Rural voters hold the key to fortunes of BJP, Congress in Gujarat

Only the results on May 23 could reveal which party benefitted from the record voter turnout in the state which has 26 Lok Sabha seats

Udit Raj's 'lost opportunity': When friends advised him to quit BJP

He is currently busy addressing election meetings in favour of Congress candidates across the country and facing criticism on social media for his political "opportunism"

BJP on their mind, SP-BSP and Congress field fewer Muslim candidates in UP

The number of Muslims in the fray is far fewer compared to the 2014 Lok Sabha election

Gambhir says he has only one voter ID, rejects AAP allegation as 'baseless'

He alleged the AAP candidate was making allegations against him as she had nothing to talk about with voters during campaigning

Congress or BJP? Which party has an edge in Madhya Pradesh this election

CM Kamal Nath's son Nakul, BJP state chief Rakesh Singh and Congress leader Vivek Tankha are among prominent faces testing their luck in this phase, the first for Madhya Pradesh

West Bengal: Out-of-job miners mull NOTA to protest curbs on illegal mining

Illegal coal mining is considered to be 'parallel economy in the industrial town belt of Asansol and its surrounding areas'

Father-son take 'historic' poll plunge to keep Kamal Nath turf intact in MP

While the chief minister, a nine-time MP from the area, is contesting an assembly bypoll, Nakul Nath is hoping to get elected to the Lok Sabha from Chhindwara

Meet Deblina Hembram, an unlikely YouTube star fighting polls from Jhargram

Preparing to address a public rally at a school ground near the CPI(M) office in what was once a Maoist stronghold, Hembram accused the TMC of creating an atmosphere of fear

Haryana's dynastic politics to see grandchildren of ex-CMs contest polls

Political families including Chautalas, Bishnois and Hoodas are in fray every election in Haryana, a Jat-dominated state

'Peaceful' Haryana village wants to shed 30-yr-old hypersensitive booth tag

EC had identified the Jui polling booth in Haryana's Bhiwani-Mahendragarh constituency as hypersensitive in 1989 after a man died in firing following a clash between two groups over elections

Oppn parties complain against BJP's name on EVMs, EC says in use since 2013

The EVMs display the party symbols, name of the candidates and their photographs

It's a battle between secularism, Hindutva in West Bengal's Krishnanagar

In urban Krishnanagar, which is the Municipality area, the BJP appears to hold sway. Even in the last Lok Sabha polls, the BJP performed exceptionally well in the civic area

Bihar's crackdown on crime has spelt doom for Munger's gun factories

Despite the collapse of Munger's gun industry, illegal guns continue to be manufactured

GST, religious identities at interplay this poll season in Burrabazar

The transition to GST has been particularly painful for the large trading community of Burrabazar

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Kanhaiya a strong challenger in Begusarai

The Begusarai Lok Sabha seat will witness a triangular contest between Giriraj Singh, Tanweer Hasan and Kanhaiya Kumar

In Delhi, it's BJP vs people and I just represent the people: Raghav Chadha

After spending over six years with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), 30-year-old Raghav Chadha is set to become the youngest candidate from among the three main parties in Delhi, which goes to the polls on M

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Kanpur tanneries' shutdown stares at ruling BJP

Kanpur is among the major domestic leather processing hubs apart from Jalandhar, Kolkata, Chennai etc

PepsiCo's move to take Gujarat potato farmers to court brazenly wrong: Cong

Terming as "brazenly wrong" PepsiCo's legal action against Gujarat farmers for growing a variety of potatoes "registered" by the company, senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel Saturday said corporate interests cannot dictate what farmers must or must not cultivate. He also said that the state government should not keep its eyes "shut" to the development. Nine farmers from Sabarkantha and Aravalli districts of Gujarat were sued by food and beverages giant PepsiCo for allegedly growing a variety of potatoes for which it has claimed Plant Variety Protection (PVP) rights. "Pepsi's decision to take Gujarat's potato grower farmers to court is ill-advised & brazenly wrong. It is in violation of the farmers right under PPVFR Act. The state govt shouldn't keep its eyes shut. Corporate interest cannot dictate what our farmers must or mustn't cultivate," Patel said on Twitter. The Congress leader was referring to the Protection of Plant Variety and Farmers Right Act, 2001. PepsiCo

Foolishness of demonetisation was not done by anyone in 70 years: Rahul

His remarks come against the backdrop of repeated attacks by the prime minister on the Congress

Infra projects are standalone, ad hoc planning won't work: Priya Dutt

Dutt speaks about Mumbai's development, its saturation as an urban area, and job losses due to Jet Airways shutdown