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Tools for truth: Spotting fact and fake news on social media in poll season

Morphed images, mischievously edited videos, and false messages could be flooding your timeline this election season. Here is how you can be your own fact-checker on Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp

Better jobs to farm distress: Key issues in India's general elections

Here are the main issues in the election, votes in which will be counted on May 23

Can the SP-BSP really work as a political grouping to oust the BJP?

What was a political alliance between SP and BSP is now almost a social alliance

From agriculture to economy: Here's a sector-wise report card of Modi govt

As Modi seeks re-election five years on, a look at selected 50 pledges from the BJP's 2014 manifesto, based on their importance and the promise of concrete action

Aren't opposed to electoral bonds but don't want secrecy: Poll panel to SC

Poll panel's submissions come during a hearing on bunch of pleas challenging validity of electoral bonds

Lok Sabha elections 2019: First phase of polling across India today

Ninety-one constituencies across 20 states will poll in the first phase of the Lok Sabha election

Got corrupt to jail door, 5 more years and they'll be in: Modi in Gujarat

He took a swipe at the Opposition party, saying it was known by many names as far as scams are concerned

No political ads on social media ahead of polls? Thank Election Commission

Facebook, Google and Twitter have strengthened their authentication mechanisms for entities running political ads

BJP loses top spot in Facebook ad spend to Congress week before elections

Cong and TDP step up spend on the social media platform, show figures for week ended April 6

Macroeconomic priorities for new govt

It will have to contend with some key challenges that do not figure in the election manifestos

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Goodwill hunting along the Northeast valley

In the last of a four-part series, Arindam Majumder takes a trip on the Brahmaputra Express to catch the pre-poll buzz among the people

Lok Sabha elections 2019: EC stalls release of Modi biopic, lens on NaMo TV

The EC order came in response to complaints that Opposition parties had filed, and a day before the scheduled release of the biopic on Modi and the first phase of polling to 91 Lok Sabha seats

Making a mockery of a vital electoral activity

Thanks to the lackadaisical approach of the regulator and the ignorant masses, the election manifesto of a political party has been reduced to something no one really cares about

Can 'Modi-army' politics influence 2.5 million ex-servicemen voters?

While Himalayan states have high proportion of service voters, Haryana, Punjab, Kerala and UP have a large number of ex-servicemen

Lok Sabha Highlights: Rahul promises to fill 22 lakh posts lying vacant

Polls for 91 seats in 20 states and UTs will take place tomorrow. Catch LIVE updates as Rahul files nomination from Amethi and Modi visits Gujarat

Rosy promises, lack of credibility: Why manifestos are becoming irrelevant

The net outcome of such rosy manifesto promises is that these documents are becoming increasingly irrelevant as they lack credibility with the voters

Indo-Nepal border districts put on high alert on the eve of Lok Sabha polls

Apart from civil police, specialised wings including special task force (STF) and anti-terrorist squad (ATS) have also been activated in the state ahead of polling

A point-by-point comparison of the BJP and Congress 2019 poll manifestos

While neither displays an overarching economic theme, Congress is more welfare-centric, and BJP has fresh ideas instead seeking to continue economic themes launched during its term in office

A peek into the election manifestos of five key political parties

Most of these parties slam the 'divisive' and 'anti-people' policies of the Narendra Modi government and offer their own plans to resurrect the country and the economy

Rs 1 cr seized from BMW in Delhi's Vasant Vihar

Police said in view of the Lok Sabha elections, they have intensified patrolling in several intersections across the national capital