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'Best politician with the wrong party' Shatrughan Sinha joins Congress

Shatrughan Sinha is all set to take on the BJP's Ravi Shankar Prasad in Bihar's Patna Sahib

Yogi gets EC's love letter for insulting Army: Cong on 'Modiji ki sena' row

Why is the EC shying away from showing the mirror of truth to those in power, Congress' chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala tweeted

PM Modi's foreign visits led to Pak's isolation in Islamic nations: Swaraj

Swaraj recalled how India was invited to the inaugural conference of the OIC countries in 1969 but could not attend the proceedings due to pressure put by Pakistan

EC asks Yogi to be 'more careful', expresses displeasure at NITI V-C remark

Says NITI Aayog's Kumar violated poll code with comments on NYAY; lets off Uttar Pradesh CM over 'Modiji ki sena' remark, asks him to be careful in future

SC refuses to grant interim stay on operation of electoral bonds

The Centre told the court the scheme was launched to prevent black money flow into political funding.

Don't want to contest Lok Sabha elections, says Sumitra Mahajan

Mahajan is the latest to join the list of BJP leaders over 75 years of age who have been asked not to contest elections

NRC, Citizenship Bill lollipops to fool people, says Mamata Banerjee

The NRC had left out the names of 40 lakh people and it was only the Trinamool Congress that stood beside these people irrespective of their religion, Banerjee said while addressing an election rally

BJP brought peace and development to northeast, says Amit Shah

The BJP is committed to take action against cross-border terrorism and to root out insurgency in the northeast, he said

PM unable to list even one achievement of his 5-year rule: Priyanka Gandhi

The Congress general secretary said that people of Modi's Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi told her that the Prime Minister "never visited any village"and only "comes and gives speeches"

Rahul Gandhi says he 'loves' Modi, berates him for 'insulting' Advani

Gandhi said Modi had humiliated Advani, and added that disrespecting one's guru is not Hindu culture

Income tax won't be raised to fund NYAY scheme, says Rahul Gandhi

The opposition party has said that if voted to power, it will give Rs 72,000 per year as minimum income to poor families, benefiting around 25 crore people

Modi brings up Agusta charge sheet; points fingers at 'family', Ahmed Patel

Alleging that the Congress and corruption were "inseparable partners", Modi said Michel had disclosed two names to his interrogators

Promise, reality: Cong manifesto backs freedom, but spending plan worrying

Party unequivocally backs individual freedoms, but its commitment to increase government expenditure on key areas will be hard to implement, writes T N Ninan

Election non-issues

In India, the giant rally has been the means of choice for political parties to show the extent of their mobilisation

PM Narendra Modi biopic to hit theatres on April 11, says producer

The seven-phase polls will begin on April 11 and continue till May 19

This poll season, Akash Banerjee hopes to take political satire mainstream

Political satirist Akash Banerjee is posing tough questions to the establishment -and getting away with them

Lok Sabha polls: Is EC struggling to enforce model code of conduct?

The ECI guidelines primarily aim to prevent the ruling parties, at the Centre and in the states, from misusing their position to gain electoral advantage

A story in manifestos: How Congress is shedding its 'Muslim party' tag

An analysis of Congress' election manifestos since 1937 shows how the party evolved from being a secular to a 'Muslim' party and how it is now trying to shed that tag

Elections LIVE: Middle class won't be burdened to fund 'Nyay', says Rahul

Prior to holding rallies, BJP's star campaigner Narendra Modi gave an interview to a news channel. Catch LIVE updates on Lok Sabha Elections 2019

SP manifesto promises Rs 3,000 monthly pension to poor, higher tax on rich

SP has proposed to impose an additional 2% tax on households having property worth more than Rs 2.5 crore