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Bajaj biggest gainer, Anil Ambani group lost most in Modi govt tenure

In a first in the series in the run-up to the elections, BS analyses how India's top business groups have fared under the Modi govt

Nakul Nath set to make election debut from father Kamal Nath's citadel

Nakul Nath, the elder son of Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath, is set to contest from his father's impregnable citadel, Chhindwara

Uri to Thackeray: Bollywood's bet on political movies gets mixed response

While Uri hit the mark with its offering, becoming the first superhit from the Bollywood stable in 2019, others like The Accidental Prime Minister and Manikarnika failed to impress

Lok Sabha polls: Cong to gain in Madhya Pradesh, but BJP still has the edge

Factionalism returns to haunt the grand old party; many saffron MPs look to change constituencies

Arithmetic vs charismatic: Can Modi's popularity trump caste equations?

In UP, Bihar and Jharkhand, the NDA is up against skilfully knit opposition alliances

BJP lists 9 more Lok Sabha candidates, picks nominees in Chhattisgarh

Six candidates are for Chhattisgarh and one each for Meghalaya, Maharashtra and Telangana.

JD-S MLA asks people to 'slap' those who seek votes for Modi, take his name

Reacting sharply, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) condemned the statement and also claimed that the lawmaker had asked his supporters to pelt stones at the prime minister

LS polls may not have lasting impact on stock market return: Jitendra Gohil

It has been a one-way street for the markets for the past few sessions that have gained on the back of strong foreign flows, says Jitendra Gohil

UP hikes dear allowance for state govt employees after poll panel's nod

Higher DA would cost the state exchequer nearly Rs 1,500 crore annually

Mark this: 26 lakh bottles of indelible ink ordered for Lok Sabha elections

In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the poll panel had bought 21.5 lakh phials, 4.5 lakh less than this year

Employment will be the focus of Congress' election campaign: Sam Pitroda

Pitroda, a long-time Gandhi family adviser and the chief of the Indian Overseas Congress, said agrarian distress is also a major issue facing the country and it needs to be addressed

Only Advani can 'clear mist' why he wasn't fielded in elections: Uma Bharti

Bharti said it was Advani who played the central role in bringing the party to such a position that Narendra Modi is prime minister today

Congress announces its first list of 9 candidates for Lok Sabha polls in MP

Congress general secretary Mukul Wasnik released the list late Saturday night. The state has 29 parliamentary seats

LS polls: Taxmen asked to step up effort to seize illicit currency, liquor

CBIC has asked the tax officers to share intelligence and seizure information with other government agencies on real-time basis

Lok Sabha elections 2019: BJP announces names of 297 candidates in 6 lists

The lists include almost all candidates for those seats where polling will be held in first two phases

Lok Sabha Elections: Akhilesh to contest from Mulayam Singh's seat Azamgarh

In the 2014 elections, SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav had won the Mainpuri and Azamgarh parliamentary constituencies

AIADMK follows DMK's footsteps in dynastic politics in Lok Sabha elections

Among DMK's 20 candidates, six are children of prominent leaders while the AIADMK has allotted four of the 20 seats to wards of party leaders

Lok Sabha elections: Rahul could contest from Wayanad, says Kerala Congress

The Congress has already announced Gandhi's candidature from Amethi

Lok Sabha polls: Congress releases second list for 2 LS, 54 Assembly seats

Samarendra Mishra, son of Leader of Opposition in the outgoing Assembly Narasingha Mishra, would contest the polls from Bolangir Lok Sabha seat

Lok Sabha elections: Congress announces 7th list with 35 more candidates

Congress shifted Uttar Pradesh state unit chief Raj Babbar from Moradabad Fatehpur Sikri