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PM Modi says Opposition grand alliance lacks ideology, vision; Highlights

PM Narendra Modi, with rallies in Chhattisgarh and West Bengal, and Congress President Rahul Gandhi, with rally in Madhya Pradesh, will look to appease supporters before Lok Sabha elections 2019

The season of promises

Together with the flow of middlemen landing in India from Dubai and the sustained efforts to bring Vijay Mallya home, the government will make the 2019 election a repeat of the 2014 one

PM Modi, Congress' Kharge trade barbs over forthcoming polls in Lok Sabha

Gesturing at Kharge, Modi said that 'you do preparation in a way that you have to move a no-confidence motion in 2023'

Lok Sabha polls 2019: Kamal Haasan's MNM not to ally with Dravidian parties

He said by not aligning with the Dravidian parties, the MNM is keeping its "hands clean"

Priyanka Gandhi to kick off campaign in UP on Feb 11 with four-day tour

This will be Priyanka's first visit after being appointed as a general secretary

Rahul asks Congress to finalise candidates for Lok Sabha polls by Feb-end

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday directed senior office-bearers of the party to finalise candidates for the Lok Sabha polls by February-end and asked newly appointed Uttar Pradesh in-charges Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Jyotiraditya Scindia to strengthen the party in the state in "mission-mode". At a meeting with AICC general secretaries and in-charges of various states at the party headquarters, Gandhi said that new faces should be given precedence over those who have lost the elections 2-3 times while selecting candidates. Priyanka Gandhi, who was attending the first meeting as AICC general secretary in-charge of the party's affairs in Uttar Pradesh East after taking charge on Wednesday, said she would not rest till the flag of Congress' ideology flies high in the state. "I met with our AICC General Secretaries & State In Charges at the AICC HQ this evening. Our discussions covered a wide range of subjects. The team is match ready and we will play on the front foot...," .

LS polls 2019: Facebook to tell users who paid for, published political ads

Beginning Thursday, people will begin to see political ads with 'published by' or 'paid for by' disclaimers

Proposed changes to IT Act not in line with strong privacy laws: WhatsApp

The company said it removes over 2 million accounts per month globally for bulk or automated behaviour

Political parties misusing WhatsApp ahead of 2019 elections: Top executive

WhatsApp expressed concern on the proposed amendment in Indian intermediary rules targeted at social media platforms

Hardik Patel happy with govt's 10% quota bill, may contest Lok Sabha polls

'My priority has been reserved for the Patidars in government jobs and educational institutions', said Hardik Patel

AIADMK says is looking at coalition for 2019 polls, will play lead role

AIADMK coordinator and Tamil Nadu Deputy CM Panneerselvam tells media his party is in talks with national- and state-level parties for an alliance

Rahul Gandhi calls PM Modi 'jumla raja', says his govt is 'chaupat raj'

The Congress chief Rahul Gandhi has also attacked PM Modi for not providing adequate prices to farmers for their produce

2019 Lok Sabha elections will be PM Modi vs the rest, says Amit Shah

Amit Shah said the crime was under control in Uttar Pradesh after Yogi Adityanath government came to power

General quota, Budget goodies win RSS' favour, put Ram temple on backburner

Ahead of Lok Sabha elections 2019, RSS believes the Modi govt's recent decisions will help blunt the incipient anger among middle classes, traders and farmers

BJP launches exercise to seek suggestions for its LS Election manifesto

Never before such a massive exercise to prepare a party's manifesto has been launched in a country, said home Minister Rajnath Singh

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Priyanka Gandhi meets Rahul for 'mission UP'

Priyanka attended the meeting at Rahul's residence with other Congress leaders and discussed the strategy for Uttar Pradesh-East as she has been made the general secretary for the region

In run-up to Lok Sabha elections, EC pads up to check illegal poll spending

EC asks tax sleuths, other departments to track each candidate's expenditure

India has tendency to root for underdog: Ruchir Sharma on 2019 polls

He also claims that the election setbacks in 2018 have lowered Narendra Modi's chances of victory from near certain to 50:50

The politics behind BJP, Congress asking voters to frame their manifestos

BJP to set up 7,500 suggestion boxes, send 300 vehicles with computer tablets across the country as part of its manifesto drafting exercise

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Modi a great actor, but he has a poor storyline

Congress, which has brought Priyanka as a new charismatic communicator in the poll fray, will be able to deploy a negative campaign against Modi govt to tap voter discontent, just as BJP did in 2014