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Asserting that adopting modern practices in the agriculture sector is imperative, Modi said in every aspect of life, newness and modernisation are essential. (Photo: PTI)

Modi pushes for modernising agriculture

PM Modi also hailed the world's largest vaccination programme being carried out in India against the Covid-19

29 March 2021 4:01 AM IST

AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi. (PTI)

Asaduddin Owaisi withdraws support to Peerzada Abbas Siddiqui in West...

Owaisi kickstarted his campaign at Sagardighi in Murshidabad and announced the names of two candidates

28 March 2021 9:18 AM IST

Mamata Banerjee (PTI file image)

Mamata Banerjee lands in a tight spot after audio clip asking BJP man...

The BJP which tweeted the audio clip lodged a complaint against the CM with West Bengal's CEO Ariz Aftab and demanded...

28 March 2021 9:15 AM IST

Women show their identity cards as they wait to cast votes at a polling station, during the first phase of Assembly polls, in Midnapore on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

80% turnout in West Bengal, 72% in Assam elections

30 Assembly constituencies in West Bengal & 47 Assembly constituencies in Assam on Saturday went to polls during the...

28 March 2021 4:49 AM IST

Paramilitary jawans guard as people wait in a queue to cast their votes at a polling station during the first phase of West Bengal Assembly elections, at Chandrapur in Lalgarh, Saturday, March 27, 2021. (PTI)

Sporadic violence marks first phase of West Bengal polls

54.90 per cent of 73.80 lakh voters exercise their franchise till 1 pm in 30 seats where polling is underway for first...

27 March 2021 1:54 PM IST

I dont think any regional party in the country has objection to Sharad Pawar heading the UPA, said Sanjay Raut. (PTI file photo)

UPA is paralysed and non-Congress leader like Sharad Pawar should head...

Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole asked if Raut had been appointed as Pawar's spokesperson

26 March 2021 1:47 AM IST

According to the Samkyukta Kisan Morcha, the nationwide shutdown will start at 6 am and it will be in force up to 6 pm across the country on March 26 which marks four months of the farmer agitation at Delhis three borders -- Singhu, Ghazipur and Tikri. (Photo: PTI)

'Bharat Bandh': Rail, road transport likely to be affected in parts of...

Farmer unions protesting against the three agri laws have called a complete 'Bharat Bandh'

26 March 2021 1:04 AM IST

The former technocrat, who has vowed to make Palakakad city the best in the country in five years, talks more development and less politics during the campaign meetings. (PTI)

Kerala polls: BJP hopes to chug into Palakkad with E Sreedharan's...

With the unexpected entry of Sreedharan in the poll fray as BJP nominee, Palakkad in central Kerala, has now captured...

25 March 2021 11:16 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves at the crowd during a public meeting ahead of the West Bengal Assembly Polls, in Bankura on March 21, 2021. (PTI)

No Indian is outsider in Bengal, BJP CM will be son of soil: Modi

Modi's comments came amid an 'insider vs outsider' debate with Mamata asserting that she won't allow Bengal to be ruled...

24 March 2021 1:17 PM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah (Twitter@AmitShah)

'Bhatija & Co' looted Rs 10K crore, will go jail after we win: Amit...

Mr Shah, in remarks aimed at the Hindu migrants' votebank in the district, touched on the BJP's key electoral promise

24 March 2021 2:10 AM IST

The electoral discourse in Bengal, where poll battles are fought on ideological lines, had in the past mostly steered clear of sub-nationalism like identity politics. (Representational Image/PTI)

Bengali pride, sub-nationalism emerge as rallying points in WB polls

The ruling TMC has embraced it as its main poll plank to counter the rise of the BJP's Hindutva narrative in the state

23 March 2021 12:48 PM IST

Modis assertion came as Bollywood star Mithun Chakraborty, who joined the BJP recently, is likely to become a voter at the Cossipore-Belgachhia Assembly seat in north Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

Mamata can kick me but not development: Modi

Modi made it clear on that he would not allow Mamata Banerjee to kick away the state's development any further

22 March 2021 4:44 AM IST