When you are travelling on the ground extensively, sometimes it takes an entire team to keep you afloat, and sometimes, just that one kind person who is willing to go beyond what is expected of her/him. In my case, it were all the driving helps across states that were my biggest

The spectacular meltdown of Prashant Kishor in an interview with The Wire when Karan Thapar confronts him with his own tweet that predicted a rout for the Congress in Himachal. Kishor angrily denies he ever said it even as Thapar pulls up his tweet…

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The fault lines of caste plague all religions in India.

Ahead of India's national election, the party has tried to make inroads among the largest section of India’s 200 million Muslims. Will the strategy work? aje.io/aw7b92

Is India’s free press not so free after a decade of Modi?
Aishwarya analyses for CNN. Read 👇

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The BJP had a massive Pasmanda outreach- bolstered since 2022- ahead of the elections. The PM made references to the Pasmandas in his campaign speeches too. How are they seeing his latest speeches and the clarification? I report for Al Jazeera English

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More power to you, Manisha Mondal. Stay strong.

ICYMI: As Ladakh votes today, read our story on large-scale protests by locals who say they are losing grazing land & their way of life, while India & China defend a tense border.

At stake, they believe, is the 'future of Ladakh'.

#LokSabhaElctions2024
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Bengal has possibly the worst ratio of theatres per square kilometre in India. Films run houseful only at [the state-owned] Nandan and Radha, where tickets are priced at 30 or 70 rupees. Only policy can save Bangla cinema. Either the government or some private entity has to set

This is a little unfair. Good political journalists will not be making predictions- they report on issues, moods, trends and strategy. So many fantastic political beat journalists in print, digital and TV media are doing the grunt job of just reporting facts and everyday

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AAP's Rajya Sabha member and the person in charge of the party's Lok Sabha campaign Dr. Sandeep Pathak talks to me about the political atmosphere, AAP's strategies, impact of Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest & bail, and more. An exclusive interview for TOI Plus
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It’s the season for the media crowd ‘to give take on likely results’ and make ‘news’ out of ‘desire’.
Who will win?
Will Congress get more than 75 seats?
Is Narendra Modi rattled?
Are BJP workers on ground or not?
What will Modi do if he wins a third term?

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पूर्व क्रिकेटर यूसुफ पठान ने इस लोकसभा चुनाव में राजनीति में कदम रखा है और वह पश्चिम बंगाल की बेरहामपुर सीट से #TMC के उम्मीदवार हैं. उनका मुकाबला कांग्रेस के कद्दावर नेता अधीर रंजन चौधरी से है | Yusuf Pathan | Ishadrita Lahiri

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A fabulous profile of Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary. Really the journey of a politician is always so interesting to read.. Pls do read this written by Ishadrita Lahiri 💯💯✨👌

Just realised that even in Bengal, I’m only reporting on the Congress 🙈

A woman who left her son’s dead body in a morgue to go vote for him in 2019. A Congress worker who remembers loaning him ₹1 to buy beedi and a matchbox. As he contests for a 6th term from Berhampore, I profile Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury for The Quint

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