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Full list of BJP candidates for 2019 Lok Sabha elections

PM Modi will contest again from Varanasi. However, the BJP delivered a shocker when they announced that Amit Shah will replace LK Advani to contest from Gandhinagar in Gujarat.

Mar 22, 2019

From Indian Lovers Party to Twenty20 Party - A look at 'weird' contestants of LS elections

Over 90 per cent of the political parties in the Lok Sabha elections are unrecognised and have limited to zero locus standi in determining the course of the government formation.

Mar 21, 2019

Here's Congress' third list of 18 candidates for Lok Sabha 2019 polls

Among the third list of candidate declared by the Congress, after a meeting of the party's central election committee are five from Assam, two from Meghalaya, one from Uttar Pradesh, Sikkim and Nagaland each, besides eight from Telangana.

Mar 16, 2019

Citizenship Bill in Rajya Sabha: BJP's allies, CMs protest amid violence in north-east

Violence, arrests and shutdowns in Assam, Manipur, Mizoram and Meghalaya have stirred trouble for the BJP and its allies in the north-east where it is holding power in all the seven states.

Feb 12, 2019

China reaches out to Bhutan with an official tour; Does India have a reason to be afraid?

This trip might spell bad news for India if it begins bilateral talks between the two countries since Bhutan might start depending more on China for financial assistance.

Jan 30, 2019

China's 'all-weather road' in Doklam nears completion, increased deployment of army likely

It was earlier said that China was carrying out a "major construction work" at the Doklam plateau and had come with all the required materials – over 10 construction vehicles, five temporary sheds, 30 other heavy vehicles and about 90 tents that housed the army and the construction workers.

Jan 18, 2019

Meet Kashmir's snow-clearance warriors who are also people's first hand saviours [Exclusive]

The employees, machine drivers and even casual labourers of Kashmir's Mechanical Engineering department are the unsung heroes who have helped people under emergency conditions besides doing their routine snow clearance exercise.

Jan 17, 2019

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Sikkim to give free money to residents: What is Universal Basic Income Scheme?

The Economic Survey of India 2017 had called the UBI scheme a "conceptually appealing idea".

Jan 10, 2019

NDA retains clear edge in Lok Sabha elections 2019, latest survey shows

According to the survey, the NDA may get 257 seats and the Congress-led UPA (minus SP and BSP) may get 146 seats, far off the magic mark, if elections are held now.

Jan 6, 2019

BAT attack foiled along LoC, two Pakistani soldiers killed

"Army foiled a major BAT attempt to strike a forward post along the Line of Control in Naugam Sector in the early hours of Sunday," an Army spokesman said.

Dec 31, 2018

Indian Army rescues over 1,500 stranded tourists in Sikkim

The tourists were returning from Nathu La and Tsomgo (Changu) Lake on Friday evening when snowfall in the region blocked roads, leaving over 300 to 400 civil vehicles stranded at various points on Jawahar Lal Nehru Road.

Dec 29, 2018

After China, India set to conduct military drill with African nations in March 2019

The Indian Army is now set to conduct a military drill with several African nations, including Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa next year. The India-Africa Field Training Exercise (IAFTX) will be held between March 18 and 27, 2019, in Pune.

Dec 14, 2018

India, China to resume military drills after a year's gap

The exercises will be held after a gap of one year as both the sides were locked in a 73-day standoff in Doklam in the Sikkim sector of the border in 2017.

Dec 9, 2018

Need to work unitedly to tackle terrorism, climate change: PM Modi

PM Modi made the remarks in his monthly radio programme "Mann Ki Baat", ahead of November 11 - the day when World War I ended a hundred years ago.

Oct 28, 2018

Ties with Indian Army have improved markedly, says Chinese army

The Chinese army says despite border disputes, relationship between the two militaries have improved markedly this year as China-India ties have rapidly recovered from the low of Doklam.

Oct 19, 2018

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