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The current heatwave seems to have far overtaken the ongoing Lok Sabha election wave with political combinations such as the NDA and the INDIA are increasingly uncertain about their positions as the heatwave is certain to have an impact on the participation of voters in the election process. Nearly a month-and-a-half-long gruelling election schedule from April 19 to June 1 will go through the hottest recorded summer season this year with day temperatures already soaring above 40 degrees Celsius in several parts of the country.

Artificial Intelligence, a game-changer in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, has revolutionised traditional campaign strategies. The era of candidates personally visiting voters' homes and engaging in conversations over tea, even after a five-year hiatus, has given way to a more technologically advanced approach.

“Infiltrators” from Bangladesh and Myanmar weren’t evicted in 10 years of muscular Modi rule. Instead, large numbers of the “termites” were beneficiaries of Modi’s welfare schemes including free monthly rations, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, Modi’s LPG, Modi’s LED bulbs and Modi’s jan-dhan yojana bank accounts. So, why the fear-mongering that if Congress comes, the tribe of “infiltrators” and “those with more children” will be recipients of “redistributed assets”?

Early on during its wildcat strike on Israel on October 7 last year, Hamas carried out coordinated drone attacks on Israeli watchtowers and security cameras designed to blindfold the Israel Defense Forces’ surveillance of Gaza, making it easier for its armed assailants to infiltrate Israel and attack civilians in a daring raid.

The electorate turnout being down by 4 percent in the first phase of 2024 Lok Sabha election relative to phase 1 of 2019 has three distinct messages: first, voters have outright rejected Narendra Modi’s constricted rhetoric on polarisation of Hindu votes; second, youths have lost faith in Modi’s purple prose on soon-to-be-five-trillion-dollar-economy India; and third, registered their lack of faith in EVM ensuring a free and fair democratic mandate.

Lok Sabha election in Rajasthan would conclude in the second phase of election on April 26.BJP is contesting on its own with a belief that the party would be easily able to win all the 25 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state, but the party finds itself struggling with very aggressive concerted attack from INDIA bloc. Though three pre-poll surveys have predicted that BJP would win all the seats from the state, ground reality indicates the party seemed on the slippery ground on 9 seats, while on 3 others the party is finding itself in great difficulties in defending.

Despite her best efforts, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s elaborate campaign to project her Trinamool Congress (TMC) party as the strongest, most credible political alternative to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Assam, has once more run into trouble.

New Delhi: India's six Greco-Roman wrestlers produced a flop show as none of them could secure a Paris Olympics quota from the Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualifiers in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on Sunday.

New Delhi: Balraj Panwar earned the distinction of securing India’s first Paris Games quota in rowing as he finished third to claim the bronze medal in the single sculls (M1x) event at the Asian and Oceaninan Rowing Olympic Qualification Regatta, in Chungju, Korea on Sunday.

New Delhi: Hockey India on Sunday shortlisted 28 players for the three-week Men’s National Coaching Camp, which will conclude on13th May at the SAI Centre in Bengaluru.