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Congress is well set to win majority of the 14 Karnataka Lok Sabha seats that are scheduled for poll in the second phase of Lok Sabha election on April 26. . For the BJP, the campaigning in this southern state is showing acute factionalism and open fighting among the senior leaders. As against this, the Congress is solidly united under the dual leadership of the chief minister and the deputy chief minister.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: There is no mistaking it. The Left Democratic Front(LDF) has a clear edge in the election campaign for the Lok Sabha from Kerala. No wonder, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is seeing a pro-LDF wave in the State. Almost all pre-poll survey have also predicted LDF victory in majority of 20 seats in Kerala scheduled for polling on April 26.

If the mood of the common people is any indicator, it can safely be said that the Bihari voters do not appear to have rejected the five pillars of justice (nyay patra) of Rahul Gandhi. But of course, what has badly struck the people is the utter lack of initiative and showing least interest in electioneering by the state Congress leaders.

Diabetic Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is feasting on mangoes is an Enforcement Directorate discovery. Call it investigation. The ED has the reputation of a high rate of conviction and Kejriwal carries high levels of blood sugar. The Enforcement Directorate has been snooping into Kejriwal's tiffin box and a special judge is now hearing the case. Not the money laundering charge, but the culinary outrage being linked to Delhi's mango-man.

In a historic development in Chile, a young Communist Party Deputy Karol Cariola was elected as the new President of the 155 member chamber of deputies on Monday after winning by 76 to 75 votes in a gruelling fight between the combined Left and the Right. The right wing parties have a majority in the chamber with 78 members as against 76 of the left wing coalition headed by the Marxist president Gabriel Boric, but in the final voting, the Left nominee won by just one vote.

On February 14 this year, Washington D.C. was filled with discussions about a potential Russian space weapon. Mike Turner, who leads the House Intelligence Committee, called on the White House to release information about this weapon, describing it as a significant threat to national security. Reports from U.S. media suggest it involves a Russian nuclear system related to space, which hasn't been deployed yet, but could pose a risk to U.S. and allied satellites.

LONDON: Britain is drifting towards a general election later this year that is increasingly resembling a slow bicycle race. Opinion Poll released on April 18 shows satisfaction with both Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer falling — both have far more voters dissatisfied with them than happy. This is scarcely surprising. Britain’s social problems are piling up and the country is drifting into escalating international conflict, yet neither offers any solutions.

New Delhi: Just three months before the start of quardengular sporting extravaganza, Indian athletics suffered a big blow with ace long jumper Murali Sreeshankar ruling himself out for the entire season, including the Paris Olympics, after sustaining a knee injury during training.

New Delhi: Seventeen Indian wrestlers led by Vinesh Phogat and Aman Sehrawat will be on the hunt for quotas at the Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualifiers for Paris which starts in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan from Friday.

The 18th Lok Sabha elections in India begin on April 19 with polling in 102 constituencies in the first phase. The seven phase polls covering 90 crore voters out of around 142 crore total population of the country, will end on June 1 after polling is over in 543 Lok Sabha constituencies. The results will be declared on June 4 after which it will be clear whether the Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is heading the campaign on behalf of the ruling BJP as also the NDA, will be getting his third consecutive term after getting majority in the new Lok Sabha.