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Though farmers of 13 villages in Devanahalli taluk, abutting Bengaluru, have been protesting for over two years against the proposed acquisition of their land for an industrial project, no politician visited the protest site until the elections. Shreyas H.S. The Hindu spoke to the farmers about what they want from political leaders

Byju's implements weekly revenue-based payments for sales staff due to cash shortage. Employees receive a percentage of generated revenue till at least May 21, with performance pressure and potential payout suspension for underperformance.

Centre informs Supreme Court of lack of control over CBI, opposing West Bengal's Article 131 suit on CBI probes. Legal battle continues with Tushar Mehta and Kapil Sibal presenting arguments.

Deputy CM Ajit Pawar expressed regrets for not splitting from Sharad Pawar in 2004, citing historical family conflicts. He emphasized NCP's missed CM opportunity, leading to alliance with BJP and Shiv Sena for country's progress.

The police said it had received an input that terrorist outfit Ansar Gazwat-Ul-Hind, an offshoot of ISIS/ISKP, was trying to revive its cadres in Kashmir

Cash worth ₹60 lakh, hidden in cloth-labelled sacks, was seized from Nagpur-Mumbai Duronto Express by RPF at CST. Central Railway overlooked X-ray scan, involving a Gujarat-based businessman and suspected hawala channel with hidden currency notes.

Srinivas V arrested for murdering wife Jayalakshmi in Bengaluru after a dispute over money. Incident on April 29 with the body hidden in a water sump. Daughter discovered the crime, leading to Srinivas's confession.

Leh and Kargil districts had pitched their own candidates for the Ladakh seat ahead of the polls

PM Modi Thursday slammed an INDIA bloc constituent’s call for “vote jihad” as “an insult to democracy and Constitution”. PM said he found the remark of Maria Alam, SP candidate and niece of Congress veteran Salman Khurshid, at a rally in UP all the more shocking as it came “from a person belonging to an educated Muslim family and not someone who studied in a madrassa”.

Job creation, green-fuelled public mobility services and reducing logistics costs are the need of the hour to achieve the five trillion dollar economy goal, he says

The YSRCP is spreading false propaganda about the joint manifesto that has the full support of the BJP, says Lanka Dinakar

While Shivraj Singh Chouhan is returning to his traditional Vidisha constituency after 20 years, Digvijaya Singh is contesting from his home turf Rajgarh after 30 years

Priyanka Gandhi, who is the Congress national general secretary, responded strongly on Thursday to the BJP's accusation. The accusation claimed that former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi eliminated inheritance tax in 1985 to avoid sharing a portion of the wealth he received following the passing of his mother, Indira Gandhi. “My father inherited martyrdom,” she said at an election rally in MP’s Morena.

Earlier this week, pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca admitted in a U.K. court that its COVID-19 vaccine had the potential to cause TTS, a rare side effect associated with blood clotting

Though he has friends and admirers across political parties, Dr. Mohapatra has chosen the BJP in order to align with a national party

The number of cases had shot up due to overlap, several duplicate FIRs for the same incident and thousands of Zero FIRs, says official; CM Biren Singh appeals to people to surrender weapons

May 3 is the last date of filing nominations for the two key seats in Uttar Pradesh.

‘Aravalli is a natural barrier. If we lose the Aravalli, we invite the arid, dry climate to enter from Afghanistan and Pakistan,’ the court’s amicus curiae said