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Poll diary: Time to appease the Gods

Election time forces candidates, friends and family to seek divine intervention.

'Ram temple politics has ended!'

'The political fallout of the verdict on national politics is pregnant with incredible opportunities.' 'Post-judgment politics can change the ground rules of election campaigning in the coming decades,' says Sheela Bhatt

'India, Russia have a commonality of views'

'Russia is not out to violate what they see as their international obligations.' India's Ambassador to Russia Kanwar Sibal in an exclusive interview.

'The Congress is no match for Modi'

'Modi is now realising what kind of damage he has done to his image after 2002,' says social activist Achyut Yagnik.

'We cannot manage rising expectations'

'People are so much more aware of what is what. There is no degree of passivity today,' says National Security Adviser M K Narayanan.

Veerasami is vintage Rajendar

Veerasami is vintage Rajendar.

Plea from across the LoC

'Politicians have to stand tall in a crisis'

'It is the moment where compassion and empathy must supersede our identity, politics, or our ambitions.'

'The Taliban have returned'

'Their offices are in Pakistan. Some of their hideouts are in Pakistan,' says Afghan envoy Masood Khalili.

'Not one rupee has come to states to fight COVID'

'The stimulus packages, sector reliefs, loans etc are coming to industry, but state governments have not got any money from GST, no money from excise, no money from any income source.'

'COVID-19 may impact Chinese politics'

'There are reports of political dissent mounting on Xi Jinping's handling of the Wuhan fallout.'

'Begin a gradual lifting of the lockdown'

'...Where there is clearly no evidence of community transmission, letting life return to normal in those districts while continuing to rigorously control the spread of the infection.'

'The complexity of India is most appealing'

Mumbai gets country's first suburban AC local train

The train, operated by the Western Railway, began its journey at 10.32 am from Borivili station in the north of the city to Churchgate in south Mumbai.

'We can't build nation with 19th century mindset'

'What more do the upper castes want?'

'The world has been transformed into a huge laboratory'

'Hopefully, people will understand that, beyond medical vaccination plans, in the future we will also need to implement some 'social inoculation' plans.'

Delhi: Congress, BJP trade charges

Dear Melania, know the Amdavad that welcomes you!

As Melania Trump arrives in Ahmedabad, Sheela Bhatt offers the First Lady Of The United States a primer on one of India's oldest, and historic, cities.

Exclusive interview with National Security Adviser

'We have shown them what we are going to do. That we are willing to separate the civilian and military nuclear establishments.'National Security Adviser M K Narayanan in an exclusive interview.

'India was the greatest wastage of manpower'

India's economic growth does not match its intellectual prowess, but now the government and the private sector are waking up, says Hong Kong tycoon Ronnie Chan.