Security situation comfortable in Jammu and Kashmir, we want polls to be held: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at ET Roundtable.

Says talks with China progressive, Pakistan non issue as terrorism has been vanquished.

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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh speaks on the security situation and political issues dominating current elections.

Says opposition should be worried about low voter turnout.

Confident of achieving NDA target of 400 seats.

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What voters told ET reporters across states on the dipping turnout:-

Pure disillusionment with parties & candidates to heat, clash with harvest timings and yes….a Friday poll day allowing that long weekend getaway….

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Episode 3 from the The Economic Times special #election series: Polls on my pod.

Host Nidhi deciphers everyone’s biggest worry in these polls: a low voter turnout. Main reasons: growing voter apathy towards the #electoral process and the incoming #heatwave .…

As #India moves to #Phase2 of the 2024 #elections , concerns arise over the low #VoterTurnout . Join Nidhi on TMB’s ‘Polls On My Pod' series along with C L Manoj,Kumar Anshuman, Jatin Takkar & Anubhuti Vishnoi to dissect this crucial issue 🗳️ tinyurl.com/2xjuoxr4

Lok Sabha elections 2024 take off

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Harsh truth: Those you’d give your life for, might not care about you and those who you defend all the time may stab you when they find a chance.
Life’s real lesson- Giving doesn’t always mean receiving!

In Nagpur, also known as the second capital of Maharashtra. BJP relying om Union Minister Nitin Gadkari’s personal connect verses Cong candidate efforts of consolidating votes on caste and religion lines. ET Politics

400 सीट में से एक कम हो जायेगा तो मोदी जी को क्या फ़र्क़ पड़ेगा। मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर के नावला गाँव में एक वोटर ने कहा। Modi Magic intact but local factors making it a contest for the BJP in Muzaffarnagar. I write.
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ET on the poll trail with ground reports, constituency profiles and key developments.

Stories today by Kumar Anshuman
Sanjay Singh Hakeem Irfan Rashid Jayatri Nag Rakesh Mohan Chaturvedi Nidhi C L Manoj
Jatin Takkar Bikash Singh

In 1971, a 6-year-old boy saw a cyclone ravaging Odisha's coast. His village spent a year without their staple food—rice. This boy grew up to become the 'Cyclone Man of India'. Watch India Meteorological Department chief Mrutyunjay Mohapatra discuss his life, #Weather & science with PTI editors.

Dance, music and eating together.....that's how Nagpur celebrates Dr Ambedkar's birth anniversary. Very vibrant dalit movement.

#SalmanKhan security alert, gun shot fired outside the house. Jailed #LawrenceBishoi role suspected.

The NIA India in its multiple csheet has stated that the gangster-terrorist nexus is akin to underworld gang led by #DawoodIbrahim in 1990s.

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Ministries work on major plans -- from trimming ministries, bringing more sr citizens under some pension, reducing share of undertrials in jails & jail occupancy rate, increasing women's share in police force to 25% to reducing pendency of court cases. My report in The Times Of India

Katchatheevu: A regular item on Indo-Sri Lankan conversations including at highest political levels - I write with ⁦Jatin Takkar⁩ ⁦ET Politics⁩ m.economictimes.com/news/india/kat…

“The 1974 Indo-Sri Lankan Agreement is binding under the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 1969 (VCLT).
The bilateral treaty with Sri Lanka does not have provisions for either withdrawal or termination. Under Article 56 of the VCLT, it stands then that India cannot

Temporary relief to commuters due to Lok Sabha polls...Hike in Toll rate on NH is deferred for two months. My report. EC allowed deferment following an earlier precedence...
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