Modi is expected to comfortably win his seat, but the margin of victory could reveal how his party is doing nationally. Varanasi, India – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a reputation for mounting spectacular road shows replete with a fawning audience showering petals of marigold flowers on him. But as Varanasi gets ready to vote on June 1 in …
With just over a week to go for the 226-member assembly in Karnataka for elections and the campaigning has been going on a huge scale. Now, it is reported that a brawl broke out between Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress workers at Bommanahalli in Bengaluru. Congress supporters of party candidate Umapathy Srinivas Gowda, who is contesting in the constituency, have …
There are lots for many Indians to cheer for in this Budget—especially in headline-grabbing sectors such as capex outlay and personal income tax alleviation—but Indian crafts and handloom lovers specifically have two reasons to rejoice this time. And the other is Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s ode to India’s amazing handloom and handicrafts by wearing a custom-made deep madder red silk …
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