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THE BOOSTER DOSE • Kejriwal’s release from jail has given a fillip to the AAP’s campaign in Delhi and Punjab. Even the INDIA bloc hopes to benefit from the return of this popular Opposition leader

BJP’s Go-to Man in Bengal • Suvendu Adhikari, the most popular Opposition leader, is rallying resources to defeat the TMC and carry the momentum into 2026

SHADES OF SAFFRON • The BJP has declared 445 Lok Sabha candidates so far, its biggest contingent yet. But casting the net so wide comes with consequences—a third of them are not even a decade-old in the party. Add to that the clutch of ex-royals, ex-bureaucrats, actors and celebrities, and the saffron party resembles what one insider called a “rainbow coalition”. What this does to the party’s essence is a question for tomorrow. Right now, Modi and Co. are bent on using every resource available to ensure the conquest of India is complete

The Omelette That Wasn’t

BREAK TIME

SELLING THE AMERICAN DREAM

Flower Power

The New Star Pracharak (SP)

CAPITAL OF CUTTACK, ANYONE?

GAPPI VERSUS PAPPI

“I’ll protect the Constitution with my life”

THE MUSLIM FACTOR • FRAGMENTED IN THE PAST, THE COMMUNITY’S VOTE SEEMS TO BE CONSOLIDATING IN THIS GENERAL ELECTION, IMPACTING RESULTS IN 86 CONSTITUENCIES

THE STATE OF MUSLIMS • THE 12 STATES AND 3 UNION TERRITORIES WHERE MUSLIMS FORM AT LEAST 20 PER CENT OF THE POPULATION AND WHOSE VOTE COULD INFLUENCE OUTCOMES IN 86 SEATS

INSIDE THE MUSLIM MIND • THE MUSLIM RESPONSE DIFFERED CONSIDERABLY FROM THE NATIONAL OPINION ON SEVERAL KEY ISSUES IN THE FEBRUARY 2024 INDIA TODAY MOOD OF THE NATION POLL

WHICH WAY DO MUSLIMS TILT • HOW THE COMMUNITY VOTES, HOW THE PARTIES FIELD THEM AND HOW MANY GET ELECTED TO THE LOK SABHA

SOREN BANKS ON SYMPATHY • THE RULING COMBINE IS HOPING THE FORMER CM’S ARREST TRIGGERS A TRIBAL BACKLASH AGAINST THE BJP, WHICH IN TURN IS TRYING TO PAINT THE ED ACTION AS EVIDENCE OF THEIR CORRUPTION

STRIKE, COUNTER-STRIKE

KALPANA SOREN RISES TO THE OCCASION • Following her husband’s arrest, she has become the public face of the party

RACE FOR THE MAXIMUM CITY • IN INDIA’S FINANCIAL CAPITAL, A HIGH-STAKES ELECTORAL BATTLE BREWS AS MAHARASHTRA’S RULING MAHAYUTI AND ITS OPPONENT MVA VIE FOR SUPREMACY

THE MUMBAI WAR ZONE • Prominent contestants in the city’s metropolitan region

“THE BJP WILL SOON BE THE OPPOSITION PARTY” • Despite receiving overtures, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Aaditya Thackeray rules out any future alliance with the BJP. In a candid chat with Dhaval S. Kulkarni, Thackeray also talks about PM Modi, Hindutva, the TINA factor and Sena defectors asking to return. Edited excerpts

Return of the Husain Saga • The late M.F. Husain returns to Venice in Biennale season with an exhibition of paintings and a high-tech immersive video experience that animates his legacy

Surround Show • The...