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In a country led for years by a woman both major parties have long pledged backing for laws to reserve a third of parliamentary seats for women

“Our vision is of a new India that will be in tune with its glorious past,” Modi said to roars of approval from the crowd who waved BJP flags

So far, authorities have confiscated 4.4 million litres of liquor and 1.5 billion rupees ($21.8 million) in cash considered suspicious

PM Khan, while holding informal talks with the journalists, said that the United States, which always maintained rhetoric of 'do more', was now praising Pakistan.

The firebrand chief minister of West Bengal state, Mamata Banerjee, and Mayawati, a former Uttar Pradesh chief minister - are also plotting to unseat Modi’s ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) coalition by forming big opposition groupings

Rahul Gandhi, who the polls show is closing in on Modi’s lead in the election due by May, said the job report showed “a national disaster”