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After bumper season, Punjab targets increasing land under cotton cultivation by 25%
By Vishal Joshi | Hindustan Times, Bathinda
UPDATED ON MAR 08, 2020 11:11 PM IST
This success comes in the backdrop of a bad 2015 season, when whitefly epidemic ravaged cotton crop in the state; almost 66% of the crop was hit

India’s bitterly fought poll becomes the world’s most expensive: Report
By Bibhudatta Pradhan and Shivani Kumaresan | Bloomberg
UPDATED ON JUN 04, 2019 04:55 PM IST
About $6.5 billion was spent ‘during the US presidential and congressional races in 2016, according to OpenSecrets.org, which tracks money in American politics.

TDP to launch mass campaign to highlight Centre’s ‘betrayal’ over special status to Andhra Pradesh
By Srinivasa Rao Apparasu | Hindustan Times, Hyderabad
UPDATED ON MAR 10, 2018 03:14 PM IST
The Chandrababu Naidu-led TDP will release a booklet in three languages — Telugu, Hindi and English — that will list the implementation status of the promises made in 2014. It will be circulated among the friendly parties outside the state to “expose” the NDA.