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In poll-bound Assam, ‘Justice for Zubeen’ remains a deeply emotive issue—with fading political weight

People have not stopped grieving the singer’s death. While parties promise justice for him, the matter has not quite translated into an electoral fault line that could shape poll outcomes.

Kerala: CPI(M) facing novel issues but no crisis, says KK Shailaja on rebels. ‘Party not sidelining me’

In interview with ThePrint, Kerala’s ex-health minister, who is contesting assembly polls from Peravoor, speaks about her party, ‘brave’ CM Vijayan & Congress’s ‘cheap propaganda’.

DMK to contest 164 seats, Congress 28. Stalin-led ruling party fields over 60 first-timers

The DMK released its candidate list, which includes 60 first-time faces, 18 women and 5 Muslim candidates.

Mamata says ECI transferred officers by breaking convention. What former ECs say on the norm

Soon after announcing assembly poll schedule Sunday, Election Commission transferred 44 IAS, IPS, other civil servants in 4 states, including Bengal, ‘without consulting state govt’.

Congress 1st Kerala list out, but suspense lingers over Kannur & Konni, seats eyed by heavyweights

Kerala will go to polls to elect 140 members of the state assembly in early April. V.D. Satheesan and Sunny Joseph to defend their seats.

Who is ‘unseen CM’ Vem Narender Reddy, Congress’s Telangana Rajya Sabha pick from 15 contenders

Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy's long-time friend & political associate Vem Narender Reddy has trumped senior Congress leaders who were eyeing a spot in the Upper House of the Parliament.

Who is Christopher Tilak, Congress’s unusual choice for Rajya Sabha seat in Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu will hold biennial elections for six Rajya Sabha seats on 16 March. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge’s nomination of Christopher Tilak has caught many by surprise.

‘How many votes did you get?’ SC raps Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj for plea seeking Bihar repoll

The party chose to withdraw the plea, with liberty to approach Patna High Court, after Supreme Court questioned why the party had not approached the HC.

On Bengal voter rolls, ‘parent with 389 kids, a grandparent younger than 40’. EC defends SIR in SC

The EC appeared in court in response to a slew of petitions by Trinamool Congress, alleging severe irregularities in the West Bengal SIR exercise.

BMC poll results: Why the Thackerays need to look beyond the ‘Marathi Manoos’ plank

In the BMC elections, Shiv Sena (UBT) secured 65 seats, while the MNS won six, falling far behind the majority mark in the 227-member corporation.

On Camera

This is how Strait of Hormuz shock is forcing a global trade reset

The current Iran war has laid bare a fundamental reality: 20 per cent of global energy trade cannot afford to rely on a single artery, no matter how resilient and cost-effective.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.