‘Yogi not listening to PM’: Row over CM attending event to shift Ram Lalla during lockdown
Yogi Adityanath attends an event to shift Lord Ram Lalla within temple site in Ayodhya. Congress calls the move mockery of rules, UP govt says no norms violated.
What Omar Abdullah’s release means for Kashmir, PDP rebels and Mehbooba Mufti
Omar Abdullah, who celebrated his 50th birthday on 10 March, was finally released Tuesday after 8 months in detention.
Shivraj Chouhan elected BJP legislature leader, to take oath as MP CM tonight
The decision to be sworn-in late Monday night was taken to ensure there is a government in place to tackle the coronavirus outbreak, says senior BJP leader.
Karnataka govt bans crowds due to COVID-19 but refuses to call off assembly session
Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa insists that calling off the session would send a wrong signal of fear & anxiety even as opposition seeks an adjournment.
Happy if Rahul returns as Congress chief else Priyanka should take over: Mani Shankar Aiyar
Mani Shankar Aiyar, a senior Congress leader, also says no space in the party to express views and so Congress should hold camps like it did at Pachmarhi in 1998.
Once highly influential, these 3 Bihar leaders now find no takers ahead of polls
Jitan Ram Manjhi, Upendra Kushwaha & Mukesh Sahani are still part of RJD-Congress grand alliance, 6 months before polls. But things are looking bleak for them.
Dushyant Singh & Vasundhara Raje, who partied with Kanika Kapoor, test negative for COVID-19
Both Raje and Singh had gone into self-isolation after attending a party with Bollywood singer Kanika Kapoor, who tested positive for coronavirus Friday.
At least 8 ministries for Congress rebels, Shivraj as leader — what BJP has planned for MP
On the verge of a floor test, Congress accepted the resignations of 16 rebel MLAs and Kamal Nath quit as CM, paving the way for BJP’s return in MP.
The CPI(M) leader who tripped party boss Sitaram Yechury to enter Rajya Sabha
Yechury appears to have lost out due to his proximity to the Congress and as a result of his feud with former party general secretary Prakash Karat.
Chidambaram, Tharoor lead Congress support for PM’s COVID-19 speech, but with a caveat
While former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi has yet to react to the PM’s address, many of his party colleagues offered support to his ‘call for solidarity’.
With the anti-poor lockdown, BJP is back to its upper caste, middle class, urban roots
Demonetisation’s political gain was to rebrand the BJP as a pro-poor party. The poorly implemented coronavirus lockdown is undoing that image.
Jails give Covid-19 parole: Can overstretched govt track prisoners’ movement and behaviour?
Prisons across India have begun to release inmates on parole after the Supreme Court directed to decongest jails to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Defence
Ready to operate beyond mandate to fight the pandemic: CDS Bipin Rawat
In interview to ThePrint, Rawat also says Quick Reaction Medical Teams (QRMTs) have been readied to mobilise at short notice to meet the requirements of civil administration.
Modi’s India isn’t Mao’s China. Silly forecasts assume we’ll let corona kill millions of us
There are many scary scenarios about how badly we Indians may be affected or how many killed by Covid-19. But they presume we will do nothing to influence our fates.