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‘Katta, Kroorta, Katuta, Kushasan & Corruption’: BJP’s five-word definition for Opposition in Bihar

PM Modi, taking as swipe at the RJD-Congress alliance during an election rally in Bihar, said “where there is 'katta’, where cruelty reigns, there the law breaks down”.

His call for AIADMK unification ignored, ex-minister Sengottaiyan joins hands with rebels OPS, TTV

Chennai: Senior AIADMK leader and former minister K.A. Sengottaiyan, who had last month called for the unification of all breakaway factions of the party,...

Polls on horizon, Pinarayi govt makes big moves—hikes in pension & ASHA workers’ honorarium, new schemes

LDF eyes hat-trick win in 2026 assembly elections, with Kerala also set to witness local body polls in December. For the new steps, the govt will incur expenditure of Rs 10,000 cr.

Karpoori Thakur: The convenient resurrection of Bihar’s Jannayak

New Delhi: About 55 years ago, Gokul Thakur, a barber by caste and profession, was lying unwell in his home in Pitaunjhia village of...

BJP hits back at Rahul Gandhi over ‘PM Modi will dance for votes’ remark at Bihar poll rally

On Rahul's remarks at poll rally in Muzaffarpur, BJP spokesperson says Lok Sabha LoP has 'no agenda other than abusing the Prime Minister'.

Rise of Murlidhar Mohol, Modi’s minister & former wrestler now grappling with Jain land row

BJP is keeping its distance from the controversy involving Murlidhar Mohol as it finds itself dealing with weight of alliance and risk of alienating Jains, a traditional support base.

‘Even his son sees him as villain’: Bihar deputy CM on Lalu’s absence from Mahagatbandhan presser

Samrat Choudhary said that first the people of Bihar saw Lalu Yadav as a villain, now even RJD and Mahagathbandhan see the former CM as a villain.

‘Centre poaching firms from Karnataka for BJP states with no tech ecosystem’—Priyank Kharge doubles down

Priyank Kharge’s comments came amid his war of words with Andhra IT Minister Nara Lokesh & Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over the Centre's preferential treatment.

In race to win over Jeevika Didis, Tejashwi’s Bihar manifesto looks to one up NDA with big promise

Mahagathbandhan manifesto also promises restoration of OPS for govt employees, Rs 2,500 per month to eligible women under Mai-Bahin Maa Yojana, toddy exemption for prohibition law.

BJP’s woes are piling up in Tripura. Tensions with TIPRA, infighting rock Manik Saha govt

New Delhi: Over the past few weeks, the ruling BJP in Tripura has been rocked by a series of controversies that have not only put...

On Camera

Shah Rukh Khan’s India is about love, not hate. Chak De! India to My Name Is Khan

This year, Jawan and The Kerala Story both won National Awards. The irony was impossible to miss. One critiqued the system, the other endorsed its narratives. The dichotomy says more about India’s cultural schizophrenia than any film review ever could.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.