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Rahul Gandhi has taken a backseat, but his team is running Congress show

Despite getting flak for ‘misleading’ Rahul Gandhi in the 2019 campaign, most members of his team continue to play important roles in Congress. 

Mamata says 10 lakh people called her helpline, but here’s how many actually got help

The Mamata Banerjee administration in Bengal has launched two helplines since June, including the much-publicised Didi Ke Bolo.

BJP MPs will head back to villages to revive India’s ‘dying festivals’

To begin with, the party is experimenting with the idea in Uttarakhand where MP Anil Baluni is set to celebrate Igaas Bagwal in his village on 8 November.

AAP govt schemes have shielded Delhi from pinch of economic slowdown, says CM Kejriwal

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said as someone from a trader's background, he understood the pain of an economic slowdown, and appealed to the Centre to stem the "recession".

Over Rs 400 crore of donations to national parties unaccounted for, BJP worst offender: ADR

An ADR report says parties didn't provide PAN details of donors for Rs 438.96 crore over the past 5 years, in violation of a 2013 Supreme Court ruling.

Kamal Haasan says no ‘Shah, Samrat’ must renege on promise to not impose Hindi

Actor-politician Kamal Haasan's remarks follow Home Minister Amit Shah saying efforts will be made to expand Hindi to different parts of the country.

Haryana journalist booked at ‘behest’ of BJP minister after report on rotten grain storage

Anoop Kundu has been booked nearly two months after reporting on mishandling of foodgrains at a government warehouse in Uklana. Officials assure fair probe.

Private players to be game changers as govt plans J&K projects: Governor Malik’s advisor

In an interview to ThePrint, Farooq Khan, Advisor to J&K Governor, says 90% Kashmiris didn’t know what Article 370 was, local leaders misused it.

Why senior BJP leader Sushil Modi is under attack from his own partymen in Bihar

His aides see a 'caste angle' as Bihar Deputy CM Sushil Modi faces backlash from members of BJP after his tweet.

Nirmala Sitharaman clueless in dealing with economic slowdown, says Congress

The Congress Saturday alleged that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's latest steps to boost the economy are cosmetic and piecemeal.

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Haryana win is redemption, J&K defeat is vindication. BJP is walking out of Lok Sabha poll fog

A leader's charisma is a big plus. But don't underestimate the craft of mounting an election campaign. Haryana is BJP's reward for mastering it. All-round participation and peaceful polling in J&K too is a win.

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

‘Nightmare at Chennai Marina’: 4 dead, 96 hospitalised after pandemonium at packed IAF air show

Lakhs of people were stranded at beach in heat as crowd control measures apparently failed. At least 14 lakh people were in attendance though police had expected around 10 lakh.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?