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Now, Siddaramaiah’s Krishi Bhagya scheme under probe, Yediyurappa govt says funds ‘misused’

With a few other schemes launched by the previous regimes already being probed, opposition Congress is alleging vendetta politics.

Accused of rape again, BJP’s UP strongman Chinmayanand always had a ‘loose’ reputation

Chinmayanand, accused by a law student of rape & sexual assault, faced a rape case in 2011 too but the charges were withdrawn.

How Kejriwal’s AAP moved from ‘politics of change’ to counting on religion to win voters

As Delhi elections near, AAP focus has turned to religion — be it Ravidas protests or tirth yatras — a far cry from 2017 when health, education were its poll agendas.

Kejriwal’s report card — how Delhi’s AAP govt fared on its 70 manifesto promises from 2015

Ahead of the Delhi assembly polls, Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP govt is on an announcement spree. But how many of its 2015 promises has it actually managed to fulfil?

Mayawati calls off alliance with JJP ahead of Haryana assembly polls

The BSP said it did not agree with the seat-sharing formula proposed in the agreement with JJP's Dushyant Chautala.

BJP gets ready to win over Telangana with ‘Hyderabad Mukti Divas’ celebration

BJP will mark 17 September — day state of Hyderabad became part of Indian Union — as ‘Hyderabad Mukti Divas’. Plans include first big Amit Shah rally.

Alka Lamba does a ‘ghar wapsi’, becomes first AAP leader in Delhi to join Congress

Alka Lamba, who left Congress for AAP in 2013, says she had never strayed too far from the Congress' ideology.

Delhi BJP has a problem as assembly polls near — poor performance of municipal bodies

BJP controls all three municipal corporations in Delhi, but leaders are worried their performance hasn’t been good enough to counter AAP’s sops.

FIR filed against former Chhattisgarh CM Ajit Jogi over fake caste certificate

The case was registered following a complaint by BJP leader Sameera Paikra who claimed that Ajit Jogi had allegedly obtained a fake caste certificate in 1967.

No Arun Jaitley or Prashant Kishor by his side, Nitish Kumar struggles to deal with BJP

The latest among the host of issues that have triggered rifts between the BJP and the JD(U) is the former’s demand for an NRC in Bihar.

On Camera

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?