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Maharashtra elections the focus of Sonia Gandhi’s first meeting as interim Congress chief

Maharashtra Congress leaders told Sonia Gandhi that the party should put up heavyweight candidates against BJP bigwigs like CM Devendra Fadnavis.

Fadnavis gets poll makeover as caring brother — BJP wants 21 lakh women to send him rakhis

Maharashtra BJP Mahila Morcha has launched ‘Shakti Samman Mahotsav’ to reach out to as many women as possible ahead of the assembly elections.

Talk of split in Haryana Congress as former CM Hooda plans big show of strength at Rohtak

Former Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda and his son Deepender have planned a Parivartan Maha Rally on 18 August. No senior Congress leader from Delhi is invited.

Kumaraswamy tapped our phones, allege rebel Karnataka MLAs, urge BJP to speed up induction

The rebel MLAs say H.D. Kumaraswamy wanted to ‘blackmail’ them into supporting his JD(S)-Congress govt in Karnataka. Former CM denies charge.

Elections done, BJP quietly buries NRC promise in West Bengal for now

Implementation of the National Register of Citizens in West Bengal was one of BJP's chief poll planks, especially in the northern parts of the state bordering Bangladesh.

Unlike BJP, which has just one voice, Congress gives every voice importance: Priyanka Gandhi

Congress general secretary Priyanaka Gandhi, who visited Sonbhadra a month after the state govt stopped her, said the scrapping of Article 370 was done in an 'unconstitutional manner'.

BJP uses its favourite defection strategy to breach final northeast frontier Sikkim

With 10 of 13 Sikkim Democratic Front MLAs joining BJP, the party has now become the main opposition in a state where it traditionally had no foothold.

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh files nomination for Rajya Sabha seat from Rajasthan

Manmohan Singh was a member of the Upper House from Assam for almost three decades, up until 14 June this year.

Real ‘Dangal’ stars, wrestler Babita Phogat & father Mahavir join BJP

Joining the BJP just ahead of the Haryana assembly election, the party believes the induction of Phogats will help it politically in the poll-bound state.

Biggest challenge for Lalu Yadav now is how to handle sons Tejashwi and Tej Pratap

Younger son Tejashwi has refused to come out of political exile despite Lalu's pleas while Tej Pratap's divorce threatens to tarnish family reputation.

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Dear Indian women, leave your fundamental rights at the wedding altar

How have we arrived in 2024, where summarily divorcing your wife can land you in jail, but sexually assaulting her will not?

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?