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Hunger, chocolates & pleas: What happened before Karnataka floor test was put off again

Ruling Congress-JD(S) leaders wanted to adjourn the floor test in Karnataka assembly to Tuesday even as the BJP tried in vain to conduct it Monday.

Congress leaders upset as Rahul Gandhi goes missing again, skips Sheila Dikshit’s funeral

Congress president Rahul Gandhi, who resigned after the party’s debacle in the Lok Sabha elections, has been in the United States since last week.

Opposition slams Modi govt after Lok Sabha passes amendment to RTI Act

The Opposition said that this was an attempt to undermine the law and make the election panel a toothless tiger.

Piyush Goyal sparks Twitter storm after 2016 video of him reciting Kalma surfaces

Railways Minister Piyush Goyal recited the Kalma at an event attended by Muslims in Kolkata. An organiser says Goyal did it to break the ice with the audience.

‘Militants should target corrupt’ comment triggered by my anger on graft: Governor Malik

Satya Pal Malik said he should have refrained from making such a comment, but it did reflect his feelings.

Karnataka floor test today: 4 likely scenarios as Kumaraswamy govt faces trust vote

BJP claims it has the support of at least 19 legislators. The floor test will decide the fate of Kumaraswamy govt.

Party lines blur as Shah, Kejriwal, Gandhis attend ex-Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit’s funeral

The pouring rain did little to dampen the massive crowd that turned up to see the last rites of Dikshit, the popular three-term chief minister.

Mayawati has asked me to abstain from floor test, says lone BSP MLA in Karnataka

BSP MLA N Mahesh, however, says he will decide on his support to the coalition government after the floor test is conducted.

UP CM Adityanath meets families of Sonbhadra victims, hints at SP & Congress involvement

CM Yogi Adityanath, announced an enhanced compensation of Rs 18.5 lakh to the families of those killed, and said a report on an inquiry into the wrongdoings has been sought within 10 days.

Five things Arvind Kejriwal can learn from his predecessor Sheila Dikshit

Unlike the incumbent, the former chief minister had more than a working relationship with her bureaucrats & cordial ties with the Centre.

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Beijing is concerned about anti-China sentiment in India. New Delhi is focused on border

Chinese officials emphasised a desire to rejuvenate bilateral ties. Their advice? Don't make the border dispute the focal point; pursue economic relations with an open mindset.

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?