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Karnataka rebel MLA’s won’t withdraw resignations & say won’t attend Assembly

The Supreme Court directed that the 15 rebel Congress-JD(S) MLAs ought not to be compelled to take part in the proceedings of the Assembly.

Karnataka Speaker free to decide on MLA resignations, rules Supreme Court

The Supreme Court also said the 15 rebel MLAs should not be compelled to participate in the Karnataka Assembly's proceedings and the trust vote.

10 protests a day and counting – Mamata’s cut-money ‘clean-up’ is scorching TMC

Between 18 June and 14 July, Bengal villagers have led 278 protests to reclaim money they’ve paid as ‘cuts’ for welfare schemes.

Modi warns ministers against skipping Parliament, tells them to follow roster duties

Pulling up BJP members for absenteeism in Parliament, PM Modi said he wanted to be informed in case anyone was skipping session in either House.

BJP is banking on this engineer from RSS to build bridges with its ideological parent

New general secretary (organisation) and Sangh ideologue B.L. Santhosh will manage BJP’s southern expansion.

Economy last priority for politicians — Pranab Mukherjee agrees with Yashwant Sinha

Former President Pranab Mukherjee was speaking at the launch of ex-finance minister Yashwant Sinha’s book Relentless. 

Navjot Singh Sidhu sends resignation letter to Amarinder Singh a day after he quit as minister

Navjot Singh Sidhu has been upset over Punjab CM Amarinder Singh blaming him for the party’s poor performance in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

Senior BJP leader Kalraj Mishra to be Himachal governor, Acharya Devvrat moved to Gujarat

A Rashtrapati Bhavan press communique said the appointments of Mishra & Devvrat will come into effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective offices.

There is a new RSS ‘envoy’ in BJP. Here’s why the post is important

B.L. Santhosh has been appointed the general secretary (organisation) of BJP after the RSS recalled incumbent Ram Lal.

You don’t have majority & must resign immediately, Karnataka BJP tells CM Kumaraswamy

The state BJP has demanded the Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy immediately resign or seek a trust vote on Monday itself.

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Make it a Fundamental Right of every religionist to propagate, convert: TT Krishnamachari

On 6 December 1948, TT Krishnamachari spoke in the Constituent Assembly during a debate on Article 19, supporting it as it is, including how it's framed in the matter of religion.

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.

Iran’s Shahab-3, India’s Agni-1 to US’s Minuteman III—ballistic missile arsenals, who has what

Iran used Shahab-3, along with Fattah-1 hypersonic missiles, to attack Israel after the killing of Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah in air strikes on Lebanon's Beirut.

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?