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‘Was insulted, had difficulty surviving’: Assam MP Pradyut Bordoloi joins BJP after quitting Congress

With the exit of Bordoloi, the Congress has lost one of its three Lok Sabha MPs from Assam, giving BJP a boost weeks before Assam polls.

Another blow to Congress as MP Pradyut Bordoloi joins BJP ahead of polls in Assam

Bordoloi said that the resignation stemmed from ‘multiple issues’ as opposed to a singular ticket allocation for the upcoming assembly elections.  

‘Modi may hurt his head if he doesn’t bow in Ram Mandir properly’—Vinay Katiyar eyes political comeback

In an interview with ThePrint, Katiyar, the poster boy of the Ram Janmabhoomi movement, says 'demand of supporters' has pushed him to be active on ground again.

Tamil Nadu polls: CPI gets 5 constituencies in seat-sharing deal with DMK

Congress has also reached an agreement for 28 seats. DMK had allocated a Rajya Sabha berth to Congress.

Congress 1st Kerala list out, but suspense lingers over Kannur & Konni, seats eyed by heavyweights

Kerala will go to polls to elect 140 members of the state assembly in early April. V.D. Satheesan and Sunny Joseph to defend their seats.

Cross-voting nearly cost Congress Haryana Rajya Sabha seat. Now its state president has quit

Ram Kishan Gujjar’s resignation comes amid speculation that his wife, Naraingarh MLA Shalley Chaudhary, was among five Congress MLAs who voted for BJP-backed independent Satish Nandal.

Time for India to rise as third force for peace in West Asia conflict, says Shashi Tharoor

In a interview with ThePrint, the Thiruvananthapuram MP also spoke about the UDF's prospects in Kerala, and key issues in the coming assembly polls.

It’s going to be Mamata vs Suvendu in Bhabhanipur. TMC releases candidate list for Bengal polls

TMC minister Chandrima Bhattacharya fielded from Dum Dum Uttar seat, MLA Madan Mitra from Kamarhati, Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim from Kolkata Port, Kunal Ghosh from Beleghata.

Day after Nitish’s Rajya Sabha win, his ‘comrade for half a century’ KC Tyagi quits JD(U)

The senior leader & former Rajya Sabha MP doesn't see much of a role for himself in the party anymore, with the BJP looking to install its own CM.

‘Traitors’: Congress expels 3 Odisha MLAs for ‘cross-voting’ in Rajya Sabha polls

Earlier, Congress issued show-cause notices to the MLAs after their public statements criticising the party's decision to join hands with BJD made it evident they would cross-vote.

On Camera

US pilot rescue in Iran must be seen more than war cost. Nation protects its warriors

A live American pilot paraded on Iranian state television would have been an intelligence windfall and a propaganda coup of historic proportions.

What to expect from China’s new 5-year plan—trade innovation, tensions with partners

ASEAN is struggling against a flood of 'underpriced Chinese goods', while Brazil has imposed anti-dumping duties on Chinese steel.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.