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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.

In voting math for Haryana RS seats, near-misses for BJP & hard truths for Congress—despite win for both

What began as a routine two-seat election to Rajya Sabha turned into a midnight drama of cancelled ballots, EC scrutiny and voting patterns likely to have left the Congress unsettled.

Uddhav Sena goes its own way on Maharashtra Bill seeking to curb ‘unlawful’ conversions

MVA partners Congress, NCP-SP continue to oppose ‘intent' of proposed legislation, without directly declaring whether they support or oppose it. Discussion on the Bill began Monday.

Rajya Sabha polls: BJP’s Sanjay Bhatia, Congress’s Karamvir Boudh elected; CM congratulates

Chandigarh: BJP's Sanjay Bhatia and Congress party's Karamvir Singh Boudh have been declared elected to two Rajya Sabha seats in keenly watched elections, officials...

Scuffle breaks out between BJD and BJP MLAs during Rajya Sabha poll voting in Odisha

Naveen Patnaik also claims election rules were violated after a Brahmagiri MLA was issued a second ballot paper.

Kerala polls: BJP fields Chandrasekhar, Muraleedharan as tight fights loom in Thiruvananthapuram

BJP releases first list with 47 candidates, including George Kurian and Padmaja Venugopal. BJP fancies its chances in Nemom, Kazhakkoottam, and Palakkad.

TDP’s Eluru MP, who tested positive for meth after Hyderabad farmhouse drug bust, put on notice

Putta Mahesh Kumar told to distance himself from party activities until police clear his name. He was detained with 11 politicians & businessmen from farmhouse belonging to a BRS ex-MLA.

BJP 1st Bengal list out: Suvendu to fight for Mamata’s current seat & one where he defeated her in 2021

Among other prominent BJP leaders in the state, former MP and state president Dilip Ghosh will contest from Kharagpur Sadar, while Agnimitra Paul has been fielded from Asansol South.

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Syringes, MRI to ventilators, West Asia war squeezing India’s medical supply chain—costs up 10 to 50%

Industry says manufacturers have 2-4 weeks of buffer stocks, but prolonged disruption could push up shortage risks, especially of consumables like IV and syringes.

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.