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Kunal Kamra row: Maharashtra CM Fadnavis says legal action will be taken, demands apology from comic

Kamra had called Dy CM Eknath Shinde a 'traitor' during a comedy set. Meanwhile, Opposition questioned law & order situation after Shiv Sena members vandalised venue in Mumbai.

Angry letter to a pending resignation, how the Bhajan Lal govt is facing heat from BJP MLAs

Agriculture Minister Kirodi Lal Meena & BJP MLAs Rewant Ram Danga & Vishvaraj Singh Mewar have put the Rajasthan govt in a spot, but Bhajan Lal can't rein them in.

Eye on local, assembly polls & ‘new Kerala’ aspiration, BJP names Rajeev Chandrasekhar new state chief

Chandrasekhar is set to replace K. Surendran, the party head in Kerala since 2020, following factionalism in the state BJP unit during the Palakkad by-poll.

‘Decolonise the mind, fight distorted narratives’—RSS’s Dattatreya Hosabale in wake of Nagpur unrest

Speaking in Bengaluru at Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha, the RSS General Secretary referred to Aurangzeb's return to mainstream political discourse in last few weeks.

Why ED is going after TN minister Senthil Balaji & state-owned TASMAC

A division bench of Madras High Court has stayed the ED proceedings against the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation till 25 March in an alleged money laundering case.

From graft charges to infighting, Goa BJP battles a host of troubles as CM Sawant toasts 6 yrs at helm

While town planning minister Vishwajit Rane has been accused of changing rules for sale of land to a private builder, BJP struggles to address lack of discipline within the party.

At DMK-led meeting, JAC calls for 25-yr pause on delimitation, resolves to fight exercise in Parliament

Southern states have expressed concerns that delimitation in its current form would reduce their representation in the Lok Sabha. Punjab CM was present, too. TMC & YSRCP skipped the meet.

With ‘Hindu staff-only’ declaration, Naidu revives 7-yr-old pitch to move non-Hindus out of Tirumala

CM’s statement is an endorsement of TTD's action in February, when it barred 18 non-Hindus from employment at the temple. TDP-led NDA govt had pursued the matter in previous term, too.

Saffron fever, growing heft of Ranes & BJP’s plan to tackle Sena. Inside story of restive Konkan

Despite its sizable Muslim population, both Hindus and Muslims have lived in harmony in this coastal belt. But for past few years, cracks have appeared and so has tension.

Minister Parvesh Verma pulls up ‘thick-skinned’ Delhi officers, says system was ‘destroyed’ over 10 yrs

This comes after Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta wrote to Chief Secretary Dharmendra, complaining that govt officers don’t even acknowledge MLAs’ calls & letters.

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Congress was committed to alcohol ban law without being practical: MA Venkata Rao

Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.