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US deportations take centre stage in Punjab—debate over their ‘culpability’, calls for aid & jobs

Punjab has formed panel to look into illegal immigration as returnees say agents duped them. But a police officer says most were fully aware of what they were doing.

Here are promises Delhiites will expect BJP to fulfil now that it’s won Delhi after 27 yrs

In its manifesto, BJP also promised it would set up Atal Canteens in JJ clusters, provide free education from KG to PG for underprivileged students, if voted to power in Delhi.

BJP wins in Delhi’s SC-reserved seats for the 1st time in 10 yrs, scores 4 of 12 amid Ambedkar row

AAP had slammed BJP over Home Minister Amit Shah’s controversial remarks on Babasaheb Ambedkar. The Dalit community constitutes over 16% of Delhi’s population.

BJP learnt from its mistakes. Here are 5 key strategies it used to dethrone AAP in Delhi

BJP made a comeback in the capital after 27 yrs. From targeting Arvind Kejriwal’s ‘aam aadmi’ image to ‘freebies’ for women, the party majorly changed its poll strategy to achieve this.

Delhi polls: Owaisi’s AIMIM helps BJP clinch Mustafabad, finishes third in Okhla

In Mustafabad, Tahir Hussain polled 33,474 votes, while Shifa-ur-Rehman Khan secured 39,558 votes in Okhla.

BJP poised for a comeback in Delhi after 27 years, ending AAP’s dream run

AAP, born out of an anti-corruption movement that had swept urban India over a decade ago, is poised to lose power in a make-or-break election in the capital after 10 yrs in office.

Kejriwal, Sisodia to Saurabh Bharadwaj, AAP giants have fallen. A look at party’s rise & fall in Capital

Saturday's setback will now put to the test the AAP’s much-vaunted claim that it is not wedded to any ideology except the 'politics of work'.

Ruling DMK wins Erode East bypoll by massive margin of over 91,000 votes

Ever since bypoll was announced, NTK’s Seeman had framed the electoral contest as a battle between ‘Dravidianism’ and ‘Tamil nationalism’.

Disastrous electoral debut for AAP’s Avadh Ojha in Patparganj, BJP candidate wins by 28K margin

AAP shifted Manish Sisodia from Patparganj and brought educationist-turned-politician Ojha to contest, but his campaign on turning Patparganj into Kota hasn't worked out.

BJP’s Kapil Mishra, known for provocative Delhi riots speech, wins Karawal Nagar by huge margin

Mishra won by a margin of over 23,000 votes. In a post on X, he said it was a win for the 'Modi model' and a loss for the 'corrupt'.

On Camera

Ube is all set to kick out matcha from Indian cafes. Expect purple frappe, boba tea, kulfi

Ube’s sweet, nutty, almost vanilla-like flavour doesn’t need convincing. You don’t have to acquire a taste for it. And matcha fatigue is all too real.

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.