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BJP member booked for allegedly posting objectionable tweets against Uddhav Thackeray, son

BJP IT Cell member Sameet Thakkar was asked to appear before VP Road police station in Mumbai on 5 October in connection with the issue.

Mehbooba Mufti disrespecting tricolor by refusing to touch it, says Ravi Shankar Prasad

Mufti had Friday said that she was not interested in contesting elections or holding the national flag till constitutional changes enforced on 5 August last year were rolled back.

Nitish Kumar makes no mention of Chirag Paswan in Ram Vilas Paswan’s native assembly seat

Chirag Pawan has been hitting out at Nitish Kumar on a daily basis, but the Bihar CM has chosen not to react to him and maintained the same approach during his Saturday rally in Alauli.

Gupkar Alliance is not anti-national but undoubtedly anti-BJP, Farooq Abdullah says

Abdullah was named the chairperson of Peoples' Alliance for Gupkar Declaration earlier in the day, while Mehooba Mufti was elected as his deputy.

Congress leader Sachin Pilot to campaign for party candidates in Madhya Pradesh bypolls

The former Rajasthan deputy chief minister will campaign for the Congress candidates in Bhind, Morena and Shivpuri, according to a statement issued by the party on Saturday.

It’s raining jobs in parties’ manifestos in Bihar but unemployed youth keep them on tenterhooks

Opposition says 25% IAS and IPS officers hailed from Bihar over the last decade but only 12% people between 15 and 59 have a regular income stream in the state.

More crorepatis join the electoral race in Bihar, with RJD and BJP fielding most of them

For a state with one of the lowest per capita incomes in India — Rs 43,822 against the national average of Rs 1,26,406, Bihar has over 600 crorepati candidates in its first two phases of polls.

RJD manifesto promises to scrap farm laws, Tejashwi explains 10 lakh jobs arithmetic

The Grand Alliance chief ministerial face also promises loan waiver to farmers in the state, and reduction in electricity tariff.

NCP aide, Modi backer, now Mumbai’s ‘Godfather’ — the political gymnastics of Raj Thackeray

The MNS chief’s latest political avatar, aimed at the 2022 Mumbai civic polls, is to project himself as a ‘godfather’ who solves people’s woes and champions Marathi pride. 

BJP demands arrest of Mehbooba Mufti for ‘seditious remarks’ on tricolour

Addressing reporters for first time since her release from detention, Mufti said she would only hold the national tricolour after the flag of J&K was restored.

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Why Hyderabadis need a history lesson beyond the Mughal court

From the Bahmani to the Qutb Shahis, Hyderabad’s local identity is far more complex than the standard Mughal-centric narrative suggests.

Lesson for India from the West: AI is hollowing out white-collar jobs & birthing a new middle-class elite

Post-2022 as AI has spread in developed economies, it is leading to another round of polarisation—the middle class jobs are being lost in offices rather than in factories.

Fourth S-400 sets sail for India, to arrive by mid-May; likely to be deployed along Pakistan border

The fifth S-400 air defence system is undergoing various stages of production trials, and will be delivered by November-December this year, it is learnt.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.