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Congress welcomes alliance of mainstream J&K parties, demands restoration of Article 370

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said the Centre must also stop looking at the mainstream political parties and the people of J&K as 'anti-national'.

BJP slams Congress for fielding AMU ex-student president in Bihar, calls him ‘Jinnah supporter’

Former AMU students union president Maskoor Usmani, fielded from Jale, is one of Congress' 12 Muslim candidates in Bihar. The party is contesting on 70 seats.

BJP lashes out at ‘vote-cutter’ Chirag Paswan, says party has no ‘B or C team’ for Bihar polls

The LJP’s recent criticism of Nitish Kumar, while praising PM Modi, has created speculation about a tacit alliance between the two parties to undermine the Bihar CM.

After ‘Bihar Mein Ee Ba’ row, BJP ready with another campaign song by Manoj Tiwari

Suna ho Bihar ke bhaiya, the song penned and sung by MP and former Delhi party chief Manoj Tiwari, has been sent to the Election Commission for clearance.

Kamal Nath runs Congress show in MP bypolls, Digvijaya away from spotlight — just like in 2018

Former CM Digvijaya Singh has been confined to backroom work as Congress doesn’t want to give BJP a chance to target him as `Mr Bantadhar’, loosely translated as ruiner or destroyer.

BJP sticks to upper caste candidates for Bihar polls but keeps Yadavs in the mix

Of the BJP’s 110 candidates, 51 are upper caste, even though they constitute only 16 per cent of Bihar’s population.

Thousands attend rallies, no masks — Covid makes no difference to Bihar election campaign

Election Commission has allowed rallies to be held but under strict Covid protocols, none of which are being followed by political parties campaigning for Bihar polls.

Vote for any party, but only a Tripathi will win UP bypoll as everyone’s wooing Brahmins

The 3 main opposition parties SP, BSP and Congress fielded Tripathis for the 3 November bypoll, so ruling BJP had to give ticket to another.

Gupkar Declaration turns into official alliance in J&K, but Congress skips crucial meet

At a meeting organised by Farooq Abdullah after Mehbooba Mufti’s release from detention, Gupkar Declaration signatories demand return of special status to J&K.

No PM Modi, Amit Shah or Yogi, BJP is banking on Shivraj Chouhan for MP bypolls

Most of the party’s top leaders are occupied with elections in Bihar and the local Madhya Pradesh leadership has expressed confidence that it can manage affairs here.

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The rupee must fall harder and faster. It’s the path that will lead India to prosperity

The lesson we seem to have learnt is that we should not bother with exporting goods if our remittances and service exports can help us keep our current account deficit modest.

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.