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Congress letter signatories to ‘lay low’ after CWC fiasco, hope concerns will be addressed

Congress members who signed a letter asking for 'effective' party leadership, say the CWC meeting focused on timing of letter instead of its contents.

Karnataka’s ex-IPS officer ‘Singham’ Annamalai joins BJP, will fight polls from Tamil Nadu

K. Annamalai, known as 'Singham', resigned as South Bengaluru DCP in 2019 after a 9-yr IPS career. He now wants to work in home state Tamil Nadu where he says BJP is 'misinterpreted'.

Letter politics at CWC meet — who said what in Congress over leadership change

The clash at the CWC meeting emerged between leaders who had sent a letter to Sonia Gandhi demanding ‘effective leadership’, and those backing the current leadership.

Two-day Haryana assembly session could be cut short after CM Khattar, Speaker test positive

CM Manohar Lal Khattar & Speaker Gian Chand Gupta tested positive Monday. The opposition, however, says its ready to take on the govt even if the CM doesn’t attend the session.

Sonia Gandhi to continue as Congress interim president until next AICC session

At a press briefing, party general secretary K.C. Venugopal says CWC took note of the letter written by certain Congress leaders, demanding ‘full-time and effective leadership’.

DMK shelters those not working for national interest, says BJP chief JP Nadda

Addressing the state BJP's executive meeting via video conferencing from New Delhi, Nadda alleged the DMK was always ‘anti-development’.

After 13 months, BJP revokes suspension of Uttarakhand MLA seen dancing with guns

Uttarakhand BJP said the decision was taken by the party's core committee based on MLA Kunwar Pranav Singh Champion's 'good conduct' and his repeated apologies to party leadership.

Convince Rahul to be chief if your health doesn’t permit it, Siddaramaiah asks Sonia Gandhi

Around 20 party leaders had written to Sonia Gandhi demanding a full-time, visible president and overhauling of the organisational structure of the Congress.

Senior Congress leaders take fight to Gandhis after Rahul says letter to Sonia ‘ill-timed’

Ghulam Nabi Azad and Kapil Sibal react sharply to Rahul Gandhi’s charges at CWC meeting that the controversial letter to Sonia 'helped the BJP'.

Congress minister’s threat to Chavan, Deora, Wasnik — ‘workers will see how they move freely’

A second-generation Congress leader from Nagpur, Sunil Kedar has asked the three senior leaders to apologise for sending the letter to Sonia Gandhi seeking a change in leadership.

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Buddha comes home to Ladakh exposition: Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

The Government of India recognises Ladakh as one of the most important living centres of Buddhist culture in the world. We are committed to safeguarding its unique cultural traditions.

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.