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Congress’ Priyanka Gandhi, Ahmed Patel and KC Venugopal meet Pilot and rebel MLAs

Rajasthan political crisis heads for resolution after Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi met Pilot and Sonia Gandhi formed a committee to look into grievances.

Shah Faesal will either rejoin IAS or go to US to study, says new chief of his JKPM party

Feroze Peerzada has been appointed JKPM president, replacing party founder and 2009 UPSC topper Shah Faesal, who claims to be under house arrest.

Pilot meets Priyanka, Rahul as Congress eyes end to Rajasthan row days before House session

The meeting comes days ahead of the Rajasthan assembly session on 14 August, where the numbers of the rebellion-hit Ashok Gehlot govt are expected to become clear. 

BJP wants police to create ‘security model’ for its J&K leaders following spate of killings

The BJP, which moved over 400 of its workers to various facilities for their protection, says the targeted attacks are a 'sinister design' to disrupt reviving the political process.

IAS officer-turned-politician Shah Faesal drops ‘JKPM president’ from his Twitter bio

Shah Faesal is the founder of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Movement party, but his Twitter bio now only reads as ‘Edward S Fellow @HKS Harvard University. Medico. Fulbright. Centrist’.

Gehlot urges 200 Rajasthan MLAs to ‘save democracy’, says toppling elected govt political sin

Gehlot’s letter to all Rajasthan MLAs comes ahead of the assembly session. His government is in a crisis, struck by a rebellion led by ex-deputy CM Sachin Pilot.

Congress against MP farmers, Shivraj tells Sonia after Amarinder letter on basmati GI tag

Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan wrote to Sonia Gandhi after Punjab CM Amarinder Singh sent a letter to PM Modi, urging him not to allow GI tag for MP basmati.

NC & PDP boycott Manoj Sinha swearing-in, MP says J&K needs change of policy, not face

Anantnag MP Justice Masoodi said ceremony was ‘insignificant’, while his Baramulla counterpart Akbar Lone said NC didn’t accept decisions of 5 August 2019.

Why Manoj Sinha, PM Modi’s first true emissary in Kashmir, is in for a rough ride

Manoj Sinha’s appointment as J&K Lieutenant Governor is a strong policy statement. He has a strong RSS background and enjoys proximity with PM Modi.

J&K parties find new L-G Manoj Sinha ‘too saffron’ as he is set to assume charge

Officials in J&K administration insist Manoj Sinha’s appointment is an attempt to revive political activity in the UT, but the Valley’s mainstream parties are not buying it.

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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.