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PMO was directly involved in Rafale deal, Modi is guilty of scam: Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi renewed his attack on PM Modi after a news report claimed the PMO held talks with the French on the side, undermining the defence ministry's negotiations.

Kamal Haasan & Rajinikanth have more impact on Delhi media than TN politics: Kanimozhi

DMK MP Kanimozhi says the party stands by its choice of Rahul Gandhi as PM candidate, calls arch-rival AIADMK the BJP’s ‘B team’.

Ex-SC judge Kurian Joseph says Congress & Left approached him to contest polls

Justice Kurian Joseph (retd) says both major fronts in Kerala, LDF and UDF, had approached him, but he said no because he doesn't have political ambitions.

Modi spends 100 minutes demolishing 55 years of Congress with his 55 months of seva

Modi launched an acerbic onslaught on Congress, responded to allegations against his government, and listed out his ‘achievements’ in the last 4.5 years.

Missing Congress MLAs push Karnataka’s coalition govt to the brink

After eight MLAs skip Governor’s address Wednesday, Congress calls meeting Friday, warns it will disqualify MLAs who do not attend.

BJP says Congress’s promise to scrap triple talaq bill is perverted mentality

Earlier, Congress women wing chief Sushmita Dev said her party was planning to scrap the triple talaq bill.

Narendra Modi is a coward and will run away from every debate with me: Rahul Gandhi

Congress president Rahul Gandhi says PM Modi doesn't have 56-inch chest but a 4-inch one, alleges govt is being run from RSS headquarters by remote control.

BJP is worried about Assam protests during Modi visit, so carefully chalks out PM’s trip

BJP feels the optics of widespread, impassioned protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill during Modi's visit will be damaging.

2 months before Lok Sabha polls, cracks in Haryana Congress are turning into gaping holes

Jind bypoll debacle has sparked a fresh round of infighting among the factions headed by Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Randeep Surjewala and Ashok Tanwar.

Islamic State caliphate decimated, claims US president Donald Trump

Speaking to the Ministers of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, Trump said that US and its partners have retaken more than 20,000 square miles of land captured by the ISIS in Syria and Iraq.

On Camera

Mumbai woman who shouted at minister spoke for many Indians, exposed BJP’s protest politics

Had it been a poor woman shouting at Maharashtra minister Girish Mahajan over the roadblock, the police would likely have arrested her, raided her home, and terrorised her family members.

India’s online gaming rules to take effect on 1 May; most games exempt from registration

The rules, which come into force on 1 May, establish an Online Gaming Authority which will determine whether a game is an online money game or online social game in only three situations.

Japan overhauls post-World War II pacifist military approach, lifts restrictions on defence exports

Since October last year, Japan PM Sanae Takaichi has planned to increase defence spending target to 2 percent of GDP.

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.