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Thomas Piketty explains why he is helping Rahul Gandhi with minimum income guarantee

French economist defends Congress' minimum income guarantee scheme, says India's poor have been 'badly treated by the country's elite'.

Trinamool govt purposefully denying landing permission to helicopters carrying our leaders: BJP

'Chopper politics' seems to be at play in growing acrimony between the BJP and the ruling TMC in West Bengal.

Priyanka drops husband Vadra to ED office, then takes charge as Congress general secretary

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra asserts that she stands by her husband who was quizzed in a money laundering case against him.

How Mamata Banerjee leveraged the CBI-police ruckus into a ‘political victory’

Mamata Banerjee is known for turning adversity into an advantage, and the CBI-Kolkata police scuffle gave her the perfect opportunity for it.

Robert Vadra, accompanied by wife Priyanka Gandhi, appears before ED in PMLA case probe

This is the first time Robert Vadra is appearing before any probe agency in connection with alleged criminal charges of dubious financial dealings.

2019 Lok Sabha polls will be Modi vs the rest, says Amit Shah

BJP chief Amit Shah said the party is different from others, as victory is guaranteed by booth level workers and not by any one leader.

Coming Up: PM Modi’s Lok Sabha campaign blitzkrieg — 10 states in 5 days

From 8 Feb, Modi will travel from far Northeast to eastern, southern, central and northern India, looking to carpet bomb with public meetings.

Former J&K minister Lal Singh, who ‘supported’ Kathua rape accused, set to quit BJP

Lal Singh was made to quit the erstwhile BJP-PDP government in J&K after allegedly expressing support for the Kathua rape accused.

Mayawati ‘inaugurates’ her account on Twitter

This is my opening and inauguration, said the BSP leader in her opening tweet.

I want immigrants to come to US, but legally, says president Trump

In his State of the Union address, Donald Trump said it is time for Congress to show the world that the US is committed to ending illegal immigration.

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.