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With Michel’s extradition, BJP gets ammo to target Congress and blunt Rafale attacks

In an election year, BJP is likely to go all out against ex-Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and her Man Friday Ahmed Patel on the AgustaWestland deal.

Jilted by Congress, Rajasthan ‘royals’ are grabbed by aggressive Vasundhara Raje

Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje mended fences and wooed disenchanted Congress leaders to strengthen BJP's hand this poll season.

Ahmed Patel 2.0 is queering the electoral pitch for his fellow Gujaratis, Modi and Shah

While detractors were counting on him to fade away with Sonia Gandhi, Ahmed Patel has emerged as a leader on the electoral battlefield for the Congress.

Bulandshahr main accused calls himself ‘King of Hindugiri’, is proud to incite violence

Yogesh Raj seems to have zero fear of the law, because he has openly called himself a goon and admitted to violence. He invokes Hindu gods to justify his acts.

Congress’ lack of vision is why Kartarpur is in Pakistan today: PM Modi

Calling it his destiny to correct the Congress' mistakes, PM Modi said the party lacked sensitivity and did not respect the Sikh community's sentiments.

Telangana Congress leader Revanth Reddy taken into custody ahead of TRS meet

Reddy had called for a bandh in protest to a TRS public rally by the Telangana CM, K Chadrasekhar Rao.

Four arrested in Bulandshahr violence case, local ‘Bajrang Dal leader’ is prime accused

Two ante-mortem injuries, including a bullet wound, caused inspector Subodh Kumar Singh's death, says police. 

Vasundhara Raje’s bid to turn from ‘maharani’ to ‘sevadarni’ is too little, too late

Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje’s new identity is unlikely to pass muster in an election in which ‘maharani’ and her alleged conceit have become buzzwords.

In Telangana, Naxal poet Gaddar embraces the ballot & old foes to fight ‘fundamentalists’

A year after he disassociated from the Maoist party, poet Gaddar has joined the political roadshow in Telangana as a star campaigner for the Congress.

The 2 faces of BJP chief Amit Shah — calm debater on TV & rabble-rouser at poll rallies

BJP chief Amit Shah’s latest temple taunt in Telangana is emblematic of his speeches at rallies, which are belligerent, communal and not really truthful.

On Camera

University townships — India’s chance to build its own version of what America got right

India’s university towns initiative is an opportunity to do something we have never managed at scale: build knowledge ecosystems rather than knowledge silos.

FTA partners drive India’s trade surge as reliance on non-FTA countries dips, says NITI Aayog report

Share of trade with FTA partners rose from 4.6% in 2006 to 28.8% in 2024. India is currently negotiating or advancing agreements with US, Israel, GCC, Canada & Mexico.

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.