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Assam BJP’s deleted video showing Himanta ‘firing’ at Muslims draws Congress’s ire—’call to genocide’

Through his shrill rhetoric since joining the BJP from the Congress in 2015, Assam CM has painted Bangladeshi infiltration as an existential threat to the Northeast state.

Three-term Ghatkopar corporator, ‘Marathi Hindu’ Ritu Tawde is BJP’s Mumbai mayor pick

The corporator will be BJP’s second mayor in over four decades if elected on 11 Feb; Shinde-led Shiv Sena names Sanjay Ghadi as deputy mayor post for 18-month term.

‘We are real Left’: Launching Kerala poll campaign, Congress-led UDF accuses CPI(M) of Right turn

At the launch of the Congress-led front's Puthuyuga Yatra from Kasaragod, V. D. Satheesan targets Pinarayi government over 'bad governance' and 'courting communal polarisation'.

Solo in Bengal after 19 years, how Congress finally pulled the chute on its alliance with Left

From the very outset of a meeting with top brass, Pradesh Congress chief Subhankar Sarkar was in favour of the party contesting polls all by itself.

A win after years of demand & a poll boycott—ENPO & how it led the fight for Frontier Nagaland

A new agreement brings into existence the Frontier Nagaland Territorial Authority, with six eastern districts of Nagaland—Tuensang, Mon, Kiphire, Longleng, Noklak and Shamator—under it.

While Bangaloreans bear brunt of 2nd Bengaluru metro fare hike, Centre-state play the blame game

Fares determined by independent fare fixation committee that is 'solely constituted' by Centre, says Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah. BJP MP Tejasvi Surya counters.

Kalraj Mishra: How the BJP old-timer & Brahmin flag-bearer is stirring the political pot in UP

Mishra has served twice as UP BJP president, and three terms as Rajya Sabha member. He was a Union minister from 2014 to 2017, and has been governor of Himachal and Rajasthan.

‘Modi teri kabr khudegi’: Why PM thinks Opposition ‘wishes him dead’

Addressing Rajya Sabha, Modi also criticised Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his exchange with Union Minister Ravneet Bittu, calling it an 'insult to Sikhs'.

The Modi Lok Sabha speech that never happened: Why Speaker Om Birla ‘urged PM not to come’

The Lower House of Parliament passed the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address through a voice vote, with PM Modi not replying to the discussion.

Modi Parliament Speech HIGHLIGHTS: PM targets Congress, calls for quality exports

Modi Parliament Speech HIGHLIGHTS | Oppn MPs staged walkout from Rajya Sabha shortly after PM began his address on Motion of Thanks to President.

On Camera

Why investing in school readiness is critical to achieving the Viksit Bharat goal

The challenge is no longer one of policy intent — the blueprint for a world-class ECCE system exists within the NEP 2020. The task now is implementation fidelity.

Stocks fall, oil prices climb as Trump issues fresh threat to Iran ahead of his deadline

Fears that an escalation of the conflict could heighten a fuel squeeze & endanger the economy unnerved traders, with NYT reporting Iran stopped negotiating a truce with the US.

Western theatre against Pakistan to be headed by IAF, Northern theatre under Army to focus on China

India's military to get Vice Chief of Defence Staff along with one Theatre Commander from each of three services, it is learnt.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.