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Upset over ouster, BJP ex-minister who backed Kathua accused plans yatra

State BJP leaders also feel that acceding to PDP’s demand for the two ministers’ resignation has sent the wrong signal to its electorate in the Jammu region.

BJP banks on old guard in Karnataka, despite the cases against them

Many of the 154 candidates declared in the first two lists were ministers & MLAs when BJP won Karnataka in 2008, but also face criminal & corruption charges.

I had pretty good access to everybody from the PM to cabinet ministers: Surendra Nihal Singh

Journalist and former editor of The Statesman, Surendra Nihal Singh, passed away Monday. In 2013, in an interview with Sue Onslow of Institute of Commonwealth Studies Commonwealth Oral History Project, Singh spoke about a number of topics from Indira Gandhi to the Queen, journalism to Pakistan.

Congress and NCP work out seat-sharing for 2019 Lok Sabha polls

Two months after the parties announced they would be rekindling their alliance, sources say the formula has been worked out and all details sorted.

Group of IITians to float political party to uplift SCs, STs, OBCs and women

Calling themselves Bahujan Azad Party, the IITians are planning to contest their first elections in Bihar in 2020. Analysts and activists welcome the move.

Nagaland govt said to want a ‘yes man’ as DGP, seeks ouster of present police chief

CM Neiphiu Rio writes to Rajnath Singh saying Rupin Sharma does not have necessary experience to be DGP; the officer was instrumental in gangster Abu Salem’s extradition.

Siddaramaiah has accepted Deve Gowda’s challenge but the Congress is wary of his chances

The CM has won the past two elections from Varuna, but this time, former mentor Deve Gowda dared him to contest from his old seat, Chamundeshwari.

Two BJP ministers of J&K who backed Kathua rape accused resign

The rape and murder of the 8-year-old girl, who belonged to the nomadic Bakerwal community, has sparked national outrage

PM Modi assures justice in the Kathua and Unnao rape cases

PM Narendra Modi, at an event to inaugurate the B R Ambedkar memorial in Delhi, assured that justice will be done in the incidents of rape in Kathua and Unnao.

BJP minister who’s backing Kathua rape-murder accused once compared Modi to a dog and bull

From his scathing attack on the BJP as a Congress leader to allegations of sexual harassment that he faced, J&K minister Lal Singh is not new to controversy.

On Camera

I turned up at Asha Bhosle’s door as a fan. She invited me home

The words she wrote in our autograph book echo in my mind now: 'Mar kar bhi jo jeete hain, wohi jeete hain'—The only lives worth living are those remembered long after death.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.