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‘What happened with Gauri and Prof. Kalburgi is targeted assassination’

Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah gives an update on the investigation into the Gauri Lankesh murder in an email interview with ThePrint

Bihar Congress president likely to be sacked for bid to split party

Known to be close to CM Nitish Kumar, Ashok Choudhary has earned Rahul Gandhi’s wrath

There is no muzzling of dissent in the country: Prasar Bharati CEO

Shashi Shekhar Vempati said mainstream media was feeding off the frenzy created on social media.

Gauri Lankesh murder: Nervous BJP deploys big guns to counter allegations

The party has deployed big guns to thwart criticism from the Opposition.

Questions over his leadership may delay Rahul Gandhi’s elevation

Members of the Indian National Congress are questioning the potential elevation of Rahul Gandhi as party president given a perceived lack of leadership skills.

PM’s Varanasi catchment takes Union Cabinet by storm

Each of the five MPs along the 300-km highway corridor on either side of Varanasi is now a Union minister.

Cabinet reshuffle marks the rise of new generation within BJP

Nirmala Sitharaman is defence minister, Piyush Goyal has been moved from power to railways and Nitin Gadkari gets to handle water resources and Ganga ministry.

Fortunately Congress has witnessed a split ahead of Gujarat polls, says CM Vijay Rupani

The Gujarat CM tells ThePrint's Pragya Kaushika is pretty confident of having handled Gujarat's administration well enough ahead of the upcoming polls in the state.

The Union Cabinet reshuffle could be in line with Kamaraj Plan

Ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BJP chief chalks out a major overhaul in the organisational structure

Upset Madhesis say India no longer backs their agenda

Many leaders feel India has dropped the issue of Madhesi rights in Nepal’s constitutional scheme and reverted its diplomatic focus on ‘appeasing Kathmandu’

On Camera

Rahul Gandhi wants to jail Himanta Sarma but Congress has a Bihar-sized problem in Assam

The Congress has promised Rs 50,000 assistance to each woman but as we've seen in many recent elections, voters seem to be conscious of the proverb: 'A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.'

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.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

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.