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Sharad Pawar back in game as NCP merger talks turn into bout between Baramati patriarch & Fadnavis

By criticising Union Budget, raising concerns over India-US trade deal, Sharad Pawar asserted that despite prior talks of an NCP merger, he remains firm in his opposition to NDA.

Lok Sabha adjourned amid ruckus, Modi expected to address Parliament Thursday

Amid ruckus in the Lok Sabha, PM Modi's address to Parliament during the ongoing Budget Session has likely been rescheduled to Thursday (5 February).

President’s rule revoked in Manipur after a year, new CM to be sworn in today

The Centre revokes President's Rule after a year in Manipur, a day after BJP leader Y. Khemchand Singh was named chief minister. 

‘My traitor friend’: Who’s Ravneet Bittu, BJP minister who faced Rahul dig & then refused a handshake

The issue has since snowballed into a political standoff, with the BJP holding a press conference and accusing Gandhi of ‘crossing all boundaries of civility, decency and dignity’.

‘SIR – 26 in 26’: Mamata takes pen to take on Delhi, invokes Sunali Khatun & Bengal’s spirit

On Tuesday, TMC chief distributed copies of the book, carrying the English translation of her poems originally written in Bengali, at a press conference in Delhi's Banga Bhawan.

Manipur’s next CM, Yumnam Khemchand: The black belt BJP MLA who told Biren to quit

Khemchand was among the BJP MLAs who conveyed to central leadership that resentment against Biren Singh was growing & could cost the party electorally. But he wasn't always anti-Biren.

In Punjab, a poetic slugfest as CM Mann appears to take swipe at dera chief’s meet with Majithia

Opposition trained its guns at CM for 'insulting' dera chief even as former minister Bikram Singh Majithia walked out of jail after being granted bail in disproportionate assets case. 

BJP Meitei MLA Yumnam Khemchand to be new Manipur CM, deputy CMs from Kuki-Zo & Naga communities

Former Manipur cabinet minister, Yumnam Khemchand Singh, known to be from the anti-Biren Singh faction, has been named as the leader of the BJP legislature party in Manipur.

What Modi said at NDA parliamentary party meet: India-US trade deal, Budget to Nishikant’s diligence

The PM, it is learnt, also said that the biggest realignment since World War II is now underway and it is bringing India to the centre stage.

New Deputy CM Sunetra Pawar now takes over husband Ajit’s guardian ministership for Pune & Beed

The Mahayuti government is so far undecided on the key portfolios of finance, planning, and excise, among others, that Ajit Pawar also held.

On Camera

India has 291 homoeopathic colleges in 2026, says Minister of Ayush Prataprao Jadhav

The World Homoeopathy Day 2026 is an opportunity to reassure that traditional medical systems remain accessible, and integral to a resilient, inclusive, and future-ready healthcare system.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Theaterisation in play: Air Headquarters to control strategic assets  

Exclusive: Theaterisation proposal has been stuck over how limited air assets would be divided. Consensus reached on division of air assets among 3 theatres, 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.