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Modi would have lost Varanasi had Priyanka contested, Rahul Gandhi says in Rae Bareli

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi would have lost the Lok Sabha elections in Varanasi by up to three lakh votes had Priyanka Gandhi...

PM asks people to remove Modi Ka Parivar tag from social media. ‘Bond remains strong & unbroken’

Message of one family has been effectively conveyed & he derived a lot of strength from people's affection, Modi writes on X.

I was born a Dalit, but I am not just a Dalit leader, Chandrashekhar Azad says after LS win

In an interview, Nagina MP Azad says he fights for all communities and that the INDIA bloc should have allied with his party if it was sincere in its Bahujan outreach efforts.

Why 6-time MP Rao Inderjit Singh’s supporters aren’t celebrating his induction as MoS in Modi 3.0

Singh, 74, won from Gurgaon for the 4th consecutive time this election. He was elected as MLA from Jatusana in 1977, 1982, 1991 & 2000, and was a Haryana minister from 1991 to 1996.

25 years and one rebellion later, original rebel Pawar shows he’s still a force to reckon with

While there are questions over whether Supriya Sule can be an able successor to her father, Ajit Pawar will have to go into battle mode for state polls beginning with seat sharing.

‘Oppn not adversary, polls not war,’ says RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, urges new govt to prioritise Manipur

At an RSS event in Nagpur, Bhagwat emphasised the need to get over election rhetoric & focus on problems facing the nation. He also said that a true 'sevak' must not be "arrogant".

Modi Cabinet 3.0: Shah, Rajnath, Jaishankar & Sitharaman retain portfolios, Shivraj gets agriculture

JD(S) H.D.Kumaraswamy, TDP’s Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu, JD(U)’s Rajiv Ranjan Singh, HAM's Jitan Ram Manjhi & LJP's Chirag Paswan among allies who get plum posts.

Shinde-led Shiv Sena MP Shrirang Barne alleges ‘double standards’ after party gets just one MoS berth

He told media that Shiv Sena was expecting one cabinet berth & one MoS berth, but party leader in Lok Sabha Shrikant Shinde said it was unconditionally supporting BJP-led NDA govt.

Jaishankar, Sitharaman retain key ministries, TDP gets civil aviation, JD(U) panchayati raj & fisheries

Rajnath Singh remains defence minister, JP Nadda is health minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan gets agriculture & rural development, HD Kumaraswamy gets heavy industries and steel.

Congress demands action against BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya over sexual exploitation charges

Amit Malviya, who is also West Bengal co-in charge, has sent a legal notice to Santanu Sinha, a purported RSS member, who levelled the charges.

On Camera

Indian influencers reclaim desi aesthetics at Coachella—jhumkas, dupattas to mehendi

By mixing Indian maximalism with Western minimalism, desi influencers are using the hippie Met Gala to bring about a quiet revolution in festival dressing.

Recovery of energy flows will be ‘gradual rather than immediate’ as Hormuz re-opens post ceasefire

The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz eases supply fears, but controlled shipping, slow output recovery, and high costs may delay oil flow normalisation for months.

Why Siliguri Corridor is strategically important for India & how it is being secured | Cut The Clutter

This special edition of Cut The Clutter, straight from the Siliguri corridor, details the strategic importance of the narrow strip of land in West Bengal, and how it’s a vital link connecting the Northeast to the rest of India.

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.