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‘Women gangraped at TMC office, one asked by cops to compromise’: NHRC’s report on Sandeshkhali

Report names 3 TMC leaders — Shibu Hazra, Uttam Sardar and Amir Ali Ghazi — as accused. All are currently in jail. TMC's Kunal Ghosh dismisses report, says 'NHRC is a BJP cadre'.

Puducherry, where women voters outnumber men, ready for election, special facilities for PwD voters

New Delhi , April 13 (ANI): The Union Territory of Puducherry, where female voters outnumber male voters, is ready to go for election on...

RJD releases poll manifesto, promises 1 crore govt jobs, Rs 1 lakh to poor ‘sisters’

Former deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav, while releasing RJD’s ‘Parivartan Patra’, said the party is making 24 'jan vachan' (public promises) for polls and will fulfill these commitments.

‘Not like your degree,’ Uddhav Thackerey slams Modi over ‘fake Shiv Sena’ remark

Speaking at a campaign rally at Boisar near Mumbai Friday, Thackeray said the INDIA bloc will win over 300 seats in the Lok Sabha elections.

Key Nagaland church body says ‘BJP promoting right wing extremism’, Modi’s Manipur claim ‘illogical’

Nagaland Baptist Church Council's statement, issued as 'appeal to voters' ahead of LS polls, creates ripples in the Christian-majority state, where BJP is part of ruling coalition.

Modi rallies to return of Jaswant Singh’s son — BJP’s scramble to retain Barmer as rebel queers pitch

Union minister Kailash Choudhary’s seat is likely to see tough fight from popular Rajput leader & Independent MLA Bhatti who quit BJP last year when it denied him assembly poll ticket.

Lok Sabha battle: BJP’s Sarbananda Sonowal eyes victory in Dibrugarh as Assam heads to polls in first phase

Dibrugarh (Assam) , April 13 (ANI): As the vibrant Bihu festival lights up the spirit of Assam, the buzz of electoral politics resonates just...

People joining from other parties will strengthen BJP but our ideology will never change, says Gadkari

Union minister for road transport & highways says road infra in India will be equivalent to US's by 2024-end and he doesn't need to campaign because people 'experiencing his work'.

Modi panicky ahead of polls, trying to find new diversion a day: Congress after PM’s ‘non-veg food’ jibe

Congress's Jairam Ramesh said PM's non-stop politicking is infantile and tiresome and claimed that BJP is lagging behind in polls as it was yet to put together its manifesto.

BRS leader K Kavitha sent to 3-day CBI remand in excise policy case

Kavitha, who is the daughter of former Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao, was arrested by the CBI while she was in judicial custody in the ED case.

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China is worried about US–Philippines military exercises. It’s too close for comfort

Official Chinese statements have described the drills as destabilising, warning that they risk escalation and that the participating countries are 'playing with fire.'

FTA partners drive India’s trade surge as reliance on non-FTA countries dips, says NITI Aayog report

Share of trade with FTA partners rose from 4.6% in 2006 to 28.8% in 2024. India is currently negotiating or advancing agreements with US, Israel, GCC, Canada & Mexico.

Japan overhauls post-World War II pacifist military approach, lifts restrictions on defence exports

Since October last year, Japan PM Sanae Takaichi has planned to increase defence spending target to 2 percent of GDP.

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.