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Caste math, averting dissent — how Rajasthan CM has given charge of state bodies to upset BJP leaders

Bhajanlal Sharma has appointed 7 BJP leaders as chairmen of various state boards to ward off rebellion & help party win on key Lok Sabha seats where infighting has been reported.

Congress candidate Rohan Gupta withdraws nomination from Ahmedabad East Lok Sabha seat

Gupta also posted an image of his handwritten letter to Gujarat Congress president Shaktisinh Gohil, informing about his decision to withdraw from the poll fray.

Mamata is opposing CAA to bolster her Muslim vote bank, says Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar

Kolkata: Shuttling between Sandeshkhali and Balurghat, the Lok Sabha constituency from where he became a first-time MP in 2019 and from where he will...

Stalin govt moves SC as Governor Ravi stalls re-induction of ex-DMK minister Ponmudy into cabinet

Governor ‘attempting to run a parallel government & his act amounts to contempt of court’, Tamil Nadu govt says in plea. Asserts that Raj Bhavan is bound by CM’s advice.

From assistant in BJP state office to Haryana’s 11th CM — the meteoric rise of Nayab Singh Saini

Political analysts believe decision to replace Khattar with Saini months before polls has two aims — to beat anti-incumbency, and to help win over OBC votes.

Ex-editor, jailed during Emergency — who is RSS No. 2 Dattatreya Hosabale, re-elected gen secy

Dattatreya Hosabale, 'close to PM Modi', has been RSS 'sarkaryavah' since 2021. 'His stand was ratified by RSS on decriminalisation of homosexuality'.

BRS leader K Kavitha moves SC, challenges her arrest in Delhi excise policy case

Kavitha was arrested by the ED team Friday in Hyderabad and was later brought to Delhi. She was sent to custodial remand until 23 March by the Rouse Avenue Court Saturday, 16 March.

Electoral bonds, EVMs & call for ‘Quit BJP’ — when INDIA bloc came together at Mumbai’s Shivaji Park

Amid allegations of EVM tampering, opposition leaders endorse Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, criticise BJP over electoral bonds calling it ‘white collar corruption’.

‘BJP ki kathni, karni mein antar hai’ — Rajya Sabha MP Ajay Pratap Singh on resigning from party

Ajay Pratap Singh, whose Rajya Sabha tenure is set to end in April, says there is a 'vast difference' between how BJP says it will select candidates & how it is actually doing it.

Modi refrains from attacking Andhra CM Jagan in 1st joint rally with new allies Naidu & Kalyan

TDP chief Naidu who ditched NDA & allied with Congress in 2018 now promises to be reliable partner to BJP. Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan calls Modi 'Krishna'.

On Camera

Mumbai woman who shouted at minister spoke for many Indians, exposed BJP’s protest politics

Had it been a poor woman shouting at Maharashtra minister Girish Mahajan over the roadblock, the police would likely have arrested her, raided her home, and terrorised her family members.

India’s online gaming rules to take effect on 1 May; most games exempt from registration

The rules, which come into force on 1 May, establish an Online Gaming Authority which will determine whether a game is an online money game or online social game in only three situations.

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.