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BJP-backed Mandya MP Sumalatha left in lurch as ally JD(S) angles for stronghold

Former prime minister & JD(S) patriarch H.D.Deve Gowda has said that BJP leadership will have final say in candidate selection across LS seats, including Mandya, in Karnataka.

Swamy threatens to sue BJP over extension of Nadda’s term, failure to hold internal polls

Swamy, who is president of the Virat Hindustan Sangam, has been at loggerheads with the party leadership for quite some time.

Farmers’ agitation puts Akali Dal on a sticky wicket amid alliance talks with BJP

The last round of farmer protests ended a decades-long alliance between SAD & BJP. With another agitation gathering steam, SAD is learnt to be ‘unwilling’ to suffer political damage.  

BJD backs Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw as Odisha RS candidate, in ‘larger interest’ of state

BJD’s decision comes days after PM Narendra Modi, at an event in Odisha, called CM Naveen Patnaik a 'friend'. BJP is the principal Opposition party in Odisha, which is headed for polls this year.

Why Modi govt running away from giving legal guarantee of MSP: Cong

New Delhi: Hitting out at the Centre over the farmers' protests, the Congress on Wednesday asked why it is "running away" from giving legal...

Calls to MLAs, urgent meetings — Congress in damage-control mode after Ashok Chavan’s exit

After former CM Ashok Chavan’s exit, Maharashtra’s Congress unit has begun making frantic efforts to keep its flock together. This comes after BJP hinted at more defections in the party.

BJP releases second list of candidates for upcoming Rajya Sabha elections

Meanwhile, a total of 58 RS MPs – including 8 central ministers, former PM Manmohan Singh and BJP national president JP Nadda – will retire by 1st week of May this year.

‘Elite’ intellectuals to grassroots workers, how Modi reshaped BJP’s Rajya Sabha contingent in 10 yrs

Under Modi, BJP selection process for Rajya Sabha candidates has changed completely from what it was during Vajpayee-Advani era. Latest list of 16 names is another example.

BJP Kisan Morcha to hold ‘awareness campaign’ on govt policies, says its chief amid farmer protests

Kisan Morcha chief Rajkumar Chahar calls ongoing farmer protests ‘political in nature’, asks why such protests ‘start only from Punjab’.

As farmers march towards Delhi, Congress announces MSP as ‘first guarantee’ for Lok Sabha polls

Congress chief Kharge announced 'legal guarantee of MSP', one of the prime demands of protesting farmers. Rahul Gandhi says more announcements for farmers being prepared in the manifesto.

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The Social Stock Exchange is India’s answer to inequality

Making the Social Stock Exchange succeed is not optional; it is a dharmic obligation to the millions of Indians whose lives remain outside the reach of ordinary markets.

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.