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For Andhra Pradesh’s all-season IAS Praveen Prakash, Naidu-Jagan rivalry cost him his career

Prakash took VRS in 2024 after he found himself without a posting in Naidu govt. He says he was also denied central deputation, reflecting on politicisation of Indian bureaucracy.

Under fire over shanty demolitions, Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah gets support from unlikely quarter—BJP

Row after Kerala CM, Congress high command express displeasure over demolition of 150 shanties in Bengaluru. 

Rahul aide’s Tamil Nadu-UP debt data pits Congress against Congress. TN-party chief writes to AICC

A social media post that compared Tamil Nadu finances unfavourably with UP has snowballed into an internal Congress row with TNCC accusing Praveen Chakravarty of boosting BJP narrative.

‘Marathi manoos’ hub to multilingual metropolis: Mumbai’s demographic mutation has political dimensions

BMC polls next month will be a crucial test for Thackeray legacy in Mumbai, where Shiv Sena once dominated civic politics. But city's changing character has had an impact on voting pattern.

Pawar ‘parivar’: Ajit & Sharad Pawar’s NCP factions come together for Pimpri Chinchwad civic polls

Dy CM Ajit announced the alliance at an election rally in Pimpri Chinchwad, saying seat-sharing talks between the two parties have been held and details will be announced later.

‘We both follow Constitution, same ideologies’: Prakash Ambedkar’s VBA & Congress tie up for BMC polls

The Congress said the alliance is only for Mumbai, and for the rest of the 28 municipal corporations going to polls in Maharashtra, a decision will be taken at the local level. 

‘If you oppose what people like, how will you get votes?’ Amit Shah targets ‘Rahul baba’

Ahmedabad: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said a party won’t get votes if it opposes everything people like, quipping that it was...

Congress to launch ‘MGNREGA Bachao Andolan’ on 5 January against Modi govt’s VB-G RAM G law

Mallikarjun Kharge says scrapping MGNREGA was one-sided decision taken by govt without consulting stakeholders including  state governments, people and panchayats.

Congress’s Digvijaya Singh stirs up row with X post on Modi & BJP-RSS, praising ‘power of organisation’

Putting up an old photo of PM Modi, Digvijaya wrote that it shows how a grassroots worker of RSS and Jana Sangh seated at the feet of leaders went on to become a CM and then PM.

BJP-Sena deadlock ahead of BMC polls as Shinde back at the table with Thackeray trump card

Elections to BMC and 28 other municipal corporations across the state are scheduled for 15 January 2026.

On Camera

A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

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 proposal to be shared with defence ministry in a week or so—CDS Gen Anil Chauhan

Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.

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.