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BJP youth wing functionary held for sharing fake news about rape-murder of Hindu girl by Muslim man

Mishra’s official X handle shows he has been posting 30-40 times a day, and almost all posts target Muslims and spread rumours. Gurugram cyber crime police have registered a case.

Congress hails court snub to ED in Herald case as ‘slap on face’, BJP says it’s ‘procedural’

Day after a Delhi court declined to take cognisance of ED's prosecution complaint in National Herald case, Congress says 'courts not theatres for political scripts'.

Tweaked name & alliance options ‘wide open’, OPS camp moves to rebrand itself as a political party

The breakaway faction formalised the name change days after possibility of reunion with EPS camp was ruled out at AIADMK general body meet. Group open to tie-up with even DMK.

Why BJP is worried about SIR in Uttar Pradesh

CM Yogi Adityanath has urged BJP workers to reach out to every voter till the exercise was on and cautioned them against complacency, it is learnt.

BJP & Ajit Pawar’s NCP won’t contest BMC polls together. What’s behind spurt of ‘friendly fights’

Despite sharing power in the state government, the BJP and NCP(AP) are not allying in key civic body polls. Here's why.

Priyanka leads, Tharoor weighs in strongly as Oppn hits out at Centre over ‘retrograde’ G RAM G Bill

Oppn benches in Lok Sabha erupted in protest as Rural Development Minister Shivraj Chouhan sought to introduce the new Bill, which seeks to replace MGNREGA.

‘What has happened to Nitish ji?’: Bihar CM faces political storm after pulling down woman’s niqab

As Opposition parties demanded Bihar CM’s resignation, JD(U) leaders say one incident doesn’t define the CM or the party.

Piyush Goyal steps in as Tamil Nadu poll in-charge as BJP prepares for hard negotiations with AIADMK

Armed with a new state in-charge and 'winnability' data for 65 seats, the BJP sharpens its case to demand more seats from NDA partner AIADMK in the 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly polls.

Maharashtra civic bodies to go to polls on 15 January. BJP’s eyes on BMC, alliances still in flux

The first corporation elections after the splits in the Shiv Sena and the NCP, the single-phase Maharashtra civic polls to test state-level alliances. BMC is the big prize.  

Former Odisha MLA who sought ‘central role’ for Priyanka in Congress expelled from party

Moquim's letter to Sonia suggested central role for Priyanka, core roles for Pilot and Tharoor, as Congress' presence 'shrinking geographically, organisationally, and even emotionally'.

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.

Too early to draw lessons from US-Israel & Iran war, India monitoring like a hawk—Navy chief

Indian Navy chief Admiral Dinesh Tripathi said that the ongoing conflict in West Asia illustrates that speed is no longer merely an enabler of warfare but a distinct capability.

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.