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BJP hands a job list to its women MPs — demand 3-hour work for ‘homemakers’

BJP’s wishlist for empowerment of women and protection of transgenders has come in the form of an agenda document given to its 34 women MPs.

Mayawati signals end of BSP-SP alliance, says party will contest all elections on its own

BSP chief Mayawati said the SP's behaviour after the elections led her to question their ability to defeat the BJP in the future.

Jagan Reddy’s YSRC won’t accept Lok Sabha deputy speaker post over AP special status

YSR Congress, the fourth largest party in the Lok Sabha, said it did not want to appear like it was aligning with the NDA until Andhra is granted special status.

BSP chief Mayawati appoints brother and nephew to top party posts

At a meeting attended by BSP's top functionaries, Mayawati's nephew Akash Anand was appointed as national coordinator and her brother Anand Kumar as national vice president.

FIR against BSP MP Atul Rai for submitting false affidavit during Lok Sabha elections

An FIR was registered by an assistant district election officer against BSP MP Atul Rai for mentioning only 13 out of 24 cases against him.

Delhi govt to pay CBSE exam fees for students starting next year

Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia says scholarship for students scoring 80% or more will be increased to Rs 2,500. Family income rider also being removed.

BJP wants to attack Nitish Kumar over Bihar encephalitis deaths, but just can’t do it

BJP has no one to blame for Bihar's encephalitis deaths because state health minister Mangal Pandey is a party leader.

Deve Gowda predicts mid-term polls, then makes a U-turn. But message to Congress is clear

Deve Gowda first said he wasn’t sure how long Karnataka's JD(S)-Congress coalition would last, before ‘clarifying’ that by mid-term elections he meant local body polls.

2 TDP MPs who switched to BJP are facing probe by CBI, ED, IT. One was raided 20 days ago

C.M. Ramesh and Y.S. Chowdary are under probe for financial irregularities. Last year, a BJP MP had called them ‘Andhra Mallyas’.

Kumaraswamy hit by ‘five-star CM’ tag ahead of his village-stay programme

Karnataka CM H.D. Kumaraswamy has been operating out of a five-star hotel for a year, drawing criticism from the opposition and some of his own party members.

On Camera

Is support reducing for Kolkata doctors? Mamata not the only one who has to course correct

West Bengal is ready to welcome its daughter home for Durga Puja, but the family is unable to keep the deep-rooted discord within from spilling out. At its head is Mamata Banerjee.

How Modi govt’s Atmanirbhar policy could have hobbled BSNL’s efforts to catch up in 4G race

Restrictions on use of equipment from global vendors have necessitated new indigenous technology being developed, tested & deployed—further delaying BSNL's 4G & 5G launch.

IAF chief AP Singh red-flags Tejas delay, says China ahead in technology & production capacity

Air force chief says HAL needs to churn out 24 aircraft per year. It is important for IAF to have indigenous weapons systems to deal with any security challenges, he says.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?