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Congress in turmoil as Rahul Gandhi insists on resigning, its state govts on shaky ground

Congress govts in Karnataka and Rajasthan have been teetering while Rahul Gandhi continues to insist on resigning as party president.

Poll rout leads to rumblings within RJD, questions raised over Tejashwi’s leadership

The RJD had its worst-ever showing in a Lok Sabha election, failing to win a single seat of the 19 it contested in Bihar.

It’s down to 86-yr-old Deve Gowda to revive JD(S) as family politics, poll rout threaten party

Former PM Deve Gowda will have to step up to resurrect JD(S), which has seen a shift of its voter base, while having to deal with his family's ambitions.

Congress is relying on a bunch of defeated leaders to beat Modi and Shah

Of the 54 leaders who attended the Congress Working Committee meet Saturday, just 4 are Lok Sabha MPs, while one last fought elections in 1967.

Congress insider reveals Rahul Gandhi blamed 3 leaders for placing sons before party

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has alleged the entire top-brass left Rahul Gandhi alone to fight it out against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party sources said.

Independent Karnataka MP Sumalatha to back Modi govt, could get ministerial berth

Sumalatha Ambareesh, who defeated former PM H.D. Deve Gowda’s grandson and Karnataka CM H.D. Kumaraswamy’s son Nikhil, was backed by the BJP in Mandya.

Politicians accused of terror, corruption, murder ride massive majorities into Lok Sabha

Apart from BJP’s Pragya Thakur, Congress & DMK’s corruption-accused candidates as well as a UP don’s brother have been voted into Parliament this time.

Locked doors, deserted floors: Congress’ UP office reflects party’s showing in state

Congress rout in UP has snuffed out enthusiasm of February, when scores of workers thronged the Lucknow office to see Priyanka Gandhi and Jyotiraditya Scindia take charge.

Thrown out of WhatsApp group, AAP leader Alka Lamba plans to quit party by 2020

Lamba was removed from the official AAP WhatsApp group after she sought accountability from AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal on defeat in Lok Sabha polls.

Modi stakes claim to form second successive NDA government

PM Narendra Modi met President Ram Nath Kovind to stake claim to form the government, after NDA won 353 seats in 2019 Lok Sabha elections. 

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Where peace lies in Middle East is anyone’s guess. Iran no longer lonely, Israel more pumped

Iran's missile attack on Israel following the latter's year-long assault on Gaza and elimination of Hezbollah leadership have led US war hawks to call for escalation.

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?