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Emotions run high at Congress meet as Rahul Gandhi says non-Gandhi can succeed him

Rahul Gandhi's sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra advises him that now's not the time to quit after Congress chief insists on resigning from post.

Mamata offers to quit as West Bengal CM, hints at ‘foreign powers’ behind BJP’s victory

Mamata Banerjee said the TMC rejected her resignation, allowing her to continue as CM, and raised doubts on BJP's large Lok Sabha majority.

Arunachal Pradesh to have 20 new MLAs in its 60-member assembly

Eleven of Arunachal Pradesh's first-time MLAs are from the BJP, 6 from Janata Dal (United), 2 from National People's Party (NPP) and 1 is an Independent candidate.

Rahul Gandhi’s resignation rejected, Congress authorises him to restructure party

The Congress Working Committee unanimously rejected Rahul Gandhi's resignation, but sources say Gandhi has insisted on stepping down and said his decision is 'non-negotiable'.

PM Modi to stake claim to form govt in meeting with President Kovind today

Prime Minister Modi is likely to call on President Ram Nath Kovind at around 8 pm Saturday evening following a meeting of NDA leaders.

This Gujarat MP has the largest victory margin in 2019 Lok Sabha elections

C.R. Patil beat Congress' Dharmeshbhai Patel by 6.9 lakh votes at Navsari in South Gujarat and nearly beat the all-time victory margin record of 6.96 lakh votes.

Modi has to resolve this family problem in Punjab while picking his Cabinet

As one of the BJP's oldest allies, the Akalis are set to get a cabinet berth but their only two MPs are husband-wife duo Sukhbir and Harsimrat Badal.

Congress-NCP could have won 7 more Maharashtra seats, but this party played spoilsport

Congress-led UPA could have scored 2 more seats in Vidarbha, 3 in western Maharashtra, and 2 in Marathwada, if not for Prakash Ambedkar’s VBA.

Even if Congress and AAP had joined hands, BJP would sweep Delhi

According to EC data, the combined vote-share of Congress and AAP in Delhi was less than that of the BJP in each of the seven seats.

The BJP strategy that helped Narendra Modi march past 300

BJP decided to drop several of its sitting MPs, and according to a detailed analysis by ThePrint, NDA won 93% of such seats.

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Tirupati is the story of us. It’s more than laddus

The temple rituals take from multiple Hindu sects: Vaishnava, Shaiva, Kaumara, and Shakta. This integrated vision has made Tirupati the most popular temple of our time.

#ByeByeAP to #LuluBackInAP: Naidu’s moves to make Andhra ‘business friendly’ & woo back investors

The Jagan Reddy govt has been accused of scuppering various investment deals. Under Naidu, the govt, is trying to make AP a top investment destination, officials and industrialists say.

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?