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Stage set for polls, DMK moves Madras HC seeking money laundering probe against 9 AIADMK leaders

Petitioner also highlights that there is a 'reasonable apprehension' that political considerations have influenced ED’s failure to act against these nine leaders.

Haryana Congress names 4 RS poll cross-voters after two MLAs’ dharna to push party to clear their names

Gokul Setia & Manju Chaudhary staged protest outside party office in Chandigarh, saying their names are being wrongly circulated as those who cross-voted. Hooda met both legislators.

‘Was insulted, had difficulty surviving’: Assam MP Pradyut Bordoloi joins BJP after quitting Congress

With the exit of Bordoloi, the Congress has lost one of its three Lok Sabha MPs from Assam, giving BJP a boost weeks before Assam polls.

Another blow to Congress as MP Pradyut Bordoloi joins BJP ahead of polls in Assam

Bordoloi said that the resignation stemmed from ‘multiple issues’ as opposed to a singular ticket allocation for the upcoming assembly elections.  

‘Modi may hurt his head if he doesn’t bow in Ram Mandir properly’—Vinay Katiyar eyes political comeback

In an interview with ThePrint, Katiyar, the poster boy of the Ram Janmabhoomi movement, says 'demand of supporters' has pushed him to be active on ground again.

Tamil Nadu polls: CPI gets 5 constituencies in seat-sharing deal with DMK

Congress has also reached an agreement for 28 seats. DMK had allocated a Rajya Sabha berth to Congress.

Congress 1st Kerala list out, but suspense lingers over Kannur & Konni, seats eyed by heavyweights

Kerala will go to polls to elect 140 members of the state assembly in early April. V.D. Satheesan and Sunny Joseph to defend their seats.

Cross-voting nearly cost Congress Haryana Rajya Sabha seat. Now its state president has quit

Ram Kishan Gujjar’s resignation comes amid speculation that his wife, Naraingarh MLA Shalley Chaudhary, was among five Congress MLAs who voted for BJP-backed independent Satish Nandal.

Time for India to rise as third force for peace in West Asia conflict, says Shashi Tharoor

In a interview with ThePrint, the Thiruvananthapuram MP also spoke about the UDF's prospects in Kerala, and key issues in the coming assembly polls.

It’s going to be Mamata vs Suvendu in Bhabhanipur. TMC releases candidate list for Bengal polls

TMC minister Chandrima Bhattacharya fielded from Dum Dum Uttar seat, MLA Madan Mitra from Kamarhati, Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim from Kolkata Port, Kunal Ghosh from Beleghata.

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How the US is rapidly reaching the limits of imperial over-reach

Beyond the immediate protection of Israel and its borders, which the USA could reasonably commit itself to, it did not need to get into every war in the Muslim world.

Why the US shouldn’t try to outsmart the oil market

Selling oil futures would be a desperate ploy, born of panic about rising US gasoline and diesel retail prices ahead of the midterm elections.

Israel’s tolerance for persistent threats on its borders has eroded: US intel on Iran war

When conflict with Iran ends, says the report, area’s key players are likely to reexamine longstanding assumptions & alliances as they determine how best to advance their interests.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.