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Civic polls in 3 Haryana cities soon: Another litmus test for Congress, still smarting from 2024 loss

The party that won the Ambala and Sonipat Lok Sabha seats in May 2024, but lost the Assembly polls there five months later, heads into civic elections with little room for error.

Scripted politics: How netas are borrowing blockbuster dialogues to land punches

Film dialogues, cinema-inspired memes & metaphors are often deployed by politicians & parties to target rivals. Increasingly, political messages are being packaged & delivered as curated content.

Ex-RS MP Vijayasai Reddy, once a trusted Jagan ally, eyes political re-entry, this time with a media push   

His foray into media industry & plan for starting political outfit come little over a year after he resigned as RS MP, & announced he was stepping away from politics. 

‘We will dismantle Mamata’s syndicate’: Amit Shah in Bengal rally

Ahead of assembly polls, Home Minister accused Bengal CM of running governance for nephew Abhishek Banerjee; promised action and better prices for farmers.

Political storm over Humayun Kabir video jolts alliance before Bengal polls, clouds Babri masjid plan

Murshidabad: The purported video of former Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir claiming BJP has entered into a Rs 1,000 crore deal with him to defeat Mamata...

‘In Tamil Nadu, Vijay is family. TVK won’t fade away like other star parties’—treasurer Venkataramanan

Newbie TVK is betting big on Vijay wave, eyeing 50% vote share in assembly polls & placing itself as main contender to DMK & AIADMK. Venkataramanan says ‘we’ll form govt’.

Himanta wife passport row: Telangana HC gives Pawan Khera 1-week protection, tells him to move Assam court

Defamation, criminal conspiracy case against Khera lodged over his ‘multiple-passport’ claims against Assam CM's wife. HC has allowed transit anticipatory bail.

Bengal polls: Owaisi’s AIMIM breaks up with Humayun Kabir’s AJUP over viral ‘vote-splitting conspiracy’ video

TMC released video in which Kabir is purportedly seen claiming he planned—'at BJP's behest'—to engineer a split in Muslim votes that had largely consolidated behind Mamata in 2021 polls.

Three Vijays, two Josephs and counting: How Tamil Nadu polls have become a battle of namesakes

Across the state, different parties are also facing the same problem as candidates with identical names slug it out in the high-stakes 23 April assembly election.

RSS flags fake Bhagwat-Modi letter, AI-generated content going viral ahead of polls

The RSS has complained to the police about viral deepfake videos and AI-generated letters that have gone viral before the assembly elections, including in Assam.

On Camera

How Exercise Walnut Cracker paved the way for Indian Army’s Siachen capture

To cater for all contingencies and evaluate all tactical scenarios, the Indian Army war-gamed the possible plans and reactions of both sides in Srinagar.

The big squeeze: Why India’s richest states are spending more but building less

As consumption, debt servicing and welfare schemes eat chunks out of productive investment, the future isn’t looking too rosy anymore.

Saudi Arabia invokes defence pact with Pakistan amid West Asia conflict. What it entails

According to Drop Site, under the current terms of the deal, which is entirely defensive, Saudi Arabia couldn’t request that Pakistan counterattack Iran, even from Saudi territory. 

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.