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‘Shall we make him the CM?’ Ajit Pawar does it again, snaps at flood-hit farmer seeking loan waiver

The deputy CM was meeting farmers in flood-hit Marathwada. Rebuking a farmer who had lost his crop, Pawar said, 'Are we here to play marbles? I have been working since 6 am'.

Soon, 5k Venkateswara temples in AP under TTD patronage, Balaji temples in other states—CM Naidu

At Tirumala, Naidu says preserving the temple's sanctity is his priority and that Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) will spend SRIVANI Trust funds to build the temples.

Assam Congress makes explosive claim about Zubeen Garg’s death in letter to President Murmu

State unit has urged that CBI assist Assam’s CID in investigating death of popular singer and cultural icon. Garg died in Singapore while on yacht trip, death certificate said 'drowning'.

Sameer Wankhede vs Aryan Khan, Round 2: Why IRS officer has taken Ba****ds of Bollywood to court

Red Chillies Entertainment Pvt Ltd and Netflix are among the parties named in the defamation suit filed in the Delhi HC by ex-Narcotics Control Bureau officer Sameer Wankhede. 

BNP wants archrival Awami League to contest Bangladesh polls. ‘Why repeat Hasina’s misdeeds?’

Scrapping of existing Constitution & constituent assembly polls are not the only points of BNP-NCP discord. The students' party wants Sheikh Hasina's Awami League to be brought to trial.

YS Viveka murder case: Andhra Pradesh cop turns heads with Rs 1.45 crore defamation notice to CM Naidu

Jogi Sankaraiah, a Circle Inspector (CI) with the state police’s Kurnool Range, has also sought a public apology from the Andhra Pradesh CM.

BJP muscles up team Bihar: Dharmendra Pradhan is in-charge, KP Maurya & CR Paatil co-incharges

Besides Pradhan and Yadav, BJP appoints its national vice-president Baijayant Panda as incharge for Tamil Nadu. UP Dy CM Maurya & Union minister Paatil to be co-incharges for Bihar.

INDIA bloc vows law to protect EBCs in poll-bound Bihar, turns up heat on BJP amid UP caste rallies ban

New Delhi: The INDIA bloc Wednesday pledged to introduce a law to prevent atrocities against Extremely Backward Castes (EBCs) in poll-bound Bihar, even as...

Amid tussle, Kerala govt includes chapter on governor’s duties in Class 10 Social Science textbook

The four-page section that appears in the second part of the Social Science textbook under the chapter Democracy: An Indian Experience, describes the governor not as an elected authority, but a 'nominal figure'.

Stalin censors DMK’s 2nd rung from reacting to AIADMK, Vijay’s TVK. ‘Needless attention to Oppn’

DMK leadership wants ground-level leaders to focus on membership drive & attacking the BJP. However, Udhayanidhi Stalin & Kanimozhi encouraged to take on AIADMK boss Palaniswami.

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Top 10 picks of Serendipity Art Festival 2025 by Rohit Chawla

Through film, textile, scent, sound, and gesture, spectators are invited to descend into an immersive environment where inherited knowledge seeps through material and form.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.