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As HC upholds his arrest, a look at Congress ex-MLA Dharam Chhoker’s saga of legal tussles with ED

Dharam Chhoker’s plea to quash arrest fails as HC cites repeated non-cooperation, multiple non-bailable warrants, and Enforcement Directorate’s need for his custodial interrogation.

Opposition made Northeast ‘suffer greatly’ through vote bank politics: PM Modi in Mizoram

While inaugurating Mizoram's first national railway line, Bairabi-Sairang line through live video conferencing, PM Modi blamed Congress for ignoring Northeast.

CPI’s Kerala conference ends with call for LDF hat trick, and ‘public sentiment’ signal to ally CPI(M)

Delegates flag certain policies of Pinarayi govt and allegations of custodial torture against Kerala police. The CPI is the largest ally of the ruling CPI(M) in Kerala.

Manipur deserves more than a ‘stopover’ after 2 yrs of strife—Congress MP Akoijam on Modi visit

In an interview with ThePrint, Lok Sabha MP Angomcha Bimol Akoijam said people expect nothing but a genuine apology from the PM for his government’s failure to protect its own people.

Stop ‘unnecessary speculation’, says BJP’s Annamalai, ‘used savings and loan to buy property’

TN BJP ex-chief issues clarification after property documents go viral at a time when there is speculation he may be sidelined in the BJP.

‘Can blood & cricket go together?’ It’s Sena vs Sena over India vs Pakistan Asia Cup match

India will be playing Pakistan Sunday in an Asia Cup fixture in UAE. Shiv Sena (UBT) has called for its cancellation, while the Shinde-led party has not stated its stance yet.

After Barabanki cops-ABVP clash, BJP worker’s death after ‘lathicharge’ sparks outrage in UP’s Ghazipur

6 personnel at Nonhara police station suspended & 5 others shunted to line duty, even as police deny lathicharging a group of protesters staging a dharna over local matters.

NSUI shake-up before DUSU polls jolts Congress student body as Kanhaiya engineers ‘cultural shift’

Heading screening process for NSUI president, Kanhaiya wants hopefuls to answer, in writing, a set of questions: Have they spent time in jail? Should quotas be modified after caste census?

What BSP chief Mayawati is aiming for with Oct 9 ‘mega rally’ in Lucknow, her 1st in 4 yrs

BSP's vote share dropped to 13% in 2022 assembly polls, from 22.23% in 2017. With Uttar Pradesh set to go to the polls again in 2027, the Mayawati-led party is looking to get a head start.

KA Sengottaiyan: MGR loyalist, Jayalalithaa’s strategist and now challenger to AIADMK chief EPS

In 1989, Sengottaiyan introduced EPS to Jayalalithaa, recalls former MLA. EPS has now stripped Sengottaiyan of all party posts after his call to all expelled AIADMK leaders to reunite.

On Camera

Though India pursued a different path, we admired Lenin, were influenced by his example: Nehru

On 22 June 1955, Jawaharlal Nehru addressed an audience in Moscow during his first visit to the Soviet Union as India’s PM.

South rising, west slipping: India’s export map is being redrawn, shows RBI data

Data shows re-alignment in India’s exports, with Tamil Nadu & Telangana posting strong growth in 2024-25 as traditional heavyweights Gujarat & Maharashtra see declines. Gujarat still leads, though.

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.