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‘Should I be CM or not?’ — Chouhan indulges voters with ‘apolitical chat’, Nath terms it ‘frustration’

Chouhan has been posing questions to voters about his performance as CM & their support for Modi amid speculation about his prospects in upcoming Madhya Pradesh assembly polls.

Inside Ayodhya crackdown on ‘colonisers’ who ‘bent law’ to cash in on post-Ram-temple surge in land rates

Last August, Ayodhya Development Authority's purported ‘list of illegal colonisers’ found its way to social media. Since then, there's been a scramble for regularisation of these plots.

BJP’s Guna MP K.P. Yadav says convoy ‘followed & intercepted’ after Modi event, seeks probe

In letter to MP Home Minister Narottam Mishra, Krishnapal Singh Yadav says such incidents happening near elections 'raises suspicion'. Police say man arrested in matter wanted to meet MP.

‘Friendly match’ — oppn takes dig at AAP as its Punjab & Haryana units lock horns over SYL issue

LoP Bajwa says Punjabis must wake up to what AAP's 'fake revolutionaries' are up to. Punjab minister Cheema & Haryana AAP's Tanwar held press meets on dispute in adjacent bungalows.

73% Muslims in Bihar ‘backward’ — state survey sparks debate on caste in Islam, BJP alleges ‘appeasement’

Ex-MP & Pasmanda activist Ali Anwar says impact of quota for backward-class Muslims already visible in Bihar politics. BJP says quota 'depriving' Hindu backward castes of their due.

It’s Punjab governor versus CM once again, this time over ‘illegal mining’ by AAP MLA’s relative

Governor Banwarilal Purohit asks for detailed report on involvement of Khadoor Sahib MLA Manjinder Singh Lalpura's brother-in-law after 'reading contradictory reports in the media'.

Murder of Sultanpur doctor is making caste tensions flare in UP, pitting Brahmins against Thakurs

Dr Ghanshyam Tiwari died of injuries from a beating on 23 Sept. Police have booked Ajay Narayan Singh, but Tiwari’s family claims Singh’s ‘influential’ relatives from BJP are also involved.

Survey done, why Nitish is extending olive branch to ‘upper’ castes with EWS quota in judicial services

Nitish Kumar cabinet approved 10% quota for judicial services a day after releasing caste survey findings. State leaders say it's because 'upper' castes punch above their weight in polls.

‘BJP clearly afraid’: Stalin slams ‘vindictive politics against INDIA bloc’ after DMK MP faces IT raids

Homes of MP S Jagathrakshakan's relatives also searched in connection with suspected tax evasion. Stalin says arrest of AAP MP Sanjay Singh also example of BJP's 'misuse of agencies'.

‘Rahul as Ravan’ vs ‘Modi as Daanav’: Poster war breaks out between BJP and Congress

BJP’s poster read ‘Bharat khatre mein hai’ with a bearded Rahul with 10 heads, while Congress responded ‘Hindustan khatre mein hai’ with PM Modi’s photo morphed to look like ‘devil.’

On Camera

Nitish Kumar’s journey from endurance to exhaustion

Nitish Kumar has mastered the rhythm of renewal in Bihar. In a democracy of churn and chance, endurance may be the rarest—and most refined—form of political art.

India may cancel green projects struggling to find clients

While the move could free up grid capacity struggling to keep up with rapid renewable rollout, it would be a major setback for green ambitions. India aims to double clean power capacity to 500 gigawatts by the end of the decade.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.