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Politics, but also grassroots governance — why India has gained 50 new districts since 2020

Rajasthan, MP & Assam are latest states to create new districts. Boost to governance cited as factor, although lack of data means this remains an 'open empirical question'.

G20 summit: Both LoPs not on guest list for presidential banquet, Adhir says ‘unprecedented’

Former PM Manmohan Singh, all CMs get invites. Former Rashtrapati Bhavan officials say LoPs of Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha being dropped from guest list perhaps a first in recent past.

BJP faces bypoll upset in UP’s Ghosi, Bengal’s Dhupguri, gets its first ever Muslim MLA in Tripura

BJP held 3 of the 7 seats where bypolls were held on 5 September, lost Ghosi despite fielding former SP leader Dara Singh Chauhan, who had won by margin of over 22,000 votes in 2022.

INDIA bloc defeats BJP 4-3 in bypolls with key wins in UP, Bengal

The BJP’s three victories came in Tripura and Uttarakhand.

‘Democratic structures under attack’: Rahul slams Modi govt in Belgium but backs Russia-Ukraine stand

As New Delhi hosts flurry of world leaders for G20, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on week-long tour of Europe for meetings with European parliamentarians & Indian diaspora.

BJP, JD(S) will tie up for 2024 in Karnataka, says former chief minister BS Yediyurappa

The JD(S) will be given four constituencies in the state which has 28 Lok Sabha seats.

BJP 3, INDIA 3 in 7 key bypolls, Opposition leads in Uttar Pradesh seat

In the seven seats that went to polls Tuesday, five saw a direct clash between the BJP and the newly-formed Opposition bloc INDIA.

Eyeing principal Oppn tag in Punjab, SAD revvs up social media campaign with ‘Biig Boss’

SAD launched campaign against Bhagwant Mann government last month after Punjab’s main Opposition party Congress came together with ruling AAP in INDIA bloc.

BJP targets Congress over Sanatana Dharma row — ‘evil designs of Ghamandi Alliance partners’

Union ministers Anurag Thakur, Hardeep Puri, Smriti Irani & others lash out at opposition INDIA alliance after PM Modi asks them to respond to DMK minister Udhayanidhi Stalin's comment.

Khattar to woman who asked for factory in village: ‘I’ll send you on Chandrayaan-4, now sit down’

Haryana CM was holding Jan Samvad in Hisar where woman said a factory will generate jobs. AAP slams Khattar for 'making fun of public', Congress says 'no respect for women in BJP, RSS'.

On Camera

Faiz Hameed conviction is a message from Munir. He won’t tolerate sympathy for Imran Khan

The political trajectory is clear. Asim Munir is now prepared to convict and sentence Imran Khan for instigating a rebellion against the army chief, with no possibility of mercy.

Goa, Kerala lose sheen as more foreign tourists pick Maharashtra & Bengal, shows RBI data

RBI data shows 26 states and Union Territories couldn’t regain pre-pandemic foreign tourist footfalls in 2024, but domestic tourism surged 27 percent compared to 2019.

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).

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.