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Why BJP’s keeping its 37 NDA allies close, even though they notched just 29 Lok Sabha seats in 2019

Nine of them didn't contest 2019 LS polls, while 16 failed to win any seat. Yet, facing a possible unified Opposition in 2024, BJP looking at smaller parties to help net more seats.

‘Paas, paas but not saath, saath’: At NDA meet, Modi calls Oppn’s I.N.D.I.A an alliance of ‘compulsion’

PM says opposition parties 'smiling together' in Karnataka but 'baying for each other’s blood' in various states, while NDA pursued 'positive politics' even when it sat in opposition.

‘Hindus & Muslims shouldn’t be able to buy each other’s houses,’ says Kanpur’s BJP mayor

Kanpur Mayor Pramila Pandey says this will ensure both 'communities stay together', adding that she will approach Yogi Adityanath government with her suggestion.

Maharashtra dy CM Fadnavis assures probe into ‘explicit video’ as Oppn tears into BJP’s Kirit Somaiya

Maharashtra Congress president Varsha Gaikwad says 'self-styled torchbearer of probity in governance has now been exposed'. Somaiya, a former MP, says he has never harassed any woman.

‘INDIA’ against NDA — alliance of 26 Oppn parties christened at Bengaluru meet. What name stands for

Name of alliance was suggested by Mamata, it is learnt. Parties who attended meeting included Congress, DMK, TMC, JDU, RJD, Shiv Sena (UBT), NCP (Sharad Pawar), CPI(M), SP etc.

As Chirag Paswan re-asserts claim to Hajipur, all eyes on NDA meeting with both LJP factions invited

Asked whether the 2 LJP factions will unite for LS polls, Ram Vilas Paswan's son says 'such decisions are taken by elders' but uncle Pashupati Paras has ruled it out for now.

TN minister says those ‘who drink before heavy-duty work not drunkards’, defends morning liquor sales

Tamil Nadu Minister for Prohibition and Excise S. Muthusamy talked about sanitation workers drinking to 'tolerate sewage'. Oppn says make their living conditions better instead.

Punjab governor writes to Mann, questions legality of assembly session in which Gurbani bill was passed

Governor Banwarilal Purohit's letter was in response to one sent by the CM asking the governor to give his assent to a bill regarding the telecast of Gurbani from Golden Temple.

‘Parties need common narrative to see electoral gains’: Prashant Kishor on Bengaluru opposition meet

Former poll strategist, currently on padyatra in Bihar, says parties & leaders sitting together won’t make a difference without 'unity in thought' and a narrative they can take to public.

‘Golden era of modern Assam’ or ‘bid to impress BJP brass’? Behind Himanta’s local culture push

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has taken up many cultural projects ranging from promoting Bihu to honouring 17th-century warrior Lachit Barphukan & renovating Ahom-era structures.

On Camera

Violence over Osman Hadi is about Islamist Bangladesh. India-baiting is a distraction

The attack on Chhayanaut, newspaper offices, and the public lynching of a Hindu man show that Bangladesh is heading toward Islamist rule, far removed from electoral democracy.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.