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‘Bihar bypoll losses & JD(U)-BJP taunts’ send disappointed Lalu Yadav back to Delhi

Ruling JD(U) retained both Tarapur and Kusheshwar Asthan assembly seats in last week's bypolls. NDA leaders say Lalu Yadav’s campaign actually helped them.

Navjot Singh Sidhu retracts his resignation as Punjab Congress president

Sidhu says he will assume charge the day Punjab gets a new Advocate General. He had earlier expressed his reservations over senior advocate A.P.S. Deol's appointment to the post.

No consensus with TIPRA on tribal state, Trinamool to fight 25 Nov Tripura municipal polls alone

Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress will contest all 51 seats in the Tripura municipal polls, the first time it will field candidates in an urban local body election outside Bengal.

Why BJP’s 1-1 result in Karnataka bypolls is a win for Yediyurappa, step back for CM Bommai

BJP leaders insist bypoll result in Bommai's backyard Hangal doesn’t cast a shadow on his leadership. But campaign has left many cracks within party, despite big win in Sindagi.

Rahul Gandhi’s campaign pitch for Goa polls: ‘Treat me like family, talk to me’

In Goa for a day, Rahul Gandhi opted to connect more with locals — meeting fishermen, riding pillion on a bike taxi & eating at a roadside joint — striving to step into the realm of a common Goan.

Money used for kabristans is now being used for mandirs: Yogi at Deepotsav in Ayodhya 

UP Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya went a step further and invoked the old kar sevak slogan: 'Ayodhya abhi hamari hai, lekin Kashi Mathura baki hai'. 

Why TDP’s a party in trouble: Demoralised cadre, ageing Naidu & not-yet-ready Nara Lokesh

The Telugu Desam Party is in tatters in Andhra, and its 71-year-old chief Chandrababu Naidu is grappling with such diminished status, that his visit to Delhi last week hardly created a flutter. 

Full text of Amarinder Singh’s resignation letter to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi

In his 7-page resignation letter to AICC acting president Sonia Gandhi, Amarinder Singh slammed the Gandhis for a 'conspiracy' to oust him from the state government.

Farmers’ anger surfaces in INLD’s Haryana bypoll win as BJP trails in almost all villages

The INLD won the bypoll at Ellenabad, maintaining a healthy lead in the villages of the constituency while the BJP led in the urban centres. 

Bypolls setback for BJP in Himachal, Bengal & Rajasthan, Assam & Telangana the face-savers

BJP leaders say the party lost mainly because of ticket distribution at the local level and infighting in some of the state units.

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Iran war has given India a blueprint for the next conflict

Pakistan would be itching to do an Iran on us and China would be planning to execute an air campaign without allowing us asymmetrical escalation. India has no choice but to transform.

Haryana’s new industrial policy in the works, but industry says old problems remain unsolved

Increase in employment subsidy, Rs 500 crore for estate revamp, new townships in pipeline—but land cost, power breakdowns and inspector raj top among key worries for industry leaders.

Military pushes for private participation in space, more Indian satellites. ‘Can’t rely on single entity’ 

CDS Anil Chauhan says future space capability will not be built by government agencies alone. ‘It will be co-developed with industry, start-ups, and technology innovators’.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.