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Telangana bypoll: BJP wins Huzurabad ‘grudge match’, KCR’s ex-aide Eatala Rajender beats TRS

The bypoll results are a boost for the BJP which aims to expand its footprint in Telangana. The results also indicate growing anti-incumbency against the TRS.

Amarinder announces new party, accuses Gandhis of ‘conspiracy’ in resignation letter to Sonia

In his resignation letter, Amarinder said Sonia Gandhi never understood him despite knowing him on a 'personal level' and called Navjot Sidhu 'an acolyte of the Pakistani deep state'.

Bengal bypolls: Trinamool sweeps all 4 seats, wrests Dinhata & Santipur from BJP  

The TMC won Dinhata and Santipur by a record 1.64 lakh votes and by over 63,000 votes respectively. Dinhata had been vacated by Union Minister Nisith Pramanik.

Karnataka bypolls: BJP loses CM Bommai’s backyard Hangal to Congress, wins big in Sindgi

Hangal was a prestige seat because CM Basavaraj Bommai had camped in the constituency for 10 days. The JD(S) was decimated in both seats; Sindgi, which it held, came as a bigger blow.

UP MLA Subhash Pasi joins BJP hours after being expelled from Samajwadi party

Pasi, a Dalit, is a second time SP MLA from UP's Saidpur seat and had held the post of SP's SC/ST wing. He was expelled from the Samajwadi Party for alleged anti-party activities.

Why OP Rajbhar’s alliance with SP could prove significant to poll outcome in eastern UP

Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party chief Om Prakash Rajbhar last week announced the alliance with the Samajwadi Party for the 2022 UP polls, saying this would ‘wipe out the BJP’.

No money to fight elections but ready to be Uttarakhand CM again, says Congress’ Harish Rawat

Days after saying he would like to see a Dalit CM in Uttarakhand, Harish Rawat says he stands by that statement, but if party and voters give him mandate, he won't hesitate.

Why Stalin govt’s decision to move ‘Tamil Nadu Day’ to 18 July from 1 November sparked a row

Previous AIADMK govt had begun celebrating Tamil Nadu Day on 1 November since 2019, but CM M.K. Stalin announced the move to 18 July Saturday, drawing flak from opposition parties.

Nawab Malik now targets BJP, alleges Fadnavis is ‘mastermind’ of Maharashtra drugs racket

Former CM Devendra Fadnavis has refuted all of Malik’s allegations, slamming them as 'fuska fataka' (damp fireworks). He also alleged Malik has 'links with the underworld'.

Akhilesh Yadav says he won’t contest 2022 UP assembly polls

Yadav, who is also SP MP from Azamgarh and CM face of his party, also said that an alliance between his party and the Rashtriya Lok Dal for the polls has been finalised.

On Camera

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.