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BJP says open to alliance with Amarinder Singh, calls ex-CM a patriot

Amarinder Singh announced Tuesday that he will quit Congress and launch party. He said he was hopeful of alliance with BJP if farmers' issue was resolved.

SP, ex-BJP ally SBSP declare they ‘have come together’ after Akhilesh Yadav meets Rajbhar

The two parties promised to fight together for the weaker sections but neither of them specified if they will fight the UP polls together or if they have forged any pre-poll alliance.

Congress loses its prominent Jat faces in western UP as Malik family is set to join SP

The father-son duo of Harendra Malik and Pankaj Malik resigned from Congress Wednesday. While Harendra is a former Rajya Sabha MP, Pankaj is a two-term MLA.

5 MPs elected to Lok Sabha on ‘forged’ SC certificate, Bihar ex-CM Jitan Manjhi alleges

The five lawmakers were Union minister S P Singh Baghel, BJP MP Jaisiddeshwar Mahaswamiji, Congress' Mohammad Sadique, TMC's Aparupa Poddar and independent MP Navneet Rana.

Ahead of Goa’s 2022 polls, alliance talks heat up, but Congress remains ‘susegad’

In 2017, Congress lost Goa govt to BJP despite emerging as the single-largest party, mainly because it had not stitched an alliance with other parties & Independents. 

‘Intellectual meets’, focus on Modi govt schemes — BJP plan for OBC outreach ahead of UP polls

BJP OBC Morcha will hold ‘intellectual meets’ from 22 Oct to inform people of the welfare measures undertaken by Modi govt for OBCs & reasons for not holding caste-based census.

‘Want Jayalalithaa regime back’: Heart of crisis in AIADMK as Sasikala seeks to reclaim party

Sasikala, the one-time close aide of Jayalalithaa, was expelled from AIADMK in 2017. Its senior leaders have threatened legal action over Sasikala naming herself as ‘general secretary’ of party.  

Killing of Bihar migrants in J&K triggers calls to boycott India-Pakistan T20 World Cup tie

Union Minister Giriraj Singh, Bihar Deputy CM Tarkishore Prasad and BJP spokesperson Prem Ranjan Patel have all demanded that India boycott match against Pakistan to be played on 24 October.

India shouldn’t play against Pakistan in T20 World Cup amid attacks in Kashmir, Atishi says

Claiming that BJP and PM Modi will agree, AAP MLA Atishi said it 'won't be right to play' such matches unless attacks in India & targeted attacks on Indians stop.

Karnataka BJP chief calls Rahul Gandhi a ‘drug peddler & addict’, Congress wants him sacked

Nalin Kumar Kateel’s comments on Rahul Gandhi comes just weeks after he called former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah a 'terrorist'.

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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.