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2 Bodoland elected representatives and other opposition leaders join ruling BJP in Assam

Rajib Brahma & Prabhat Basumatary, members of Council Legislative Assembly of Bodoland Territorial Region, and tea tribe leaders Gautam Dhanowar & Pradip Majhi joined BJP Sunday.

Lalu sons’ rivalry at rock bottom as Tej Pratap backs Congress against Tejashwi’s man in bypoll

Allies RJD & Congress are facing-off in Kusheshwar Asthan & Tarapur bypolls. Tej Pratap has asked his supporters to back Congress in the first and his own party in the second.

SP’s Nitin Agarwal files nomination for UP assembly deputy speaker post in BJP leaders’ presence

Uttar Pradesh will get its first Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly after a gap of over 14 years.

‘Last chance for redemption of Punjab’: Sidhu writes to Sonia Gandhi, lists 13-point agenda

Sidhu asks Sonia Gandhi to consider these points and ask the state government to deliver upon them.

At CWC meet, leaders call for Rahul Gandhi to become party president, ‘will consider’, he says

Several 'G23' leaders also said they have 'never questioned Sonia Gandhi’s leadership' and have faith in her commitment to the party.

‘Jeebh chalana and jeep chadhana’ — Akhilesh Yadav hits out at BJP over Lakhimpur Kheri

Former UP CM Akhilesh says BJP govt’s tenure ‘full of failures’, blaming its 'wrong policies' for 'runaway inflation and high unemployment'.

Congress wait for full-time president stretches another year, polls to be held in Aug-Sept 2022

Congress, after its CWC meeting Saturday, said there will be a slew of other internal party elections starting from November 2021.

‘No need to speak to me through media’ — Sonia takes potshot at critics within Congress

At CWC meeting, Sonia Gandhi says she is 'acutely' aware she is interim president, adds that second Covid wave hit plans to elect full-time chief in June.

Gandhis alone can keep Congress united, Rahul must now take charge, Siddaramaiah says  

In an interview to ThePrint, Siddaramaiah says Modi’s popularity has declined. Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai, he adds, has done little for the state since taking over.   

Uddhav’s BMC poll pitch on Dussehra: Forget Marathi vs non-Marathi, BJP ‘endangering Hindutva’

Maharashtra CM and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray says ‘those who climbed the ladder to power with Hindutva are now using the British policy of divide and rule’.

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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.