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Want Mamata Didi as India’s second woman PM, should lead battle against BJP: Akhil Gogoi

Raijor Dal leader Akhil Gogoi tells ThePrint in an exclusive interview his party has floated the idea of an electoral alliance with Trinamool in Assam.

‘Not expressed any view on Taliban’ — Muslim personal law board refutes media reports

All India Muslim Personal Law Board's statement comes after its member Sajjad Nomani Wednesday called Taliban 'history-makers' for capturing Afghanistan.

Census held for tigers, buffaloes, why not for castes? BJP voices for caste census grow louder

There are many fears within Modi govt about holding a caste census, especially over a possible caste war over the new realities that may or may not be revealed.

LPG price hiked by Rs 25/cylinder, Congress says move ‘anti-women, anti-people’

A subsidised LPG will now cost Rs 859 per cylinder in Delhi. The price of domestic cooking gas has more than doubled in last seven years. Rates were last hiked by Rs 25.50 on 1 July.

Ajay Kothiyal, the retired Army Colonel behind Kedarpuri & AAP’s CM face in Uttarakhand

Col (retd) Ajay Kothiyal, a Tehri district native and son of a former IPS officer, was decorated with Kirti Chakra, Vishisht Seva Medal and Shaurya Chakra.

Samajwadi MP booked for sedition for allegedly defending Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan

Speaking to reporters Monday, Lok Sabha member Shafiqur Rehman Barq had compared India's freedom struggle to Taliban takeover in Afghanistan and said it was their internal matter.

Why there’s a growing chorus in AIADMK against BJP alliance as local polls near

Many in AIADMK feel the alliance is counterproductive due to the BJP’s ‘outsider image’, ‘Hindutva narrative’, and lack of support from minority communities. 

Bengal to Delhi via northeast? How Mamata plans to capture Bengali vote, expand TMC footprint

Induction of former Assam Congress MP Sushmita Dev is just the latest in a series of political moves that TMC has made with an eye on northeast.  

BJP slams Kerala’s Covid ‘mismanagement’, says northern states fared well in managing virus

BJP chief Nadda stated that despite all the support given by PM Narendra Modi, Kerala was not functioning as it was supposed to and claimed there was no Covid management in the state.

Made no ideological compromise in joining TMC, move won’t hurt Opposition unity — Sushmita Dev 

Former Congress MP Sushmita Dev, who has joined the TMC, says she does not have any grievance against either Congress president Sonia Gandhi or Rahul Gandhi.

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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.

India’s online gaming rules to take effect on 1 May; most games exempt from registration

The rules, which come into force on 1 May, establish an Online Gaming Authority which will determine whether a game is an online money game or online social game in only three situations.

Japan overhauls post-World War II pacifist military approach, lifts restrictions on defence exports

Since October last year, Japan PM Sanae Takaichi has planned to increase defence spending target to 2 percent of GDP.

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.