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‘Govt insulting 60% of India’ — At breakfast meet, Rahul Gandhi calls for ‘Oppn unity’

At the meeting, the MPs also discussed the possibility of holding a ‘mock Parliament’. Later, Rahul Gandhi rode a cycle to Parliament to protest fuel price hike.

‘Joined NDA only for Parrikar’ — BJP’s one-time Goa ally set to partner with Congress in 2022

The Goa Forward Party, which was part of the BJP-led NDA until April, is now in talks with the Congress for the 2022 assembly polls. 

After caste census & ‘majboori ka CM’, Nitish call for Pegasus probe is latest rift with BJP

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar's demand for a Pegasus probe comes a day after his meeting with INLD chief Om Prakash Chautala, which triggered a lot of interest in political circles.

Rahul Gandhi to host breakfast meet of opposition leaders tomorrow on Pegasus row

The meeting will be held at Delhi's Constitution Club, and the leaders are expected to discuss their strategy to ensure the Pegasus row is taken up in Parliament.

Harish Rawat wins this round in faction-ridden Uttarakhand Congress, emerges unchallenged leader

Rawat is heading the state election campaign committee for 2022 polls while his loyalists are in key party panels. Rivals led by Pritam Singh say change in PCC leadership was ‘untimely and a wrong decision’ by high command.

BJP says it doesn’t believe in dynastic politics, but its list of dynast leaders is ever-growing

New Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai is the latest addition to the list of dynasts in a party that calls dynastic politics the 'biggest enemy' of democracy. Here's a list of 25 such leaders.

BJP-led UP govt anti-Brahmin and anti-Dalit, says BSP leader Satish Chandra Mishra

The Bahujan Samaj Party leader said many innocent Brahmins were booked in last year's Bikru ambush case in Kanpur, and that the BSP has always supported and honoured Brahmins.

BJP embarks on 2-week long ‘Tiranga yatra’ from Haryana’s Bhiwani ahead of Independence Day

While party's state chief OP Dhankar claimed that thousands of farmers joined the event Sunday, Samyukt Kisan Morcha said they will not oppose the ‘yatra’.

Why Nitish replaced RCP Singh as JD(U) president after his induction as Union minister

At a national executive meeting of the JD(U) Saturday, Nitish Kumar appointed MP Rajiv Ranjan Singh, aka Lalan Singh, as party national president.

Former Manipur Congress chief Govindas Konthoujam joins BJP

A six-time consecutively elected MLA from the Bishnupur seat, Konthoujam had quit the Congress a few days back.

On Camera

The Social Stock Exchange is India’s answer to inequality

Making the Social Stock Exchange succeed is not optional; it is a dharmic obligation to the millions of Indians whose lives remain outside the reach of ordinary markets.

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.