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Unity of opposition parties will take shape on its own, says Mamata after meeting PM Modi

Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, who is in Delhi on a 5-day visit, is expected to meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi Thursday.

In review of Bengal poll loss, BJP to assess role of Trinamool ‘rebels’, reward loyalists

Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh says party will draw up a new plan and make changes within the organisation, old cadre is expected to get prominence.

‘Congress not letting Parliament function, expose them,’ PM Modi tells BJP MPs

PM Modi also pointed to the Congress' boycott of last week's all-party meet on Covid and said the party also prevented others from attending it.

Amit Shah has ‘failed’ India by sowing hatred, says Rahul Gandhi over Assam-Mizoram border row

At least 5 Assam Police personnel were killed and over 60 people injured as the festering border dispute between the two northeastern states erupted into a bloody conflict Monday.

Punjab managed, Congress turns to Rajasthan to resolve Sachin Pilot-Ashok Gehlot row

Congress leader and former Rajasthan deputy CM Sachin Pilot may be given a role in the AICC as a ‘temporary solution’ in his ongoing feud with CM Ashok Gehlot.

Mamata govt files affidavit in HC on post-poll violence, counters NHRC charges

The NHRC, quoting from a DGP report, has claimed that 1,934 complaints were lodged across police stations in the state, of which 1,168 FIRs were registered. 

Prashant Kishor’s team ‘confined’ to Tripura hotel by police, TMC says attack on democracy

Tripura police chief denied TMC's allegations and claimed that the 22-member I-Pac team was being questioned in a Agartala hotel as part of a routine check-up.

AAP will fight 2022 Punjab assembly polls on its own, Raghav Chadha says

AAP's Punjab co-incharge Chadha said that the party won't form an alliance with any party and exuded confidence in forming the government in the state.

BJP and its ally, the CMs of Assam & Mizoram, argue on Twitter as boundary row festers 

While Assam is led by the BJP, Mizoram’s government is run by a coalition led by the Mizo National Front, an ally of the national party.

Mamata arrives in Delhi for 5-day visit, meeting with PM, opposition leaders on agenda

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee is visiting Delhi for the first time after coming to power for the third time. TMC sources said she may also go to the Parliament during her visit.

On Camera

Why India’s young would rather pay for a crowd than sit quietly in a library

In trying to modernise the idea of a 'third space', Gen Z has forgotten the original ones altogether. Libraries, parks, and museums were about coexistence without expectation, which went beyond productivity or leisure.

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.