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117 seats, no Sikh leader: BJP’s 2022 Mission Punjab begins with hunt for credible local faces

The BJP, facing the wrath of farmers in the state over the farm laws, is also looking to distribute a booklet that will ‘highlight PM Modi’s special relationship with Sikhs’. 

Rajasthan BJP future bleak if it ‘kills state leaders’: Raje aide who got notice for dissent

BJP has issued notice to senior leader & ex-minister Rohitashva Kumar Sharma for being critical of the state unit. He has said no BJP leader from the state can match Raje's stature.

‘Khela Hoi’: SP’s UP poll prep is all about songs & slogans — some original, some ‘inspired’

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav just launched a song, Sukh-dukh mein saath nibhayenge, which plays up the party's efforts during the Covid crisis and slams Yogi govt.

Mamata now labels Dhankhar ‘corrupt’ over 1996 hawala case. He says ‘CM crossing limits’

Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar Monday questioned each other on charges of corruption after the governor's visit to north Bengal.

Arvind Kejriwal promises free electricity in Punjab if AAP comes to power

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said AAP govt provides 200 units of free electricity to every family in the capital and will provide the same in Punjab if they win the 2022 state polls.

Puducherry gets first woman minister in 41 years as NDA forms cabinet

Chandira Priyanga became the first woman to be sworn-in as minister in the UT after Late Congress leader Renuka Appadurai, who was the education minister from 1980 to 1983.

At least 10 people died in every village: UP BJP leader slams Yogi’s govt on Covid handling

State working committee member Ram Iqbal Singh is the latest among the party’s own leaders who have questioned the management of the Covid infection in the state.

Tejashwi backs Chirag Paswan, says he should join Opposition and fight against ‘RSS thoughts’

Tejashwi Yadav said Chirag Paswan can carry forward father Ram Vilas Paswan's legacy only by joining the 'existential fight' against RSS ideologue Golwalkar's 'bunch of thoughts'.

BSP will go solo in UP, Uttarakhand assembly elections, Mayawati says

Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Sunday categorically denied entering into an alliance with Asaduddin Owaisi's party AIMIM in the upcoming UP Assembly elections.

Focus on infra projects, tour poll-bound states: Nadda tells ministers as BJP preps for 2022 polls

Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah & Nirmala Sitharaman were among those present at the meeting called by BJP president, where the party chalked out strategy for states going to polls next year.

On Camera

Mumbai woman who shouted at minister spoke for many Indians, exposed BJP’s protest politics

Had it been a poor woman shouting at Maharashtra minister Girish Mahajan over the roadblock, the police would likely have arrested her, raided her home, and terrorised her family members.

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.