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Decimated in elections, Bengal’s stunned Communists see no light at the end of the tunnel

Not only has the CPI(M)-led Left Front drawn a blank, for the first time since the 1952 elections, its vote-share has dropped to a paltry 5%. 

7 leaders dead: Angry MP political families ask if postponing polls would’ve ‘shaken democracy’

Top BJP and Congress politicians campaigned in Damoh for 17 April bypoll, even as Covid cases surged. Seven leaders died, while others lost family members.

KK Shailaja, Kerala’s ‘virus slayer’, dropped from cabinet as CM Vijayan opts for new faces

CPM leaders say it was a conscious decision to give new leaders a chance and bring in fresh views. Shailaja, who scored a record victory, says will abide by party decision.

‘Call it Modi strain’: BJP says Congress created toolkit to defame PM, Congress calls it fake

Alleged Congress toolkit was shared by BJP's Sambit Patra, who said the country's name is being tarnished 'with the help of foreign journalists'. Congress said will file FIR.

‘It’s humanity’: BJP defends minister for helping Mallika Dua after Right-wing slams party

Pro-BJP individuals & Right-wing supporters criticised Union Minister Hardeep Puri for responding to Mallika Dua's tweet and arranging tocilizumab for her mother. Dua & her father, journalist Vinod Dua, are BJP critics.

UP BJP MLA hits out at Yogi govt, says ‘if I speak too much, it may attract sedition charges’ 

Sitapur's BJP MLA Rakesh Rathore, taking stock of Covid-19 preparations in his district, also suggests ruling party MLAs have ‘no worth’ in UP.  

Congress tweets posters criticising PM Modi over vaccine, Rahul Gandhi says ‘arrest me too’

Congress leaders changed their Twitter profile pictures with the poster asking why Covid vaccines were sent abroad. On Saturday, 15 people were arrested for allegedly pasting the posters.

Mamata Banerjee asks PM Modi to be fair & quick in allotting PSA plants to West Bengal

In a letter to PM Modi, Banerjee said that West Bengal was scheduled to get 70 PSA plants, but now it has been intimated that four such units would be set up in the first phase.

BJP vs BJP in Goa as CM Sawant & Health Minister Rane keep squabbling over Covid surge

Vishwajit Rane has been openly criticising CM Pramod Sawant over oxygen shortage & delayed lockdown, but BJP calls it a mere ‘difference of opinion’.

CM Yogi’s struggle to tackle UP Covid crisis is a risk to his political fortunes in poll year

Yogi has become one of the BJP’s prominent voices. Yet, Covid has become very personal to even those who support the govt.

On Camera

AI-generated images are distorting India’s military heroes. It’s a desecration of memory

The relationship with the soldier is deeply personal, often devotional. When an image is framed as a tribute—invoking sacrifice and nationalism—the instinct is to honour, not verify.

FTA partners drive India’s trade surge as reliance on non-FTA countries dips, says NITI Aayog report

Share of trade with FTA partners rose from 4.6% in 2006 to 28.8% in 2024. India is currently negotiating or advancing agreements with US, Israel, GCC, Canada & Mexico.

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.