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Election Commission transfers Himanta Biswa Sarma’s SP brother from Goalpara

The EC Friday barred the senior Assam minister from campaigning for 48 hours for allegedly making threatening remarks against Bodoland People's Front chief Hagrama Mohilary.

‘Investment’ or ‘corruption’ doesn’t matter, TN politicians & voters just love freebie culture

The Madras HC has said the state’s freebie culture is making voters lazy. While political parties say freebies are essential, experts say it’s all part of the political game. 

Rahul Gandhi accuses BJP of ‘wholesale capture’ of India’s institutional framework

In a conversation with Harvard University professor Nicholas Burns, Gandhi said that the institutions that are supposed to support a fair political fight do not do so anymore.

BJP ad on Assam 1st phase ‘sweep’ kicks up row, Congress counters as newspapers clarify to EC

8 newspapers published BJP ads proclaiming victory in all 47 first-phase seats the day after polling. Congress complained to EC and then took out its own ad.

Mamata Banerjee has clearly lost poll battle in Bengal, claims Amit Shah

Shah claimed that going by the feedback he received, the party has already won 50 out of the 60 seats & added that CAA will be the first agenda to be taken once BJP forms govt.

Kerala has decided that this time it is BJP and NDA, says PM Modi

PM Modi Friday attacked the ruling LDF and opposition UDF in Kerala, saying the people were fed up with the two fronts and wanted the development agenda of the BJP.

Why minister Eshwarappa’s letter has dealt ‘unprecedented’ blow to already troubled Yediyurappa

Karnataka Minister Eshwarappa submitted a 5-page letter to the governor Wednesday, where he accused Yediyurappa of lapses and running the state in an authoritarian way.

Mamata government runs on 3T model of ‘Tolabaji, Tanashahi, Tushtikaran’, says Amit Shah

Addressing an election rally in Coochbehar district's Sitalkuchi Friday, Shah exuded confidence that Banerjee will lose to BJP candidate Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram constituency.

DMK & Congress leaders keep insulting women while BJP empowers them, says Modi in TN rally

Addressing a rally at Madurai, PM Modi alleged that DMK and Congress will not guarantee either safety or dignity for the people while the law & order situation will suffer under them.

EC orders repoll, suspends officers over Assam ‘EVM theft’, BJP calls it Congress conspiracy

Election Commission ordered repoll at polling booth 179 of Ratabari seat after a video, which went viral Thursday, showed polled EVMs being transported in BJP MLA’s car.

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University townships — India’s chance to build its own version of what America got right

India’s university towns initiative is an opportunity to do something we have never managed at scale: build knowledge ecosystems rather than knowledge silos.

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.