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Will implement CAA in Assam once voted back to power, says state BJP chief

Ranjeet Kumar Dass also said that the CAA is not an issue in the upcoming assembly elections in Assam as people will vote logically, not emotionally.

Uddhav govt to probe home minister Deshmukh & also why Param Bir Singh didn’t act on ‘info’

Mumbai's ex-police commissioner Param Bir Singh purportedly wrote a letter to CM and governor, alleging Deshmukh asked cops to collect Rs 100 crore from bars.

Women the focus of BJP’s Bengal manifesto — free healthcare, 33% quota in govt jobs, cash aid

Schemes announced for girl children of families from SC, ST, OBC and other weaker sections together come to a cash assistance of Rs 3.72 lakh per beneficiary.

No more ‘hindrance’ to Durga & Saraswati puja or any festival if BJP comes to power: Amit Shah

Addressing a rally in Purba Medinipur, Shah reaffirmed BJP will build 'sonar Bangla' over next 5 years, propelled by party's double-engine govt at Centre & state.

‘Why now?’ Mumbai ex-top cop’s letter a conspiracy against MVA govt, says Sharad Pawar

NCP chief Sharad Pawar questions timing of Mumbai ex-commissioner Param Bir Singh's letter, says removing Home Minister Anil Deshmukh up to CM Thackeray.

Mamata expecting defeat in Bengal polls, so has already started questioning EVMs, says PM Modi

Modi says at Bankura rally that the ‘game of corruption’ will not continue, and that his party BJP runs on schemes while ‘TMC runs on scams’.

Even if AIADMK wins a single seat, victory would be BJP’s, says DMK chief Stalin

Claiming that the AIADMK is a 'branch' of the BJP, the DMK chief also reiterated his allegation of corruption against CM Palaniswami.

‘I am a big donkey’ for not recognising Adhikari family is like Mir Jafar, says Mamata

West Bengal CM had earlier too described aide-turned-foe Suvendu Adhikari as a traitor, saying she had blindly supported him when he was in her party TMC.

PM Modi predicts ‘doosri baar BJP sarkar’ in Assam, promises ‘double engine’ growth again

At election rally in Golaghat, Modi credits Sarbananda Sonowal-led NDA govt for ‘saving Assam' from decades of conflict and establishing peace and stability.

Trinamool MP Sisir Adhikari will join son Suvendu in BJP ‘to save honour of Medinipur’

Sisir Adhikari said at Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s rally Sunday he’s been forced to switch to BJP as Bengal’s ruling party TMC left him with no option.

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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.