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Case against ED ‘clearly shows’ what is troubling Kerala govt, says MoS Anurag Thakur

Kerala Police had registered a case against ED officials for allegedly forcing a key accused in the gold smuggling case to give statements against CM Pinarayi Vijayan.

TMC has secret understanding with BJP, we’ll be secular & won’t implement CAA: Left manifesto

Left Front manifesto released Saturday promises to 'restore the rule of law', ensure safety of liguistic and religious minorities if it comes to power in Bengal polls.

Suvendu Adhikari’s Trinamool MP dad Sisir meets BJP minister, could attend Amit Shah rally

Kanthi MP Sisir Adhikari met Union MoS Mansukh Mandaviya Saturday and there’s speculation he could be present at Shah’s Sunday rally in Egra, Purba Medinipur.

Congress releases list of 39 candidates for final four phases of West Bengal polls

Congress is contesting 92 of Bengal's 294 seats in alliance with the Left Front and the newly formed Indian Secular Front

AIADMK approaches EC to direct DMK to avoid references to Jayalalithaa’s death

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam urged the Election Commission to direct DMK president MK Stalin and Udayanidhi Stalin not to speak about Jayalalithaa's death during poll campaigns.

Out of favour in the BJP, Ram Madhav makes a comeback in RSS

Madhav has been appointed to the central executive council, and was among the organisational changes that the RSS effected Saturday.

How proximity to Modi, RSS’ south ambitions are behind Hosabale’s elevation as general secy

Dattatreya Hosabale was elected as RSS general secretary, the second highest post in the outfit, on Saturday.

Nitish in spot over police bill proposing a special force with power to arrest without warrant

RJD says the Bihar Special Armed Police Bill, 2021, is a route to enforce Police Raj. Serving and retired police officers say it may lead to conflict between central and state agencies.

Congress-led UDF promises 5 lakh homes to poor, law to protect Sabarimala temple traditions

Releasing the UDF election manifesto, the alliance has also promised a monthly pension of Rs 2000 for housewives, between the age of 40-60.

Will ensure CAA is not implemented if voted to power, says Rahul Gandhi during Assam visit

Addressing college students in Dibrugarh Friday, the Congress leader lashed out at BJP saying it was 'selling hatred to create divisions among people.'

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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.