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Injury could ‘help Mamata’ — BJP asks Bengal leaders not to talk about Nandigram incident

BJP leaders feel Nandigram could become focus of the Bengal campaign if the issue was raised too much publicly, and help Mamata 'in gaining public sympathy'.

Mamata returns on wheelchair, BJP turns up heat by fielding ex-Singur aide, Union minister, MPs

BJP list includes Mamata Banerjee’s former lieutenant in Singur anti-land acquisition movement, plus four MPs, three Trinamool turncoats and economist Ashok Lahiri.

Yogendra Yadav meets Akhil Gogoi, says goal is to defeat BJP

BJP should be ousted for the way it has treated farmers, Yogendra Yadav said at Gauhati Medical College Hospital in Assam Sunday.

In RLSP merger, a Nitish message to BJP as he rebuilds ‘Luv-Kush’ alliance with Kushwaha

RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha, former Union minister in Modi govt, becomes JD(U) parliamentary board chief. He says his future will be decided by Nitish Kumar.

BJP fields Sreedharan from Kerala’s Palakkad, MPs Babul Supriyo, Swapan Dasgupta in Bengal race

Sitting BJP MPs Babul Supriyo, Locket Chatterjee & Swapan Dasgupta to contest Bengal polls. In Tamil Nadu, Mahila Morcha chief Vanathi Srinivasan will take on Kamal Haasan.

Amit Shah attacks Congress-AIUDF pact, says Assam can’t be safe in Badruddin Ajmal’s hands

At a poll campaign in Assam, Shah said Congress is allying with outfits that 'wish to divide the nation' and referred to its alliance with Muslim League in Kerala and ISF in Bengal.

No doubt TMC will retain Bengal, BJP will lose all state polls except Assam: Sharad Pawar

Pawar further said as per the inputs received from his party people the BJP is in a 'good position' compared to other contenders.

Will keep urging Centre to scrap CAA & give citizenship to Lankan Tamil refugees, says Stalin

DMK chief M.K. Stalin said his party has opposed the CAA all along, and if it comes to power in Tamil Nadu, the assembly will pass a resolution against it.

Mamata says she’s contesting from Nandigram as ‘mark of respect to martyrs’ of 2007 firing

Mamata Banerjee has put out her first tweet since allegedly being attacked. Her party observes 14 March as 'Nandigram Divas' in memory of those killed in anti-land acquisition stir.

Karnataka MLAs cite ‘viral deepfakes’ of Obama in plea to restrain media after Jarkiholi case

Six Karnataka MLAs moved court seeking an injunction against media. Plea was filed days after former minister Ramesh Jarkiholi resigned following allegations of sexual harassment.

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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.