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Kamal Haasan to contest from Coimbatore South constituency in Tamil Nadu assembly polls

The MNM chief made the announcement Friday, while expressing confidence that people of his constituency would enable him to voice his views in the assembly by voting for him.

Will make Assam govt case against CAA if Congress is voted to power, says Gaurav Gogoi

Gogoi also hit out at the BJP for criticising Congress' alliance with AIUDF, saying the alliances were not based on religion but on whether one is for CAA or against it.

Stalin to contest Kolathur, son to debut as DMK releases Tamil Nadu polls’ candidates list

The DMK is eyeing a comeback by dethroning AIADMK and has stitched up a rainbow coalition comprising the Congress, the Left, MDMK, VCK and other smaller outfits.

Bhim Army chief Aazad says open to alliance with SP or any party opposing BJP for UP 2022

In interview with ThePrint, Chandra Shekhar Aazad said he does not see himself as just a Dalit leader & does not seek ‘validation of veterans’, in response to Mayawati attacking him. 

6-member TMC delegation to meet EC in Delhi today over alleged ‘attack’ on Mamata Banerjee

The delegation also met poll panel officials in Kolkata Thursday and later alleged that the 'EC did nothing despite there being reports of a possible attack on Banerjee'.

India no longer a democratic country, claims Rahul Gandhi

Gandhi's remarks come after US govt-funded NGO, Freedom House, claimed that 'political rights & civil liberties' have eroded in India since Narendra Modi became prime minister.

Sabarimala incidents ‘should never have happened’, says Kerala minister Surendran

Kerala minister Kadakampally Surendran's statement comes amid Congress and BJP raking up the 2018 Sabarimala temple incidents in a bid to target Kerala's CPI(M) government.

Ram Rajya, Ayodhya trips, ‘Deshbhakti budget’ — how Kejriwal’s AAP is seen taking a Right turn

Analysts see AAP’s shift as an attempt to appease Hindus. BJP alleges hypocrisy in AAP’s actions, while Congress says party is doing 'anything & everything to ensure BJP isn’t a threat to them'.

42% of MLAs who switched parties during 2016-2020 polls left Congress, 4% left BJP: ADR report

ADR analyses affidavits of 433 MPs and MLAs who changed their parties and re-contested elections in the last five years, says fundamental principle of value-based politics now skewed.

Who is Praful Khoda Patel? Minister in CM Modi’s Gujarat cabinet now booked for MP ‘suicide’

Dadra & Nagar Haveli Administrator Praful Khoda Patel was named, among others, in the ‘suicide note’ of 7-term MP Mohan Delkar.

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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.