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BJP declares 3 more candidates for second phase of Assam polls

In the first phase, 22 sitting MLAs of the saffron party will be contesting the polls while in the second, nine sitting MLAs have been allotted the same seat.

Congress leader PC Chacko resigns from party, alleges groupism in upcoming polls in Kerala

Chacko alleged that candidates for Kerala assembly polls, due on 6 April, were being determined undemocratically by 2 groups, led by Oommen Chandy & Ramesh Chennithala respectively.

Modi warns BJP MPs against skipping Parliament, says shouldn’t have to remind you again & again

PM Narendra Modi was speaking at his first BJP parliamentary party meeting since Covid outbreak last year. He urged MPs to facilitate the vaccination process in their constituencies.

Mamata Banerjee files nomination from Nandigram assembly seat for West Bengal polls

Nandigram assembly constituency is set for a high-octane battle with the TMC supremo contesting from the seat against Suvendu Adhikari, who recently switched over to the BJP.

PM Modi, UP CM Yogi, Mithun Chakraborty in BJP’s star campaigner list for Bengal polls

BJP has submitted a list of 40 star campaigners to EC. Assam list includes PM Modi, Yogi, JP Nadda and Amit Shah.

BJP’s Garhwal MP Tirath Singh Rawat is new Uttarakhand CM

Acting CM Trivendra Singh Rawat, who resigned Tuesday, made the announcement. Decision taken after BJP legislative party meeting in Dehradun.

Not anger but high hopes behind Trivendra Rawat’s resignation as Uttarakhand CM, BJP says

BJP gen secy & central observer Dushyant Gautam says Rawat will be given role at national level, and his resignation shouldn’t be viewed as a statement on his work as CM.

Owaisi’s AIMIM allies with Dhinakaran’s AMMK, to contest 3 Tamil Nadu assembly seats

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said his party will contest Vaniyambadi, Krishnagiri & Sankarapuram seats, and called the coalition a third alternative for the people of Tamil Nadu.

Vijayakanth-led DMDK quits AIADMK-BJP alliance ahead of Tamil Nadu assembly polls

After three-rounds of negotiations with AIADMK over seat sharing, the DMDK said it was moving out of the alliance due to non-allocation of specific constituencies and seats.

‘Political intimidation’, say Punjab MLAs on ED raids on Sukhpal Khaira

The ED raided the premises of rebel AAP MLA from Punjab Sukhpal Singh Khaira and his family members in Delhi Tuesday in a money-laundering case.

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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.