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Himanta Biswa Sarma likely to contest Assam polls, adds twist to BJP’s CM candidate debate

Assam BJP president Ranjeet Kumar Dass says Himanta Biswa Sarma's name has been included in a list of potential candidates that was sent to the national leadership.

Why Dushyant Chautala will stick with BJP rather than appease Jat farmers, his core vote bank 

Haryana Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala has been under pressure to resign from within his party as well as protesting farmers. 

Union minister Muraleedharan flip-flops over Sreedharan as BJP’s CM candidate in Kerala

V. Muraleedharan first announced that 'Metro man' E. Sreedharan will be the BJP's CM candidate in Kerala, but retracted later in a tweet.

BJP urges EC to restrain Rahul Gandhi from campaigning in Tamil Nadu

The Tamil Nadu unit of the BJP also wanted the EC to direct the police to register an FIR against the Congress leader for 'inciting the youth to another freedom struggle.'

Congress promises 50% quota for women in govt jobs in poll-bound Assam

Out of nearly 2.31 crore voters in Assam, women comprise more than 1.14 crore of the total electorate.

Kerala BJP requests central leadership to make Sreedharan NDA’s CM candidate

The state BJP unit said it is confident that development works will get implemented with a ten-fold force under ‘Metro man’ E Sreedharan.

Shiv Sena extends support to Mamata Banerjee, not to contest West Bengal polls

Hailing Banerjee as the 'real Bengal tigress', Sena vowed to 'stand in solidarity' with TMC. The party joins RJD and SP who have also extended their support to TMC in the polls.

Akhilesh first choice as ally, if he refuses, we’ll go with smaller parties, uncle Shivpal says

Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) chief Shivpal Yadav says 2022 UP polls could be tough for nephew and SP chief Akhilesh Yadav if he 'doesn't take others along'.

Karnataka’s Ramesh Jarkiholi rode to power on business & politics before ‘sex CD’ felled him

Ramesh Jarkiholi resigned as minister Wednesday after the emergence of a CD led to allegations that he had demanded sexual favours from a woman on the promise of a job.

‘Inactive’ Mayawati sets up scramble for UP Dalit vote, Athawale demands 10 seats from BJP

Athawale’s RPI(A) joins a list of parties such as BJP, Congress, SP & Chandrashekhar Azad’s Azad Samaj Party vying for the Dalit vote in UP.

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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.

John Ternus set to take over as Apple CEO, Tim Cook to transition to executive chairman

Cook will hand over the reins to Ternus on 1 September, capping a 15-year tenure that turned the company into a $4 trillion business spanning watches, video streaming & financial services.

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.