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Akali Dal leaders briefly put in preventive custody during march towards Punjab Assembly

Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal asked CM Amarinder Singh to tell people why he 'betrayed' every section of society by 'failing' to implement the poll promises.

Anand Sharma slams Congress tie-up with Indian Secular Front in Bengal

Sharma said Congress 'cannot be selective in fighting the communalists' & that the issue of a tie-up with a radical party like ISF should have been discussed & approved by the CWC.

Narayanasamy threatens to file defamation case against Amit Shah over ‘baseless’ charge

At a rally in Puducherry Sunday, Home Minister Amit Shah accused the former CM and Congress leader of giving 'cut money' to the Gandhi family from Central funds meant for the UT.

BJP asks MPs, MLAs who are eligible for Covid vaccine to opt for paid facility

India has begun its second phase of Covid vaccination, which will cover over 10 crore people in two priority groups — people aged above 60 and those above 45 with comorbidities.

Tejashwi urges Biharis living in Bengal to back Mamata, stays mute on RJD-TMC alliance

After a meeting with CM Mamata Banerjee, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said that the first priority of his party was to stop the BJP's progress in West Bengal.

‘Love jihad’ and ‘nationalism’ prompt two former high court judges in Kerala to join BJP 

Justices P.N. Ravindran and V. Chitambaresh joined the BJP during the 'Vijaya Yathra' in Kochi Sunday. Ravindran says he won’t contest polls but will campaign for party.

CM Biren Singh wants Bose statue at Moirang where INA flag was hoisted first time, says PM keen

Manipur CM Biren Singh also tells ThePrint he is confident BJP will win West Bengal and retain Assam where 'there will be no impact of CAA'.

Amarinder Singh appoints Prashant Kishor as principal advisor, Punjab govt to pay him Re 1

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh’s decision to appoint Prashant Kishor to the govt comes a year ahead of the 2022 assembly elections in the state.

Former Miss India Delhi Mansi Sehgal joins AAP, says clean politics can change the world

Speaking on the occasion, Sehgal said she was 'inspired by the honest governance of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal' and therefore chose to join the party.

How BJP is using Sourav Ganguly, Mithun & Prosenjit to build popularity in Bengal

Over the past 2 months, photos of top BJP-RSS leaders with the three Bengali icons has gone viral on social media, with experts calling it ‘attempts by BJP to build acceptability’. 

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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.