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Why Jagan could pay the price if Modi govt plan to privatise Vizag Steel Plant goes through

Centre announced in early February that it’ll sell Visakha Steel, but employees & all political parties including ruling YSRCP have hit the streets in protest.

BJP is looking to win over Bengal’s Bhadralok with promise of development & no violence

The Bengali Bhadralok, a common term for the state’s mainly upper caste elite, traditionally voted for the Left parties before switching over to the Trinamool Congress.

Population shouldn’t be only factor in J&K delimitation, BJP members tell commission

Associate members of the Delimitation Commission from BJP said geographical considerations for Jammu should be taken into account, as NC members skip meet.

BJP will end TMC’s cut-money culture, will develop Bengal if voted to power, says Amit Shah

Home Minister Amit Shah said the BJP's 'Parivartan Yatra' is not for changing a CM, an MLA or a minister but ending infiltration & transforming West Bengal into a developed state.

‘Metro man’ E Sreedharan to join BJP, party wants him to contest Kerala polls

Kerala BJP president K. Surendran says Sreedharan will join the BJP during the party’s ‘Vijay Yatra’, which will begin from 21 February.

Capt Satish Sharma, the Gandhi family loyalist who wasn’t apologetic about luxuries in life

Former Union minister & Congress MP Capt Satish Sharma died in Goa, where he had been residing for the past few years, Wednesday night.

Mamata’s ex-minister says Saradha is country’s worst scam, bats for Rakesh Asthana in new book

Former additional CBI director Upen Biswas, widely known for his probe into the fodder scam, has written that Saradha scam is a ‘monumental fraud that overshadows all scams of India’. 

Don’t read into them, says Nitish Kumar on meetings with LJP MP, Kanhaiya Kumar

Nitish Kumar said there was nothing political about the meetings, and as the CM he is approached by members of the state legislature to discuss matters related to their areas.

Punjab civic poll results kill AAP resurgence hope as Congress wins big

SAD wins only 285 seats out of over 2,000 while BJP gets just 49 in first elections in Punjab since their alliance split over farmers’ agitation.

Why Owaisi’s a sticking point in Congress-Left plans to ally with this Bengal Muslim cleric

Congress & Left have been talks with Abbas Siddiqui, an influential cleric of Bengal’s most prominent Islamic shrine Furfura Sharif, to tie-up for polls but issues remain unresolved.

On Camera

Abusing industrialists has become the be-all and end-all of Indian labour leaders’ role: Ambedkar

In September 1943, Dr B R Ambedkar delivered a speech at a trade union workers’ study camp in Delhi, reflecting on parliamentary democracy, trade unionism, and the labouring classes.

Recovery of energy flows will be ‘gradual rather than immediate’ as Hormuz re-opens post ceasefire

The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz eases supply fears, but controlled shipping, slow output recovery, and high costs may delay oil flow normalisation for months.

Why Siliguri Corridor is strategically important for India & how it is being secured | Cut The Clutter

This special edition of Cut The Clutter, straight from the Siliguri corridor, details the strategic importance of the narrow strip of land in West Bengal, and how it’s a vital link connecting the Northeast to the rest of India.

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.