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UP top cop & Yogi’s favourite IPS officer Prashant Kumar out of race to become ‘full-time’ DGP

Yogi’s favourite cop out of ‘full-time’ DGP race Prashant Kumar, Uttar Pradesh’s acting DGP, seems to be out of the race to take over as...

Priyanka was Congress’s star player in Winter Session. But too early to draw parallels with Rahul

Congress MPs started coming to Parliament earlier than usual to meet Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, it is learnt. Praise for her maiden speech cut across party lines or coalitions.

‘Tughlaqi action’—BJP workers vow to rebuild camp office in Ballia bulldozed by district admin

BJP's Ballia V-P Surendra Singh led protest against demolition. SDM says administration wants to keep land free, says it belongs to Railways, which gave it to PWD.

OP Chautala: Jat mass leader with rural connect, last of Haryana’s veterans, five-time CM & more

He was first from his family to have started writing his village name of Chautala as second name. His father Devi Lal’s influence was evident in his political style and strategies.

High drama in Karnataka After CT Ravi’s arrest over ‘prostitute’ remark. What happened in the Council

The BJP Leader was arrested from premises of state legislature in Belagavi. He has been booked under BNS sections relating to sexual harassment & outraging modesty of a woman. 

With caste and political arithmetic in mind, how Fadnavis has been building up MLC Ram Shinde

Shinde, elected as Maharashtra Legislative Council chairman, is a Dhangar, a community BJP is trying to placate. He is also expected to check clout of Ahmednagar satrap Radhakrishna Patil.

Amid BJP’s ‘assault’ charge, Rahul says CCTV footage ‘holds reality’. INDIA bloc stands behind him

After a 'scuffle' in the Parliament premises, the ruling NDA filed a complaint with Delhi Police against Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of 'physical assault and incitement'.

RSS hand who wanted to become a monk, BJP’s Pratap Sarangi back in focus after charge against Rahul

Ex-Union minister Sarangi was Bajrang Dal coordinator in Odisha during 1999 killing of Australian Graham Staines. He was among those arrested for 2001 storming of Odisha assembly.

Dy chairman dismisses no-confidence notice against Dhankhar. ‘Doesn’t even spell his name correctly’

In his order, Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh says the severely flawed notice seemed drawn in haste to mar the reputation of the incumbent V-P, Jagdeep Dhankhar.

As BJP accuses Rahul of pushing MP, Congress calls it ‘theatrics’ to divert from Shah’s Ambedkar comment

Parliament fracas BJP's 'Save Ambedkar-virodhi Amit Shah’ mission, KC Venugopal says. In a letter to LS Speaker, Mallikarjun Kharge alleges BJP MPs made him fall, calls for inquiry.

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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.