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After Omar, TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee trashes INDIA bloc ally Congress’s charge of EVM hacking

Abhishek Banerjee's remarks mark departure from TMC’s stand on the issue. After 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Mamata had voiced support for return to paper ballots to ‘save democracy’.

BJP calls Priyanka’s Palestine handbag ‘communal virtue signaling’. She terms it ‘typical patriarchy’

Speaking in Lok Sabha, Congress MP Priyanka remembered her grandmother and former PM Indira Gandhi as ‘great martyr who led India to victory in the 1971 War against Pakistan’.

‘Soviet’ economic model copied by Nehru, upheld by Indira Gandhi did no good to India—Sitharaman in RS

The finance minister said in Parliament Monday that the economic framework adopted by Congress set India back by almost 4 decades and ‘human cost of delayed economic reform is significant’.

India can’t see ‘One Nation, One Election’ before 2034. Here’s what Modi govt is proposing

Modi-led NDA government is expected to introduce in Parliament two bills, facilitating simultaneous polls to Lok Sabha & state assembly, before end of Winter Session.

Censured for sharing stage with Vijay, Aadhav Arjun resigns. VCK says ‘good for DMK-led alliance’

Aadhav Arjuna is son-in-law of ‘lottery king’ Santiago Martin and a founder of political consultancy firm Voice of Commons. He has been critical of ruling DMK, an ally of VCK.

AAP’s ‘Delhi Model’ forced PM Modi to click photo of fake classroom in Gujarat, says Kejriwal

Speaking at a book launch in national capital, the former Delhi CM also clapped back at BJP's 'Sheesh Mahal' offensive, said, 'They talk about my house, shoes, but not real issues'.

SGPC chief in hot water for abusive remarks against Bibi Jagir Kaur, summoned by women’s panel

Punjab State Women Commission has summoned SGPC chief Dhami on 17 December over undated audio clip of him hurling abuses at former state minister Bibi Jagir Kaur.

Many heavyweights dropped, Fadnavis expands cabinet with some old faces & several first-timers

39 ministers inducted in first Maharashtra cabinet expansion. Chhagan Bhujbal, Deepak Kesarkar, Abdul Sattar, Sudhir Mungantiwar out, Pankaja Munde, Nitesh Rane, Ashish Shelar in.

MP couple’s ‘suicide’ days after ED raid: Family says ‘had we sided with BJP, this wouldn’t have happened’

MP Congress president Jitu Patwari met the family & Rahul Gandhi spoke to them over phone. BJP's Ashish Agarwal accuses Jitu Patwari of goading the family to level false charges.

Modi tears into Congress in Lok Sabha, attacks Nehru, Indira, Rajiv, Rahul for ‘undermining’ Constitution

In response to 2-day debate on Constitution, PM mounts vicious attack on Gandhis, cautions against Congress's caste census pitch & reiterates his commitment to 'Secular Civil Code'.

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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.