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Shaheen Bagh activist Shahzad Ali joins BJP, says party not enemy of Muslims

Ali joined the party in the presence of state BJP president Adesh Gupta and party leader Shyam Jaju, and said the party will sit together with the Muslim community on concerns over CAA.

CM Mamata Banerjee has put Raj Bhavan under surveillance, Bengal Governor Dhankhar alleges

Governor Dhankhar has said papers that shouldn’t go out of Raj Bhavan without his sanction are ‘getting circulated outside’. He has initiated a ‘serious probe’.

‘Secularists & distorians’, not Muslims, scared of real history — RSS editorial on Ram Mandir

In latest edition of RSS mouthpiece Organiser, editorial says India made 'another tryst with destiny' with Ram Mandir bhoomi pujan on 5 August.

Be realistic about your strengths — BJP’s advice to Chirag Paswan on battle with Nitish

BJP has advised LJP president and MP Chirag Paswan to tone down his attacks on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, which have rattled the NDA boat ahead of state polls.

Facebook turned blind eye to BJP leader’s hate speech to protect its business, says WSJ report

The WSJ report comes as social media giants find themselves under deepening pressure to crack down on hate speech. India is by far Facebook's biggest market.

Mamata makes ‘unscheduled’ visit to Raj Bhavan but skips At Home, governor not pleased

Speaking to the media after Raj Bhavan visit, Mamata said it was a ‘courtesy call’, adding that she and four senior govt officials had a good ‘adda’ with Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar.

‘Liquor scam’ opens fissures in BJP-JJP coalition, Chautala says there isn’t any scam at all

The SET, set up by Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij to probe the ‘scam’, indicted the excise commissioner, but deputy CM Dushyant Chautala says he won’t allow action against him.

NCP leaders downplay Sharad Pawar’s rebuke to grandnephew’s CBI probe demand in Sushant case

CP chief Sharad Pawar said Wednesday that he attached no importance to grandnephew Parth's demand for a CBI probe into the case. And also called him immature.

BJP-JDU back to harping on Lalu’s Gabbar image & Jungle Raj but it’s unlikely to work in 2020

NDA says it is natural to remind people of the ‘dark days’ of the Lalu regime, but RJD says Nitish Kumar should, instead, focus on what he has done in the last 15 years.

SDPI doesn’t fear ban over Bengaluru riots, says will emerge stronger just like RSS

SDPI is the political arms of radical PFI, which has presence in 6 states and Delhi. Its website says SDPI has contested polls at gram panchayat, corporation, assembly and parliamentary levels.

On Camera

The big squeeze: Why India’s richest states are spending more but building less

As consumption, debt servicing and welfare schemes eat chunks out of productive investment, the future isn’t looking too rosy anymore.

Brigadier & son assaulted in South Delhi for objecting to public drinking. No FIR yet, Army seeks action

Army has written to Delhi Police seeking action against the accused involved in the Friday night episode.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.