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Raje ‘upset’ as new Rajasthan BJP executive committee has more detractors than loyalists

Ex-CM Vasundhara Raje met top leadership in Delhi and is learnt to have expressed displeasure as new panel mostly includes Satish Poonia loyalists and leaders with RSS background.

BJP using Sushant Singh Rajput probe to destabilise Maharashtra govt, say coalition leaders

Leaders of Maharashtra's ruling coalition — Sena, NCP and Congress — say BJP is trying to use central agencies in Sushant Singh Rajput case to create an atmosphere of suspicion.

The Congress vs Congress politics playing out in Punjab as ‘Team Rahul’ takes on Amarinder

Some of CM Amarinder Singh's sharpest criticism over the hooch tragedy has not been from the opposition Akali Dal, but party colleagues within the Congress.

Cow dung is no Covid cure, says Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy, eyes return to politics

In an exclusive interview, BJP's Tathagata Roy tells ThePrint that such ‘cow campaigns’ have hurt him personally and made the party ‘a laughing stock’ in West Bengal.

Absent on ground, focused online — how Rahul Gandhi’s Covid strategy contrasts with BJP’s

Rahul Gandhi stepped out of his house Monday for the first time since 16 May. He has focused more on online presence through interviews with experts on Covid, the lockdown and India-China dispute.

Those who said I’m a prop are now crying because I’m quitting politics, says Shah Faesal

IAS officer-turned-politician Shah Faesal quit the party he founded last year, JKPM, and says he’s is open to returning to work for the government.

Why BJP failed to power through Rajasthan political crisis the way it did in Madhya Pradesh

After Sachin Pilot’s reunion with the Gandhis, it is almost certain that Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot will have the last laugh in a test of strength on the floor of the House.

Would’ve apologised had I been in Gehlot’s place — Sachin Pilot after ‘truce’ with Congress

Day after meeting senior Congress leaders, Sachin Pilot tells ThePrint a CM is 'head of the family', should take everyone along. He reiterates that he doesn't want any post.

Three reasons why the Sachin Pilot-Ashok Gehlot war has just begun in Rajasthan

Sachin Pilot may have lost this round to Ashok Gehlot, but he has bought time to fight his war in Rajasthan.

‘BSNL staff traitors, don’t want to work’ — BJP MP Anantkumar Hegde stirs up another row 

Anantkumar Hegde says Modi govt is looking to bring private players to take over BSNL and will ‘remove all 88,000 employees working in the PSU’.  

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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.