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Kejriwal plays AAP’s trump card for 2025 Delhi assembly polls: Rs 2,100 monthly payout to women

Describing himself as ‘magician of accounts’, Kejriwal dismisses finance department’s concerns over scheme that was first announced in budget this year, says scheme ‘no favour’ to women.

“Arvind Kejriwal understood pain of Women”: Delhi CM Atishi

New Delhi , December 12 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Atishi on Thursday described Aam Admi Party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal as a prominent leader...

RS adjourned as Dhankhar declines discussion on judge’s ‘hate speech’, Oppn decries ‘censorship’

Declining notices seeking a discussion on Allahabad HC judge Shekhar Kumar Yadav's remarks on Muslims, Dhankhar says the matter can only be discussed through substantive motions.

Siddaramaiah under fire for offer to rehabilitate Wayanad landslide victims. ‘Karnataka or Gandhis?’

Karnataka CM has written to Kerala counterpart offering to acquire land to build homes for those affected by 2023 landslides in Wayanad, which elected Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to LS.

Kharge tears into Dhankhar, says ‘forced’ to seek removal. ‘His loyalty with govt, not Constitution’

INDIA bloc parties have submitted notice to seek removal of V-P Jagdeep Dhankhar, accusing him of ‘making disparaging comments about Oppn MPs & criticising all their actions’.

INDIA bloc set to move notices to impeach Allahabad HC judge Shekhar Yadav in LS & RS

For LS Speaker to admit petition, at least 100 signatures are required; this number is 50 for RS. Allahabad HC judge Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav made controversial remarks at VHP event.

Why BJP is playing role of Oppn in Parliament, raising Soros ‘link’ to corner Congress

INDIA bloc has sought removal of Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar, while stating it wants Lok Sabha to function before conclusion of Winter Session on 20 December.

Who is Naga Babu, lesser-known of 3 Konidela ‘mega-brothers’, set to be inducted into Andhra cabinet

Konidela Nagendra Babu, middle brother of Chiranjeevi & Pawan Kalyan, is set for state cabinet induction. As he’s not an MLA or MLC, he must be elected to either House within 6 months.

IAS who’s been in crosshairs of both DMK & AIADMK, why Udhayachandran is Stalin’s most trusted officer

Chennai: At the time of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief M.K. Stalin’s swearing-in as the Tamil Nadu chief minister on 7 May 2021, speculation was rife...

What happened to ‘1 person, 1 post’? Why Congress’s Udaipur Declaration is in limbo 2 years on

New Delhi: Two-and-a-half years after the Congress adopted the Udaipur Declaration to much fanfare, it has failed to implement most of what it said...

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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.