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Media freedom in Bengal questioned as ABP editor quits after Mamata attack, police summons

Mamata hit out at ‘Anandabazar Patrika’ & police summoned editor Anirban Chattopadhyay in a 2-month-old case on 27 May. He didn’t meet the police and resigned.

Can govt confirm that no Chinese troops have entered India?: Rahul Gandhi

The Congress leader asked the govt to come clean on the border standoff with China and tell the country what exactly is happening.

How BJP chief Nadda planned 500 ‘rallies’, spreading PM message, Covid outreach in lockdown

Nadda has been taking stock of various issues, including migrant crisis & Bihar poll preparations. He also wants to step up party activities in J&K amid the lockdown.

Congress in talks with Prashant Kishor for upcoming bypolls in MP, says MLA PC Sharma

Kishor also worked for the party in the previous Assembly election in MP. He would help the party in candidate selections and poll issues, Sharma added.

Debutant councillor replaces Manoj Tiwari as Delhi BJP chief, local brass ‘surprised’

Starting the process of setting up his own national team, BJP president Nadda appointed state unit presidents of Delhi, Manipur and Chhattisgarh Tuesday. 

Netaji’s grandnephew Chandra Bose dropped as Bengal BJP V-P for ‘speaking up against CAA’

Chandra Kumar Bose says Modi a tall leader but BJP has become a machine to win polls, topple govts. Bengal BJP says he was dropped with 2021 elections in mind.

Congress can take leaf out of RSS-BJP book on cadres, market itself better: DK Shivakumar

D.K. Shivakumar, set to formally take over as Karnataka Congress chief, says RSS-BJP’s cadre-based training has helped them gain political advantage, promises to bring his party back to power.

New welfare projects, reversing Naidu schemes, legal setbacks — CM Jagan’s one year in Andhra

Andhra Pradesh CM Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, who completed a year in office Saturday, has launched 9 welfare schemes but also faces charges of political vendetta.

Why Uddhav Thackeray needs to watch out for Ajit Pawar, not Rahul Gandhi or Sharad Pawar

Rahul Gandhi may be distancing himself from Maharashtra’s Covid struggle & Sharad Pawar seems to be taking the lead, but the threat lies elsewhere.

Amid tensions at LAC, Amit Shah brings up China role in Covid outbreak

In an article in TOI, Union Home Minister Amit Shah also wrote about how Modi govt implemented every promise in its manifesto & rectified historical wrongs.

On Camera

Anil Kapoor and the rise of angry Dalit-Bahujan hero

Bollywood shows Dalit-Bahujan characters as helpless victims. Recent film ‘Subedaar’ is an act of resistance.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

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.