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BJP to hold month-long campaign from June to mark first anniversary of Modi govt 2.0

General secretary Bhupendra Yadav said the party will hold 500 digital rallies across India & president JP Nadda will address party workers via Facebook Live.

BJP begins identifying ‘key voters’ who can influence people in the run-up to Bihar polls

BJP has distributed booklets to 1,000 mandals and have asked mandal in-charges to fill them with names of key voters & institutions by 1 June.

Himachal BJP president asked to resign at PMO’s behest after corruption allegations

Rajeev Bindal, a former state health minister, said he was resigning to uphold moral values, but ThePrint has learnt that he was asked to do so.

Rahul Gandhi trying to ’weaken’ India’s resolve against Covid-19, says Ravi Shankar Prasad

The BJP also released a booklet, which is compilation of Rahul Gandhi's comments and also positive reports about the Modi government's efforts to combat the coronavirus.

BJP using Raj Bhavans as den of politics in states where it’s out of power, says Nawab Malik

Senior NCP leader and Maharashtra minister Nawak Malik says Rahul Gandhi's words are being twisted, MVA govt is working fine.

Amarinder calls cabinet meet today to ‘resolve’ spat between chief secretary and ministers

The meeting will be held at the civil secretariat. There are also talks going on for a cabinet reshuffle to placate the council of ministers.

BJP expels Karnal leader Chander Parkash Kathuria for 6 years for ‘immoral’ activities

The expulsion comes two days after a video surfaced in which Kathuria was seen falling on the ground while trying to descend from the balcony of a second-floor flat in Chandigarh.

How Mumbai Raj Bhavan has become centre of political activity amid Maharashtra Covid crisis

Civil servants give inputs on Covid situation to Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, while BJP leaders have approached him with complaints about govt’s 'failure' to deal with crisis.

Minister Sadananda Gowda in home quarantine after PMO rap, but insists he did nothing wrong

Union minister Gowda arrived in Bengaluru Monday but didn’t go in to quarantine, Congress alleges Karnataka’s BJP govt is tweaking rules to cover up for him.

Rahul Gandhi distances Congress from Maharashtra Covid crisis, says ‘play supporting role’

Addressing a press conference Tuesday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also described the Modi govt’s Covid-19 lockdown as a failure.

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Congress was committed to alcohol ban law without being practical: MA Venkata Rao

Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.

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.