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Tough to defend Nitish stand on citizenship law, say JD(U) leaders as cracks appear in party

RJD's Tejashwi Yadav says CM Nitish Kumar has entered a "rat’s hole" by supporting citizenship bill, party calls Bihar bandh on 21 December.

Prashant Kishor gets new assignment —  to manage Arvind Kejriwal’s campaign for Delhi polls

Poll strategist Prashant Kishor, who is vice-president of JD(U), a BJP ally, has also signed up with the DMK for the 2021 Tamil Nadu polls.

PM Modi will be on a river cruise in Kanpur tomorrow to review Namami Gange project

Chief Ministers of Uttarakhand, UP and Bihar will accompany PM Modi on the Ganga cruise. He will also chair first meeting of National Ganga Council Saturday.

Like other Congress CMs, Kamal Nath says MP won’t implement citizenship law

Punjab’s Amarinder Singh and Chhattisgarh’s Bhupesh Baghel have also said they will follow the Congress’ stand against the controversial new law.

Rahul refuses to apologise for his ‘rape in India’ remark, instead says Modi should

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi kicked up a controversy for his remarks on the incidence of rape, with several BJP leaders, including Smriti Irani, accusing him of using the term as a political tool.

TMC leader Mahua Moitra moves Supreme Court against Citizenship Act

On Thursday, President Ram Nath Kovind gave his assent to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, after Parliament cleared the bill over the week.

Tribals vs non-tribals — how the Jharkhand elections are likely to be decided

BJP has played a delicate game of wooing non-tribals as well as reaching out to tribals who haven't converted to Christianity. It faces a tough challenge in Jharkhand polls.

Shiv Sena slams Modi govt on citizenship law, incidents of violence in Northeast

Shiv Sena, which supported the bill in the Lok Sabha but stayed away from voting on it in the Rajya Sabha, made the critical remarks in a 'Saamana' editorial.

Pankaja Munde dares BJP at Beed show of strength, slams party but says won’t quit

Without naming former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, Pankaja Munde said she was ‘very pained’ at the way BJP tied up with NCP last month.

As Assam burns, troubleshooter Himanta Biswa Sarma gets his big chance to upstage CM Sonowal

Assam has seen violent protests over the citizenship bill and the situation has spiraled out of control under CM Sarbananda Sonowal’s watch.

On Camera

India has enough coal stocks to meet power demand, says govt as war pushes up mining costs

LPG supply eased for more industries, govt says coal gasification is next growth avenue. Centre welcomes US-Iran ceasefire but asks Indians to leave Iran.

Western theatre against Pakistan to be headed by IAF, Northern theatre under Army to focus on China

India's military to get Vice Chief of Defence Staff along with one Theatre Commander from each of three services, it is learnt.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.