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Modi govt incompetent on economy, arrogant on Kashmir — Chidambaram launches scathing attack

P. Chidambaram, in first press meet after being released from jail, says PM Modi unusually silent on economy, calls govt ‘mulish’ in defending ‘catastrophic mistakes’ like demonetisation, GST.

It’s Rahul Gandhi again — Congress all set to bring him back as party chief

Rahul Gandhi took over as Congress president in 2017 and resigned in July 2019 after the party's dismal performance in the general elections. 

Not NRC, but Bengal’s Congress-Left floating votes defeated BJP in bypolls

BJP may have been beaten by Trinamool Congress in the bypolls, but the party need not worry as numbers show that its vote-share is still intact.

Shiv Sena will support Citizenship Bill, allies Congress & NCP say yet to take a call

Shiv Sena says we have not changed our colours, will back Citizenship Bill in Parliament because it is against infiltrators.

Bengal Governor says he’s not a rubber stamp as another clash begins with Mamata govt

Trinamool Congress sees “ulterior motive” of Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar in keeping important bills pending over which assembly was adjourned Tuesday.

What’s climate change got to do with Bihar politics — Nitish Kumar to explain on his yatra

2 months after Patna floods, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar is on a 4-day yatra to highlight issues of water, life and the environment in the context of climate change.

How BJP’s Sumitra Mahajan took help of Congress leaders to get work done in Indore

BJP's Sumitra Mahajan, an ex-Lok Sabha Speaker, claimed she couldn’t raise issues related to development of her former constituency Indore due to ‘party discipline’.

Pan-India NRC is political rhetoric of BJP, can never be a reality: Mamata Banerjee

Hitting out at Amit Shah who said a pan-India NRC would be conducted, Mamata Banerjee said everyone living in the country were legal citizens.

Prashant Kishor’s latest assignment — helping DMK win 2021 Tamil Nadu assembly polls

Election strategist Prashant Kishor, who helped Modi win 2014 and has since worked with several other political parties, met DMK president M.K. Stalin Monday.

Karnataka BJP’s ‘Rs 1,200-cr candidate’ wants to win bypoll without help of party bigwigs

BJP’s MTB Nagaraju is the richest candidate in Karnataka bypolls. He made headlines when his assets grew by Rs 185.7 crore after defecting from Congress.

On Camera

Stocks fall, oil prices climb as Trump issues fresh threat to Iran ahead of his deadline

Fears that an escalation of the conflict could heighten a fuel squeeze & endanger the economy unnerved traders, with NYT reporting Iran stopped negotiating a truce with the US.

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.