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In poll-bound Delhi, AAP and BJP face-off over quality of water

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal slammed a report released by Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan that claimed Delhi's water was unsafe.

Trinamool MP Nusrat Jahan admitted to hospital after ‘breathing difficulty’

Nusrat Jahan had posted pictures celebrating her husband’s birthday Sunday, but was admitted to hospital late in the evening.

Angry Kashmiri politicians confront cops after security personnel ‘body search’ Sajad Lone

The verbal spat occurred at the MLA hostel in Srinagar, where the Valley’s political detainees were being moved after complaints of inadequate heating at the earlier ‘sub-jail’ at SKICC.

Shiv Sena, BJP leaders pay tributes to Bal Thackeray but ensure not to cross paths

While Sena leaders visited Shivaji Park between 10 am-12 noon, BJP leaders Devendra Fadnavis, Vinod Tawde and Pankaja Munde visited the place post 1 pm.

Shiv Sena MPs to sit in opposition benches during Winter Session in Rajya Sabha

Rajya Sabha sources said that the sitting arrangement of Shiv Sena MPs has been changed and Shiv Sena MPs Sanjay Raut and Anil Desai will sit in the opposition benches.

Shiv Sena not attending NDA meet on Sunday, break up just a formality: Sanjay Raut

The Shiv Sena, a long-standing constituent of the NDA, fell out with the BJP over sharing the CM post, a few days after the results of the Maharashtra assembly polls were announced.

The Devendra Fadnavis-Uddhav Thackeray friendship that never really was

Jaitapur, Aarey or Mumbai nightlife — the relationship between Fadnavis’ BJP and Uddhav’s Sena has been edgy, frosty and patchy.

BJP to name Amit Shah’s successor as party chief in 6 weeks, JP Nadda top choice

The new BJP chief will be elected in the last week of December, after the ongoing organisational polls are completed.

Ayodhya & Kashmir done, BJP shifts focus to Bengal — ‘citizenship law a necessity in state’

BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya says Citizenship Amendment Bill is needed in West Bengal to 'stop infiltration bids and secure the nation'.

SC missed a chance to permanently end defections: Karnataka ex-Speaker Ramesh Kumar

Speaking to ThePrint, former Karnataka Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar says Congress shouldn't join hands again with JD(S) again 'if they have any sense of shame left'.

On Camera

Rahul Gandhi wants to jail Himanta Sarma but Congress has a Bihar-sized problem in Assam

The Congress has promised Rs 50,000 assistance to each woman but as we've seen in many recent elections, voters seem to be conscious of the proverb: 'A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.'

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.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

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.