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At special classes this Winter Session, MPs to get Sanskrit lessons from RSS affiliate

Samskrita Bharati is set to organise a 15-day camp for MPs during the Winter Session of Parliament.

Arvind Kejriwal launches app to fight ‘fake news’ ahead of Delhi polls

The Arvind Kejriwal App or AKApp is already available for Android phones and will soon go live for iOS.

Congress’ ex-Haryana unit chief Ashok Tanwar to support Dushyant Chautala in state polls

Ashok Tanwar won’t join Chautala’s JJP but only support its candidates on ‘select seats’, says will also back other candidates, including from Congress.

Congress should allow local leadership to develop: Sachin Pilot

Speaking at Off The Cuff in Mumbai, Rajasthan Deputy CM Sachin Pilot says his style of functioning is different from CM Gehlot's but they work with "common objective".

Gopal Kanda, millionaire debtor & accused in 2 suicides, tries luck in Haryana polls again

When Haryana goes to polls on 21 October, Gopal Kanda will contest from his home constituency of Sirsa, which he had won in 2009 but lost in 2014.

BJP wants to do an Amethi in Baramati but doesn’t have a Smriti Irani to defeat Pawar clan

BJP is confident of winning the Maharashtra assembly elections. But its hopes in Baramati are tenuously hanging on ‘outsider’ Gopichand Padalkar.

Modi plays Dangal connect at Haryana rally, says he felt proud China’s Xi has seen film

Campaigning for Babita Phogat in Haryana, PM Modi said 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' would not have been successful without support from villages.

The Ayodhya connection to Asaduddin Owaisi’s Delhi home

Muslim plaintiffs in the Supreme Court case over Babri Masjid demolition have consistently stayed at Asaduddin Owaisi’s house for the course of hearings.

Drought-free Maharashtra, 1 crore jobs & Bharat Ratna for Savarkar in BJP’s poll manifesto

To combat drought, BJP plans to divert 167 TMC of water from west-flowing rivers to drought-hit parts of Marathwada and North Maharashtra.

BJP keeps MPs on toes — from Article 370 meets to Diwali with Ayushman Bharat beneficiaries

From creating awareness on Article 370 to participating in Seva Saptah & Sankalp Yatra, and spreading word on 'economic turnaround' — BJP has kept its MPs busy.

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.'

Air India CEO Campbell Wilson steps down amid turbulent times, to remain till successor is announced

Development comes days after Air India’s biggest rival IndiGo hired aviation industry veteran Willie Walsh as its next CEO replacing Peter Elbers.

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.