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Congress’ overseas wing meets with UK leader Corbyn over Kashmir, BJP demands explanation

The BJP and Congress in India got into a war of words after British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn tweeted about his discussion on Kashmir with UK members of Congress.

BJP’s 2014 spend on Maharashtra, Haryana poll campaign was 4 times that of Congress: Report

The report, prepared by the Association for Democratic Reforms, comes days before Haryana and Maharashtra go to polls again.

Milan to Mewat, Nauksham Chaudhary ditches fashion to help BJP win backward Haryana seat

Nauksham Chaudhary, the 28-year-old BJP candidate from Punhana in Mewat, has a masters in fashion, business and brand management from Milan in Italy.

Is your nationalism inspired by Hitler & Mussolini, CM Bhupesh Baghel asks Mohan Bhagwat

Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel, who is on weeklong 'Gandhi Vichaar Padyatra', says RSS chief's idea of nationalism is not the inclusive nationalism of Mahatma Gandhi.

Narayan Rane — the one prickly issue between BJP & Shiv Sena that’s unlikely to be resolved

BJP is banking on Rane, a former Sainik, and his aides to make inroads in Sindhudurg district but that has angered Shiv Sena, which holds sway there.

In Haryana Congress manifesto, Rs 10 thali, private sector job quota & old-age pension

Faced with bleak prospects in Haryana, Congress plans to offer unemployment allowance of Rs 10,000 a month and old-age pension of Rs 5,100 per month.

Congress to boycott J&K block polls over party leaders’ detention

The block development councils elections are slated for 24 October but mainstream Kashmiri parties including NC & PDP also plan to skip them.

Shehla Rashid quits politics, former IAS officer Shah Faesal could be next

Former JNU student leader Shehla Rashid quit over BDC polls in J&K, says can’t be party to legitimising the brutal suppression of my people.

Former JNU leader Umar Khalid’s assailant gets Shiv Sena ticket to contest Haryana polls

A 'gau rakshak', Naveen Dalal says he joined Sena because BJP & Congress only did 'politics in the name of cows, farmers, martyrs & the poor'.

BJP candidates around Mumbai’s Aarey Colony say tree felling not a poll issue for voters

Sitting BJP MLAs and candidates say, on the campaign trail, voters have barely mentioned the cutting of trees for a Metro car shed at Aarey Colony.

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.