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BJP’s Jayant Sinha to head parliamentary panel on finance, PP Choudhary external affairs

Rahul Gandhi will now be in the Defence panel, according to the changes in the parliament's standing committees made late Friday night.

BJP chief Amit Shah and party colleagues mop AIIMS floor as part of ‘seva saptah’

Amit Shah launched 'seva saptah' Saturday to celebrate PM Modi's birthday on September 17, said Modi had dedicated his life to serving the the poor.

At Howdy, Modi! event in US, PM to draw ‘largest-ever’ crowd after Pope

A record audience of over 50,000 people have already registered for the event to be held on 22 September at the sprawling NRG stadium in Houston.

Sonia Gandhi doesn’t want to ‘copy’ BJP, rejects proposal to call party trainers ‘preraks’

Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi doesn’t want to use the term ‘prerak’ for party trainers as it sounds similar to BJP’s ‘pracharak’.

Congress is so desperate to survive in Maharashtra it wants to ally with fringe player SP

The decision to ally with the SP was discussed by the Congress at the Maharashtra screening committee meeting in New Delhi.

Manmohan Singh tells BJP — $5-trillion economy a pipe dream, there’s only gloom & doom

Recalling 2008 economic crisis, Manmohan Singh said Congress had faced it head-on and converted the slump into an opportunity to revitalise growth rate.

BJP seeks nationwide ban on Colors TV’s serial ‘Ram Siya Ke Luv Kush’

BJP leaders’ delegation met I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar, days after the Valmiki community staged protests against the controversial show.

Sonia Gandhi message to party — tweeting not enough, more important to fight on the street

Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi urges party leaders to stand up fearlessly to fight in villages, towns and cities as elections in three states inch closer.

Bengal BJP questions silence of ‘intellectuals’ on political killings of its workers

Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh, referring to an open letter by celebrities to Modi over lynching cases, says they have become silent supporters of Trinamool.

All political parties are Hindu-appeasing, says ex-IAS officer and author Madhav Godbole

In an interview, ex-civil servant Madhav Godbole says it’s unfortunate that not one person has been held responsible for Babri demolition 27 years on.

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.