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After Milind Deora, now Jyotiraditya Scindia quits Congress post

Congress general secretary Jyotiraditya Scindia said he is quitting as a gesture of "accepting people's verdict and taking accountability".

After Modi, now Arvind Kejriwal wants to forcibly retire corrupt Delhi officials

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal discusses retirement of corrupt officials with Lieutenant Governor & chief secretary, cabinet to prepare list.

Kumaraswamy won’t resign, will convene meetings to try and save JD(S)-Congress govt

Karnataka CM H.D. Kumaraswamy has refused to take his father Deve Gowda’s advice to resign. Instead, he’s prepared to face a no-confidence motion on 12 July.

Yeddyurappa says BJP will wait and watch on govt formation in Karnataka

Ours is a national party & we will take a decision after discussing with the national leadership, said former CM B.S. Yeddyurappa.

Milind Deora resigns as Mumbai Congress president, says wants a national-level role

Congress leader Milind Deora recommended setting up of a provisional collective leadership comprising three senior leaders to oversee Mumbai Congress.

Doctor shot dead in Haryana. BJP’s Khattar govt slammed by opposition

A 56-year-old doctor Rajiv Gupta, who owned a hospital, was shot at by motorcycle-borne assailants in Karnal.

BJP leaders in Karnataka say more MLAs will jump, no-confidence motion likely on 12 July

BJP leaders say the number in the Karnataka Assembly will fall to a point where its 105-member strength becomes a majority.

A blow to wobbly Karnataka govt, 11 Cong-JD(S) MLAs submit resignation at Speaker’s office

Congress's "trouble shooter" and Minister D K Shivakumar met the legislators and tried to convince them not to rock the coalition's strength in the 224-member Assembly.

Sitharaman’s Budget speech was low on political buzzwords, & this was a message from Modi

The terms 'poor' & 'poverty' figured just once in Sitharaman's speech, as compared to 16 times in this year’s interim budget speech, 23 in 2018-19 and 22 in 2017-18.

Full text of Mahua Moitra’s Lok Sabha speech that landed her in plagiarism row

The American commentator, whose piece has been claimed as the source for Mahua Moitra's speech, has backed the Trinamool MP.

On Camera

Tamil Nadu’s elections are fought on delivery—ideology appears only when needed

Electoral competition now appears dominated by welfare delivery and governance metrics, but ideology has not disappeared in Tamil Nadu. Instead, it has become strategic.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

How Indian Army has tweaked its war game strategy as enemy lines on nuclear, conventional deterrence blur

Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan says India’s nuclear capability will not be considered a separate domain, but part of cognitive war in multi domain operations.

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.