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Amit Shah’s Kashmir trip is about Amarnath Yatra. PDP & NC hope for major announcement

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to visit J&K this week to review security arrangements for the Amarnath Yatra.

This is what Rahul Gandhi can learn from Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Shivraj Singh Chouhan was voted out as MP CM last year. But he quickly came into his own as a proactive opposition leader, while Rahul Gandhi is still sulking.

The ex-IAS officer who is bringing Narendra Modi and Naveen Patnaik together

Ashwini Vaishnaw is an IIT-Kanpur alumnus who was private secretary to late PM A.B. Vajpayee in 2004. Modi called up Patnaik for his support to send Vaishnaw to Rajya Sabha.

BJP will treat Bengal’s 2020 civic polls as a mini general election: Mukul Roy

Former Trinamool leader Mukul Roy tells ThePrint BJP is finalising campaigners for civic polls, which the party believes will set the stage for overthrow of Mamata govt.

Focus on winning, not CM’s chair: BJP, Shiv Sena tell cadres, issue ‘gag order’

Devendra Fadnavis & Uddhav Thackeray address Shiv Sena and BJP legislators in Mumbai following reports of rift over CM's post.

This is the message from Congress as it snubs its UP chief Raj Babbar

Kushinagar MLA Ajay Kumar Lallu is in charge of making organisational changes in eastern UP, and will work closely with Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.

Those who refuse to say Vande Mataram have no right to live in India: BJP minister Sarangi

In Parliament, union minister Pratap Sarangi says asking for proof for Balakot air strikes is like asking one's mother for a DNA test.

Congress dissolves its Uttar Pradesh committees, sets up panel to address complaints

Following its Lok Sabha drubbing, the party is looking into complaints of gross indiscipline while it attempts to set its house in order.

BJP hands a job list to its women MPs — demand 3-hour work for ‘homemakers’

BJP’s wishlist for empowerment of women and protection of transgenders has come in the form of an agenda document given to its 34 women MPs.

Mayawati signals end of BSP-SP alliance, says party will contest all elections on its own

BSP chief Mayawati said the SP's behaviour after the elections led her to question their ability to defeat the BJP in the future.

On Camera

What can be expected from the ongoing talks in Islamabad? Odds of resolution remain slim

The initial ceasefire functioned less as a resolution and more as a pause—an opportunity for both sides to recalibrate, while claiming victory.

India bond yields rise as RBI moves to drain liquidity, lift overnight rates

New Delhi: India’s sovereign bond yields rose after the central bank announced its first step this year to drain cash from the banking system,...

Army promotes Col Purohit, acquitted in 2008 Malegaon blast case, to Brigadier; to not retire yet

This means he will serve Indian Army for a minimum of another 2 years as Brigadier, unless he picks up the next rank of Major General.

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.