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J&K Governor gets image ‘makeover’ after speech video goes viral

Centre would've wanted Lone govt in J&K, says Governor Malik, explaining why he dissolved assembly. Omar Abdullah & Mehbooba Mufti praise move.  

BJP manifesto for Rajasthan assembly polls promises 50 lakh private jobs in 5 years

The BJP manifesto also held out a possibility to farmers of doubling their income, helped by a new Rs 250 crore fund to encourage rural start-ups.

BJP’s two-pronged poll approach — Vikas in manifesto, Hindutva in campaigns

Arun Jaitley releasing party manifestoes is BJP's strategy to ensure that it isn’t just in content but also in the optics that the party is seen as pro-development.    

As Rahul Gandhi attacks Anil Ambani over Rafale, Sibal appears as RComm lawyer in SC

Congress leader Kapil Sibal represents Anil Ambani’s Reliance Communication in SC in case related to selling company assets to brother Mukesh Ambani.

After BJP & RSS leaders, Modi too drags Supreme Court into Ram temple politics

PM Narendra Modi links Congress move to impeach Dipak Misra to the former CJI's refusal to postpone the Ayodhya hearing to after 2019 elections.

Man arrested for carrying bullet to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s residence

Delhi Police say suspect, a mosque caretaker, claimed he had found the bullet in a donation box and had forgotten to throw it.

For KCR, Telangana agitation is still on, and Chandrababu Naidu is arch enemy

A major contradiction in the TRS campaign is that it is seeking to woo Andhra settlers even as it tries to make this election a Telangana-vs-Andhra battle.

Results of 5 assembly polls will decide contours of opposition alliance, say leaders

Opposition leaders say they are in touch with each other but will decide shape of alliance and if it will be state-specific or a national one after 11 December. 

Navjot Singh Sidhu is the Congress’ new star campaigner, even in Telangana & Rajasthan

His one-liners, humour and sarcasm have made Navjot Singh Sidhu the most popular Congress campaigner after Rahul Gandhi. Now Kartarpur has just added to the charm.

A shrill, hardline Yogi Adityanath is just what BJP needs to promote Hindutva narrative

UP CM Yogi Adityanath with his provocative and polarising speeches — apart from changing Muslim-sounding names — is one of the BJP's star campaigners.

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University townships — India’s chance to build its own version of what America got right

India’s university towns initiative is an opportunity to do something we have never managed at scale: build knowledge ecosystems rather than knowledge silos.

John Ternus set to take over as Apple CEO, Tim Cook to transition to executive chairman

Cook will hand over the reins to Ternus on 1 September, capping a 15-year tenure that turned the company into a $4 trillion business spanning watches, video streaming & financial services.

Japan overhauls post-World War II pacifist military approach, lifts restrictions on defence exports

Since October last year, Japan PM Sanae Takaichi has planned to increase defence spending target to 2 percent of GDP.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.