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BJP & Congress don’t want to field Muslims in Madhya Pradesh. Muslims say they understand 

Muslims in Madhya Pradesh, under BJP rule for 15 years now, seem to have resigned to the fact that the shift in Congress posturing is a political compulsion.

US scraps $1.66 billion aid to Pakistan after Trump’s ‘doesn’t do a damn thing’ comment

The decision comes days after US President Donald Trump said that Pakistan doesn't do "a damn thing" for the US.

I’m a dump of shrunken flesh & dried bones, says Delhi Univ prof in jail for Maoist links

Wife of Saibaba, a former DU professor serving a life sentence for ‘Naxal links’, has alleged ill-treatment in Nagpur jail. Authorities deny allegation.

My birthplace Vadnagar once helped Rewa’s famous musician Tansen: PM Modi in Madhya Pradesh

Addressing a rally in Rewa, Modi said he has a relation with the land of Vindhya which belongs to white tigers and Tansen's musical notes.

Congress joined hands with TDP in Telangana after online feedback from workers, voters

Launched in July, digital platform Shakti helped grand old party get feedback on alliance, candidate selection in poll-bound states.

Tihar jail can’t hold Om Prakash Chautala back from running his INLD political empire

INLD patriarch Chautala has spent nearly half his 10-year jail term in hospital or on parole, busy running his party like always.

Madhya Pradesh BJP leader Sahasrabuddhe challenges Congress to support Ram temple

Attacking Rahul Gandhi for his recent temple visits, Sahasrabuddhe says Gandhis trying to clear 'spiritual backlog' with an eye on elections.

Sushma Swaraj says she’ll not contest 2019 Lok Sabha elections

The foreign minister underwent a surgery for kidney transplant in December 2016 and doctors advised her not to contest elections.

India has to show its soft face to people of Kashmir: Former J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti

Mufti was addressing her party officials when she also said that the country's democratic values can help Jammu and Kashmir counter intolerance and sectarianism.

AAP calls chilli powder attack on CM Kejriwal politically motivated

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal was attacked by a man with chilli powder outside his chamber in the Delhi Secretariat when he was leaving for lunch.

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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.

FTA partners drive India’s trade surge as reliance on non-FTA countries dips, says NITI Aayog report

Share of trade with FTA partners rose from 4.6% in 2006 to 28.8% in 2024. India is currently negotiating or advancing agreements with US, Israel, GCC, Canada & Mexico.

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.