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As leaders quit BJP in Rajasthan party brass worries about poor optics, impact on LS polls

As Dausa MP Harish Meena and MLA Manvendra Singh joined Congress, BJP’s central leadership is trying to focus on how to contain the damage.

ABVP asks DUSU president Ankiv Baisoya to resign, suspends him over fake degree row

Baisoya is accused of using fake undergraduate degree. ABVP says action necessary as row tarnishing DUSU’s image. 

BJP braces for trouble as second Rajasthan poll list leaves out 3 ministers, 15 MLAs

Under Narendra Modi and Amit Shah, BJP has been known to deny tickets to sitting MLAs to beat anti-incumbency.

Pakistan doesn’t want Kashmir, can’t even manage its 4 provinces: Shahid Afridi

In a viral video of his address to students in London, Afridi is heard saying that since Pakistan is against giving Kashmir to India, the region should be given independence.

China on mind, India-US-Australia-Japan Quad to meet in Singapore today

This will be the third meeting of the group since its revival last year as a counterweight to China’s growing economic and military might.

Arun Shourie leads the charge against Modi government at Supreme Court hearing on Rafale

Apart from raising questions on the procedure followed, Shourie squarely laid the blame on Narendra Modi for the Rafale deal.

Remembering Jawaharlal Nehru, the prime minister who shaped a young republic

On Jawaharlal Nehru's 129th birth anniversary, ThePrint looks back at the life and times of the freedom fighter and India's first Prime Minister.

Canada offers asylum to Pakistan’s Asia Bibi as her blasphemy acquittal sparks protests

Widespread violent protests have forced the Pakistani Christian woman to seek asylum after Supreme Court acquitted her.

Jawaharlal Nehru’s precious legacy is being undermined daily, says Sonia Gandhi

At the relaunch of Shashi Tharoor’s book on Jawaharlal Nehru, Gandhi said those in power bent upon changing India for the worse.

Both Sachin Pilot and I will contest assembly polls, says Ashok Gehlot, slams rift talk

Supporters of former Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot and state Congress chief Sachin Pilot reportedly want the party to announce a CM candidate before polls.

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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.