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11 CBI chargesheets & 9 ED complaints, but no trial. Cases against Jagan Reddy & what’s delaying trial

Ex-CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, arrested in May 2012 on charges of accumulating disproportionate assets, has been out on bail since September 2013. SC has now pulled up CBI for delay in trial.

Deepender Hooda at helm, Congress front & centre at Vinesh Phogat’s Haryana homecoming. No BJP

Political undercurrents marked Phogat’s roadshow as parties brace for assembly polls. Vinesh’s cousins too skip event, target her for forgetting Mahavir Phogat in her gratitude note.

Anna Canteens back in AP, but here’s why Naidu may not deliver on ‘Super 6’ poll promises anytime soon

Andhra Pradesh minister Nara Lokesh says previous Jagan govt 'took 3 yrs to implement their promises', adds that his father's govt will implement all promises 'in systematic manner'.

In Khushbu’s return to active politics, TN BJP gets another crowd-puller, but ‘outsider’ image hangs heavy

Known for controversial statements & being a crowd-puller, the actor-politician, who had resigned as NCW chief, returns at a time when BJP state chief Annamalai is going on study leave.

How Hemant Soren is making his prison stint a poll plank to attack BJP in tribal Jharkhand

In countless public meetings, the CM has brought up his 5-month incarceration, presenting himself as taking up the cause of tribals, the poor, and Dalits. Polls due in November-December.

LS setback won’t deter BJP, it will rule for next 35 yrs, says Shah. Party sets 10-cr membership target

Party has a strong foundation, home minister tells BJP workers at a closed-door meeting. Sambit Patra says new members can join through missed calls, QR codes, NaMo app.

JMM leader Champai Soren reaches Delhi amid speculations of him likely to join BJP

Soon after landing in Delhi, Soren told reporters that he hasn’t met any BJP leader and he is in the national capital on a 'personal' visit.

JJP meltdown: 7 MLAs abandon party ahead of Haryana polls, only 3 including Dushyant left standing

Soon after EC declared poll dates, JJP received 4 back-to-back resignations, including that of Uklana MLA Anoop Dhanak. Three others have already distanced themselves from party.

All about Jay Pawar, Ajit’s ‘soft-spoken’ son who may soon have to shoulder weight of a family bastion

Maharashtra may witness another Pawar vs Pawar clash in upcoming assembly polls with Jay expected to contest against his cousin, Yugendra, son of Ajit’s younger brother, in Baramati.

Lok Sabha jolt to strategies that backfired, what’s giving BJP the jitters in poll-bound Maharashtra

Election Commission's announcement of delayed assembly polls in the state has political analysts wondering whether ruling Mahayuti is 'biding its time'.

On Camera

Mumbai woman who shouted at minister spoke for many Indians, exposed BJP’s protest politics

Had it been a poor woman shouting at Maharashtra minister Girish Mahajan over the roadblock, the police would likely have arrested her, raided her home, and terrorised her family members.

India’s online gaming rules to take effect on 1 May; most games exempt from registration

The rules, which come into force on 1 May, establish an Online Gaming Authority which will determine whether a game is an online money game or online social game in only three situations.

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.