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In talks over demand for Frontier Nagaland, Centre considers funding model with no role for state

Centre in talks with Nagaland govt & Eastern Nagaland People's Organisation over demand for separate unit for 6 districts. Proposed financial model would route funds through governor.

Amid rumblings in BJP over SC’s creamy layer observation, MPs say PM has assured it’s ‘not binding’

Over 100 BJP SC/ST MPs presented Modi a memorandum on the issue, say PM has 'assured them' it's just an observation. NDA allies & opposition parties, too, have expressed objections.

How 2021 Antilia bomb scare has come back to bite Mahayuti & MVA in poll-bound Maharashtra

Key characters Parambir Singh and Sachin Waze, who had dominated Maharashtra’s political discourse for a bit 3 years ago, have re-emerged as MVA and BJP try to corner one another.

‘Don’t need any schooling’ — RS Chairman Dhankhar tells Jaya Bachchan in 2nd Budget session face-off

Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan demanded apology from RS Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar who accused Oppn of ‘trying to destabilise the nation & create chaos in the House’.

Waqf bill, law against ‘love, land jihad’ — why BJP’s returning to polarising politics after LS setback

In run up to assembly polls, experts say BJP is going back to the drawing board & making changes to its strategy. Opposition calls party's actions 'anti-Muslim'. 

Move to extend bar & hotel opening hours part of Karnataka govt push to replenish drying coffers

State finances have been impacted in past few years, with govt blaming lower inflows from Centre, but Congress's welfare schemes also form major chunk of expenditure.

How very similar clean chits in decade-old cases have now landed 2 DMK ministers back on trial

Madras High Court has reopened disproportionate assets cases against DMK ministers KKSSR Ramachandran and Thangam Thennarasu, saying probe agency DVAC had ‘misused its power’.

Month after Rahul’s pep talk, Gujarat Congress launching ‘Nyay Yatra’ from Morbi to Gandhinagar

Congress Seva Dal chief says idea behind yatra in Gujarat is to make people aware that many tragedies could have been prevented had corruption not been so rife in the state.

Look out for ‘traditional friends’ — Swapan Dasgupta urges Shah to be ‘more understanding’ on Bangladesh

His remark came in backdrop of reports that former Awami League MP Kamarul Arefin and his family were prevented by BSF from entering India without valid visa.

‘Haircuts cutting people’s necks’ — Oppn says govt ‘friendly’ to corporates while middle class suffers

Oppn also criticises Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya's comment on the money spent on the training of wrestler Vinesh Phogat.

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.