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Congress sets up ‘National Alliance Committee’ ahead of INDIA meet. Gehlot, Baghel, Wasnik among members

Panel comprises party veterans who've had long associations with leaders of most INDIA parties. This comes after Congress was accused by many allies of stalling further talks.

With 49 more leaders shown the door, 41% of Opposition MPs now stand suspended from Parliament

Today's suspensions from Lok Sabha take total tally of both Houses to 141 in less than a week. 48% of opposition MPs in Lok Sabha & 32% in Rajya Sabha suspended.

‘Important bills coming up’ — 141 Oppn MPs suspended, Modi urges BJP MPs to attend Parliament

Modi says Oppn politicising security breach incident, suspended MPs say BJP ‘interested in Opposition-mukt Lok Sabha’.

Eknath Shinde’s bridge to Jarange-Patil: dialogue through OSD, help from personal coffers

Through his OSD Mangesh Chivate, Shinde has been extending all the support Jarange-Patil has been asking for, earning the activist's trust & cementing his own leadership as a Maratha CM.

INDIA to decide on PM face after Lok Sabha polls, says Mamata Banerjee — ‘2024 not a done deal’

Day before 4th meeting of INDIA bloc, West Bengal CM voices support for former TMC MP Mahua Moitra, says party to decide whether to field her from Krishnanagar in 2024.

Congress chief Kharge slams BJP over ‘mehngaai-nomics’, says ruling party ‘has mastered looting’

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge's comments come a day after party MP Rahul Gandhi linked the Parliament security breach to 'unemployment and inflation'.

“Not against people following Christianity but oppose cow slaughtering, religious conversion”: Chhattisgarh CM Sai

Raipur (Chhattisgarh) , December 16 (ANI): Clarifying stance, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai stated that he is not against people following Christianity as...

Ex-MLA who became close to Rahul after taking him on bike ride, Jitu Patwari is MP’s new Congress chief

An ex-NSUI activist & former zila panchayat member, Patwari replaces former CM Kamal Nath. He is often described as an aggressive leader not afraid of taking on opposition head-on.

‘Parliament security breach happened because of unemployment, inflation,’ says Rahul Gandhi

The Congress MP's remarks come amid Opposition's bid to corner the govt over the incident with many demanding a statement from Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Parliament.

Jagan’s social engineering sparks dissidence in YSRCP ahead of polls. ‘Reddy dissent spilling out’

At forefront of dissent are some from CM Jagan Mohan Reddy’s own community — Reddy MLAs & staunch loyalists — with many aligning with rival TDP ahead of 2024 assembly polls in Andhra.

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Only in India are more women in higher position in politics and public life: Indira Gandhi

On 26 June 1966, Indira Gandhi delivered a speech at the Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women's University in Mumbai, outlining the tasks before Indian women.

Strategic petroleum reserves: Why India needs bigger oil buffers & how others compare | Cut The Clutter

This is the transcript of Ep 1830 of Cut the Clutter, where Shekhar Gupta explains why strategic petroleum reserves are a national necessity & how India compares with China, US & Japan.

DRDO unveils amphibious battle platforms with crewless turrets, anti-tank missile capability

Tracked and wheeled variants, built in collaboration with Tata Advanced Systems and Bharat Forge, carry 30mm turrets, cross water using hydro jets, and are 65% indigenous.

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.