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Gurdaspur’s ‘missing MP’ Sunny Deol opts out of 2024 polls — ‘too good for politics’

Gurdaspur MP Sunny Deol, with 18% attendance in Lok Sabha, downplays his absence, saying he was dismayed by the ‘behaviour’ of MPs cutting across party lines.

‘Chandrayaan-3 a result of Nehru’s early efforts’ — Congress charts space programme’s history

Opposition party also releases a video of India’s space journey, featuring pictures of Nehru & Indira Gandhi.

Rebellion in MP BJP after early poll list: 12 problem seats, Tomar to Scindia on damage-control duty

BJP released its first list of candidates for Madhya Pradesh earlier this month, covering 39 seats where it sees itself as weak. The party lost 38 of these in the 2018 election. 

‘Jungle Raj 2?’ — Oppn hits out at Nitish govt over crime in Bihar, ex-DGP calls situation ‘scary’

Several gun crimes have put focus on law & order issue in state. Bihar CM says there's no issue and crime figures in other states are much higher.

Kharge declares Congress will conduct caste census if voted to power in Madhya Pradesh

Congress president Kharge also announces loan waivers for farmers, Rs 1,500 as aid for women, free power up to 100 units & cylinders at Rs 500 apiece if voted to power.

Behind BJP ‘jitters’ over Bihar caste survey — ‘could upset Hindutva maths, boost Nitish’

On Monday, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta made a sudden appearance before SC bench hearing petitions against Bihar caste survey, and sought permission to file affidavit on behalf of Modi govt.

Constitutional crisis averted as Manipur governor summons assembly on 29 August

New session will be notified under an emergency rule of Rules of Procedure & Conduct of Business of Manipur assembly, it is learnt.

‘Gandhis, Kharge believe I’m a dinosaur, loose cannon’— Mani Shankar Aiyar on being kept out of CWC

Aiyar, whose autobiography ‘Memoirs of a Maverick’ was released Monday, says he won’t leave Congress but laments party’s drift from ‘secularism of Gandhi & Nehru kind'.

Siddaramaiah govt to scrap Modi govt’s NEP, draft one of its own — ‘policy imposed on states’

In statement released to media Monday, Congress government in Karnataka cited exclusive rights over ‘state-specific subject’. BJP says NEP shouldn’t be made a ‘political event’.

False flag operation? Ink attack on BJP candidate sparks blame game in Ghosi bypoll battle

A man who flung ink at Dara Singh Chauhan has ‘confessed’ that he did so at the behest of a BJP leader, but police claim accused has Samajwadi Party links & held a 'grudge'.

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AAP has brought Punjab to its knees. State needs BJP governance

The past week saw the defection of 7 AAP Rajya Sabha MPs, led by Raghav Chaddha and Ashok Mittal, into the BJP. This lays bare the fragility and inconsistency within the party.

As govt weighs mandatory silver hallmarking, new report flags economic & operational bottlenecks

Koan Advisory report warns that infra gaps could hurt small businesses and artisans, recommends transition period of 3-5 yrs for industry to adapt.

What theaterisation could look like: Rotational CDS, three-star theatre commanders in initial years

The proposed structure envisions the post of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) rotating between the Army, Navy and Air Force, it is learnt.

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.