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Why Meghalaya’s Garo Hills have been on the boil ahead of tribal council polls

Meghalaya's Garo Hills Autonomous District Council is among the few councils in the Northeast region that still have a handful of unreserved seats.

Rahul’s ‘Samajik Parivartan’ to Akhilesh’s ‘PDA Divas’, UP parties scramble to claim Kanshi Ram’s legacy

The Bahujan Samaj Party founder Kanshi Ram's birth anniversary is on 15 March. Later this year, Uttar Pradesh goes to polls.

Back after no-confidence saga, Speaker Om Birla says no special privileges in LS, with a Vajpayee story

Birla addressed House a day after Opposition-sponsored resolution seeking his removal over charges of bias and partiality was defeated by voice vote.

‘Everything starts & ends with one family’: In Trichy, Modi accuses DMK of ‘scientific corruption’

Addressing a public meeting, PM says NDA only force that can bring complete change to the state, launches multitude of projects.

The seer who stung Yogi plans a new cow protection yatra, this time from UP CM’s bastion Gorakhpur

Avimukteshwaranand has been in the spotlight ever since he locked horns with Yogi govt over allegedly being stopped from taking a holy dip at Triveni Sangam on Mauni Amavasya.

Amit Shah targets Rahul’s attendance, hug & wink as Oppn motion to remove Om Birla as Speaker fails

Replying to Oppn’s resolution against Speaker Om Birla, Amit Shah said Rahul missed key sessions despite claiming he wasn’t allowed to speak, triggering protests & dramatic scenes in the House.

PM ‘compromise’ & parliamentary history: Rahul & Ravi Shankar lock horns in fiery LS showdown

Senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad tore into Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi after the latter claimed 'compromises have been made' by PM Modi.

Fulfilling a promise made to a farmer in a paddy field, Rahul attends the wedding of a Sonipat daughter

On 8 July 2023, Rahul was travelling from Delhi to Himachal Pradesh in his convoy when he met Sanjay Malik in Haryana's Madina. Three years later, he attended his daughter's wedding.

DMK cries ‘political agenda’ as Senthil Balaji summoned by CBI in Karur stampede case

The summons have been sent even though no formal charges have been filed against the DMK MLA. He has been asked to appear on 17 March.

Kerala minister Ganesh Kumar’s wife who ‘caught him cheating’ says issue ‘resolved’ after apology

Controversy erupted after Bindu Menon Monday accused the minister of infidelity and said she had caught him ‘red-handed’ at their family home in Trivandrum.

On Camera

A war in the Gulf, a crisis in Gujarat’s Morbi: India’s ceramics capital counts the cost

Morbi makes 80-90% of India’s ceramic exports. The West Asia conflict has cut its propane supply, shutting 200 factories and threatening 400 more—along with 9 lakh livelihoods.

India-Bangladesh relations on track—After military intel chief’s visit, envoy goes to Army War College

In a first during his tenure as High Commissioner to India, Riaz Hamidullah addressed JOCAP consisting of tri-forces officers, as New Delhi & Dhaka step up normalisation efforts.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.