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In poll-bound TN, Modi challenges DMK with ‘double engine’ pitch. Stalin’s ‘dummy engine’ retort

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday pitched a BJP–NDA double engine government for Tamil Nadu, drawing a sharp rebuttal from Chief Minister M. K. Stalin.

OPS made to ‘wait & watch’, why EPS is hesitant as AIADMK-BJP sound poll bugle in Tamil Nadu

EPS & OPS have been politically estranged since their leadership tussle after Jayalalithaa's death. Over the years, EPS consolidated control of AIADMK, with OPS being sidelined.

Thiruvananthapuram win signals a ‘Gujarat’ model—Modi kicks off BJP campaign in poll-bound Kerala

PM Modi began the BJP-led NDA’s assembly election campaign in Thiruvananthapuram, linking the party’s recent civic victory in the state capital to what he called growing public trust in the BJP.

UP govt divided over Avimukteshwarananda—Yogi’s ‘Kaal Nemi’ vs Maurya’s ‘bhagwan Shankaracharya’

Row that erupted after ‘Shankaracharya’ of Jyotirmath & his followers were prevented by UP govt from taking holy dip at Sangam on Mauni Amavasya refuses to die.

‘Unreachable’ corporators, unusual alliances—how parties are scrambling to control urban Maharashtra

With several corporations throwing up fractured mandates & an intense tug-of-war for power, especially among Mahayuti allies, hectic parleys are on to stake claim to urban local bodies.

Twenty20 joins NDA ahead of Kerala polls. ‘Viksit Kerala’ vision drew it to BJP, says Kitex MD founder

Formal entry into BJP-led alliance will take place Friday in presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is visiting Thiruvananthapuram.

Why Assam’s Congress-led Opposition has no space for Badruddin Ajmal

Ajmal's AIUDF was formed in 2005 in the backdrop of the Supreme Court scrapping the Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunals) Act, enacted in 1983 when Indira Gandhi was PM.

‘Oppressive regime, VB-G RAM G eroding worker rights’: Speech that Karnataka Governor refused to read

Thaawarchand Gehlot walked out of the Assembly without completing the speech amid protests by Congress leaders, deepening tensions with the Siddaramaiah government.

Maharashtra plans a Maratha memorial in Delhi to ‘highlight state’s sacrifice for national security’

Mahayuti govt wants to build memorial at Burari where Maratha general Dattaji Shinde died fighting ahead of 3rd battle of Panipat.

BMC in its grip, why BJP is now betting big on Bengaluru civic polls

In spite of being reduced from 104 to 66 assembly seats in 2023, it has a good track record in Bengaluru as seen in its vote share. Plus, all four parliamentary seats are with BJP.

On Camera

Beneath the ice — what a lost US base from the Cold War reveals about Greenland

A failed US plan to hide missiles under the ice now provides vital clues for understanding Greenland’s future and climate risks.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

From action near Myanmar to hand-to-hand combat in Kishtwar, meet this year’s gallantry award winners

Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.