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Deve Gowda hits back at Kharge—’was in forced marriage with Congress, sought divorce’

The Janata Dal (Secular) president was replying to Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge’s earlier remarks that Deve Gowda ‘loved’ Congress but ‘married’ BJP.

Stage set for polls, DMK moves Madras HC seeking money laundering probe against 9 AIADMK leaders

Petitioner also highlights that there is a 'reasonable apprehension' that political considerations have influenced ED’s failure to act against these nine leaders.

Haryana Congress names 4 RS poll cross-voters after two MLAs’ dharna to push party to clear their names

Gokul Setia & Manju Chaudhary staged protest outside party office in Chandigarh, saying their names are being wrongly circulated as those who cross-voted. Hooda met both legislators.

‘Was insulted, had difficulty surviving’: Assam MP Pradyut Bordoloi joins BJP after quitting Congress

With the exit of Bordoloi, the Congress has lost one of its three Lok Sabha MPs from Assam, giving BJP a boost weeks before Assam polls.

Another blow to Congress as MP Pradyut Bordoloi joins BJP ahead of polls in Assam

Bordoloi said that the resignation stemmed from ‘multiple issues’ as opposed to a singular ticket allocation for the upcoming assembly elections.  

‘Modi may hurt his head if he doesn’t bow in Ram Mandir properly’—Vinay Katiyar eyes political comeback

In an interview with ThePrint, Katiyar, the poster boy of the Ram Janmabhoomi movement, says 'demand of supporters' has pushed him to be active on ground again.

Tamil Nadu polls: CPI gets 5 constituencies in seat-sharing deal with DMK

Congress has also reached an agreement for 28 seats. DMK had allocated a Rajya Sabha berth to Congress.

Congress 1st Kerala list out, but suspense lingers over Kannur & Konni, seats eyed by heavyweights

Kerala will go to polls to elect 140 members of the state assembly in early April. V.D. Satheesan and Sunny Joseph to defend their seats.

Cross-voting nearly cost Congress Haryana Rajya Sabha seat. Now its state president has quit

Ram Kishan Gujjar’s resignation comes amid speculation that his wife, Naraingarh MLA Shalley Chaudhary, was among five Congress MLAs who voted for BJP-backed independent Satish Nandal.

Time for India to rise as third force for peace in West Asia conflict, says Shashi Tharoor

In a interview with ThePrint, the Thiruvananthapuram MP also spoke about the UDF's prospects in Kerala, and key issues in the coming assembly polls.

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Syringes, MRI to ventilators, West Asia war squeezing India’s medical supply chain—costs up 10 to 50%

Industry says manufacturers have 2-4 weeks of buffer stocks, but prolonged disruption could push up shortage risks, especially of consumables like IV and syringes.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.