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‘Stunt even veterans can’t defend’—BJP pounces as Congress’s Margaret Alva criticises AI summit protest

AICC General Secretary K. C. Venugopal slams action taken against IYC president and others in connection with the shirtless protest, calling their detention 'completely illegal'.

Bihar, Rajasthan ministers’ health tips for kids—buffalo milk makes you ‘bhrasht’, meat ‘violent’

Bihar govt to ban open sale of meat near educational institutes, religious places, crowded areas for 'social harmony, hygiene'. Rajasthan minister says cow milk makes kids intelligent.

After TDP, ally JSP plans membership drive, offers card-carrying members accidental cover, legal aid

Once the membership drive is concluded it is estimated that a third of Andhra Pradesh’s populace would be members either of the Jana Sena or Telugu Desam.

Modi tears into Congress over AI summit protest. ‘Turned global event into arena for naked, dirty politics’

The summit was not a BJP event, Modi said in Meerut, adding that the protest by Indian Youth Congress (IYC) workers at the India AI Impact Summit violated the dignity of a national event.

In fragile Manipur, Kuki leaders term CM adviser choice a ‘setback’. Nishikanta Singh says ‘bygones’

Retd army officer L. Nishikanta Singh has been picked as Adviser (Coordination) to CM. He had in 2023 drawn criticism for his post on ‘lungi-clad Kuki terrorists from Myanmar’.

Rekha Gupta’s public gaffes to slow welfare rollouts, Ayushman Bharat & Atal Canteen—BJP’s 1 yr in Delhi

After her one year as Delhi's chief minister, Gupta says, 'this is not a government of promises, but of results'. Some election promises have been fulfilled, some schemes yet to be implemented.

Ordinance, elections & lapse: Why Maharashtra’s 5% reservation for Muslim groups never made it to law

On 17 February, the Mahayuti government issued a fresh government resolution formally cancelling all earlier decisions & circulars linked to the 2014 Muslim quota framework.

Ahead of Bengal polls, culture wars play out between TMC & BJP, this time over mystic Ramakrishna

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said she was ‘shocked again’ that PM Modi referred to Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa as 'Swami', instead of ‘Thakur’. BJP said it was a mark of respect.

First Maurya, now Pathak: Why UP CM Yogi Adityanath may have to watch out for his deputies

On Thursday, UP Deputy CMs Maurya and Pathak met RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in Lucknow. The sarsanghachalak also held a meeting with CM Yogi Adityanath the previous day.

2 neighbouring states allow Muslims to leave work early for Ramzan. 1 faces ‘anti-secularist’ barb

Islamic scholars in Telangana & Andhra Pradesh have decided that the 40-day festival will be observed starting 19 February.

On Camera

Rahul Gandhi wants to jail Himanta Sarma but Congress has a Bihar-sized problem in Assam

The Congress has promised Rs 50,000 assistance to each woman but as we've seen in many recent elections, voters seem to be conscious of the proverb: 'A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.'

Stocks fall, oil prices climb as Trump issues fresh threat to Iran ahead of his deadline

Fears that an escalation of the conflict could heighten a fuel squeeze & endanger the economy unnerved traders, with NYT reporting Iran stopped negotiating a truce with the US.

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.