A host of senior Congress leaders, including former PM Manmohan Singh, P. Chidambaram, Shashi Tharoor, were present at the party headquarters to wish Rahul Gandhi.
BJP’s H. Raja is known for courting controversies — from saying Kamal Haasan is not a Hindu and chanting away global warming to calling TN police ‘anti-Hindu’.
J.P. Nadda began his political journey in Patna, rose through the ranks in Himachal Pradesh, served in the first Modi cabinet, and is now BJP working president.
Nitish Kumar has raised the demand before, and the timing has always been seen as holding a larger message, a factor ally BJP suspects is true this time as well.
Ayodhya visit by Uddhav Thackeray and his party MPs allows Shiv Sena to show it is strongly ideologically committed to the Ram temple issue, even more than BJP.
Recent data does not support any dramatic shift away from the dollar. As per IMF, the share of international transactions conducted in dollars has declined from 56.90% to 56.77%.
Increase in employment subsidy, Rs 500 crore for estate revamp, new townships in pipeline—but land cost, power breakdowns and inspector raj top among key worries for industry leaders.
CDS Anil Chauhan says future space capability will not be built by government agencies alone. ‘It will be co-developed with industry, start-ups, and technology innovators’.
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.
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