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Ruling LDF in Kerala to field 6 sitting MPs, MLAs in Lok Sabha polls

The LDF’s largest partner, CPI(M), and the CPI, have split the seats between them such that other partners of the 10-member alliance have none left to contest.

‘Who sent Masood Azhar from India jail to Pakistan’: Rahul says Modi govt must answer

Congress president Rahul Gandhi told a rally in Karnataka that the BJP must answer for its government releasing JeM chief Masood Azhar in 1999.

Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani to expand cabinet, Congress rebel likely to be minister

Gujarat chief minister Rupani had expanded his cabinet in July 2018 and appointed Kunvarji Bavaliya on the same day he quit Congress.

‘No room for negotiation’: BJP & RSS are not game for ‘mediation’ in Ayodhya case

For BJP, RSS and other affiliates like VHP, the Ram temple issue has been a consistent, aggressive and intense agenda.

‘Stolen’ documents are now ‘photocopied’, maybe thief returned them: Chidambaram

Congress leader Chidambaram took a swipe at the govt for Attorney General K.K. Venugopal’s clarification that the Rafale documents were not stolen but photocopied.

Bhim Army won’t support SP-BSP alliance in UP till Akhilesh clears stand on quota

Dalit outfit wants Akhilesh to promise support in writing, says action necessary as SP had vehemently opposed reservation in promotion bill in 2012.

No opposition common minimum programme, only broad agreement now: Derek O’Brien

Efforts at a common minimum programme, discussed at a meeting in Sharad Pawar's house, seems to be losing steam since the 14 February Pulwama attack.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar not neutral over Ayodhya dispute, says Asaduddin Owaisi

AIMIM chief Owaisi said Sri Sri Ravi Shankar had made statements against the interest of Muslims with regards to the Ayodhya matter in November 2018.

AAP to gherao BJP and Congress offices for 2 days over Delhi statehood demand

AAP has been pressing the demand for full statehood since it came to power on the grounds that the Centre interferes with the elected govt's functioning.

Modi govt’s Jamaat-e-Islami ban last thing volatile Valley needs, say Kashmir experts

The sentiment across J&K — from its mainstream politicians and local residents to separatists — is that the Jamaat ban will only serve to alienate people further.

On Camera

The Social Stock Exchange is India’s answer to inequality

Making the Social Stock Exchange succeed is not optional; it is a dharmic obligation to the millions of Indians whose lives remain outside the reach of ordinary markets.

India’s online gaming rules to take effect on 1 May; most games exempt from registration

The rules, which come into force on 1 May, establish an Online Gaming Authority which will determine whether a game is an online money game or online social game in only three situations.

Japan overhauls post-World War II pacifist military approach, lifts restrictions on defence exports

Since October last year, Japan PM Sanae Takaichi has planned to increase defence spending target to 2 percent of GDP.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

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.