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“INDIA bloc intact in UP”: Akhilesh Yadav amid speculations of rift in INDIA bloc ahead of by-polls

Etawah (Uttar Pradesh) , October 10 (ANI): Amid speculations of a rift in INDIA bloc in Uttar Pradesh, Kannauj MP Akhilesh Yadav said on...

How Samsung workers’s strike has sparked divisions within DMK-Led alliance in Tamil Nadu

Congress, VCK, CPI & CPI(M) have extended support to Samsung Electronics workers demanding official recognition of Samsung Workers' Union, affiliated with Centre of Indian Trade Unions.

Behind Congress’s shock defeat in Haryana, rebels, Independents & INDIA bloc allies 

In 11 seats where Congress finished second, Independents finishing third polled more votes than party's margin of defeat. In a few seats, AAP got more votes than defeat margin of Congress.

Change of chief secretary adds to buzz about tensions between Punjab CM Mann, Kejriwal

On Monday, Kejriwal summoned some cabinet ministers from Punjab for one-on-one meetings. AAP chief is expected to meet AAP MLAs from Punjab in coming days, it is learnt.

BJP distances itself from ex-overseas head’s US poll event. ‘My NGO’s effort to help Trump,’ he says

Delhi Study Group’s Zoom online programme, scheduled Saturday, will be addressed by Republican Hindu Coalition chairperson Shalabh Kumar. Vijay Jolly is president of the group.

What led to defeat of Speaker, 8 out of 10 Saini govt ministers amid BJP’s Haryana triumph

Ministers losing likely reflects anti-incumbency & people's anger with the BJP on several issues, but the play of social identities may have helped the party come to power again.

With Bhavya Bishnoi’s defeat in Haryana election, Bhajan Lal family loses 56-yr-old bastion of Adampur

Congress candidate Chander Parkash clinched victory by a mere 1,768 votes in one of the biggest shockers in this assembly election.

Day after Haryana debacle, ally SP blindsides Congress by declaring picks for 6 UP assembly bypolls

Was expecting to field candidates on 5 of 10 seats, says UP Congress chief. SP insiders say party willing to part with 1 or 2 seats if INDIA bloc ally Congress ‘asks politely’.

BJP’s Haryana win boosts its position in Mahayuti, but may not translate into easy gains in Maharashtra

Factors like greater dominance of regional parties in Maharashtra, and absence of direct caste consolidation, compounded by caste pressures from multiple groups, will play a crucial role.

‘First post-Modi victory for BJP’—how Haryana elections show RSS is still the boss

According to Ratan Sharda, while many local BJP leaders didn't even approach RSS in LS polls, they are actively working with RSS swayamsevaks not just in Haryana but other states too.

On Camera

Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar didn’t have a cabaret-classical split. It was about genre, style

Consider Asha Bhosle and Kishore Kumar’s duet ‘Chhod Do Aanchal’. The sequence was set in a flower garden, and the girl’s bashfulness was not even remotely relatable to a cabaret dancer.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.