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Pakistan army chief backs Imran Khan’s peace-building initiatives with India

Peace benefits everyone and it is time to fight disease, poverty and illiteracy instead of fighting against each other, said General Qamar Javed Bajwa.

Out of power in J&K, Mehbooba Mufti is fast losing grip on her party too

Amid rising discontent, Mehbooba's party is threatening to unravel as it loses senior leaders to rivals.

Imran Khan says he will show Modi govt how to treat minorities

Khan claimed his government is taking steps to ensure that religious minorities in Pakistan get their due rights.

BJP & JDU to contest on 17 seats each, LJP gets 6 in Bihar seat-sharing deal for Lok Sabha

Amit Shah made the announcement in presence of Nitish Kumar and Lok Janshakti Party chief and Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan.

Leadership must own up to defeat and failures, says union minister Nitin Gadkari

He advised the defeated candidates not to transfer the blame on others.

Karnataka CM Kumaraswamy expands his cabinet with 8 new ministers

H.D. Kumaraswamy dropped two of his minister and brought on eight others in a rejig to his cabinet six months into his tenure

Punjab debacle in mind, AAP keeps ‘remote control’ away in Haryana

In party chief Arvind Kejriwal’s home state, AAP seems to have learnt its lessons and is getting ready for the Lok Sabha and Haryana assembly polls next year.

Kamal Haasan looking for alliances to contest Lok Sabha elections

Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan said his Makkal Needhi Maiam party was open to forging a partnership with like-minded parties

BJP criticises Farooq Abdullah’s promise on J-K’s regional autonomy

National Conference chief Farooq Abduallh had promised regional autonomy if his party comes to power in the state.

After heartland losses, BJP’s year-end plans include amplifying its east emphasis

Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Odisha and Assam early next week while BJP pushes for the 'rath yatra' in West Bengal.

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University townships — India’s chance to build its own version of what America got right

India’s university towns initiative is an opportunity to do something we have never managed at scale: build knowledge ecosystems rather than knowledge silos.

FTA partners drive India’s trade surge as reliance on non-FTA countries dips, says NITI Aayog report

Share of trade with FTA partners rose from 4.6% in 2006 to 28.8% in 2024. India is currently negotiating or advancing agreements with US, Israel, GCC, Canada & Mexico.

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.