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National security & defence are either punching bag or funding source for Congress: Modi

PM Modi also accused Congress of wanting to make money from defence deals even if it meant hurting morale of military.

Chidambaram questions Jaitley’s claim that Modi govt bought Rafale jets at lower price

Chidambaram said Jaitley has been maintaining the price of the aircraft was cheaper by 9% or 20%.

Narendra Modi to visit Gandhi bastion Rae Bareli for the first time

Modi's visit is being seen as a strategy of the BJP to pin the Congress leadership in their respective constituencies in the 2019 general election. 

SC didn’t go into technical aspects of Rafale, only JPC can probe irregularities: Congress

The Congress claimed the Modi government had misled the Supreme Court by presenting wrong information about the CAG report on the Rafale deal.

Rahul Gandhi conspired to demean India over Rafale deal, says Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb

Along with CM Deb, senior BJP leader Ratan Lal Nath said there was a "foreign conspiracy" to delay the purchase of Rafale aircraft.

Farm loans will be waived in MP, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan assures Rahul Gandhi

The Congress, which will form governments in the three states, had promised to waive farmer loans during it election campaign.

After MP, Rajasthan, Rahul Gandhi turns attention to picking Chhattisgarh CM

Congress president Rahul Gandhi held a third round of talks Saturday to select CM for Chhattisgarh where the party won power in the state after 15 years.

This rebel Bihar MP is taking on everybody — Modi, Nitish & Kushwaha

Arun Kumar, the Jehanabad MP from Bihar, calls Upendra Kushwaha opportunistic, says he is disappointed in PM Modi.

Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns as Sri Lanka PM, Wickremesinghe to be reinstated

Rajapaksa resigned following a Supreme Court decision declaring that the dissolution of Sri Lankan Parliament by President Maithripala Sirisena was "illegal".

BJP mahant’s defeat in Pokhran will hurt Yogi Adityanath more than most

Mahant Pratap Puri, an Adityanath-backed Hindu leader, narrowly lost to Congress' Saleh Mohammad, whose father is a popular leader of Sindhi Muslims.

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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.