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Development with shrill Hindutva & Congress bashing marked BJP’s state poll campaigns

While BJP CMs talked about vikas and pro-poor schemes, big guns such as Amit Shah and Yogi Adityanath pandered to their hardcore Hindutva voter base.

Telangana set for assembly polls as parties end high-voltage campaigning

More than 1.50 lakh polling officials will ensure the election to the 119-member House is a smooth affair.

BJP considering Madhuri Dixit as a candidate from Pune Lok Sabha constituency in 2019

BJP chief Amit Shah had met Madhuri Dixit in June and briefed her on the achievements of the government.

BR Ambedkar, the Congress critic who saw Gandhi and Patel as opposed to Dalits

B.R. Ambedkar didn't approve of Mahatma Gandhi's patronising attitude towards the Dalits or Sardar Patel's opposition to the idea of reservation.

Eye on 2019, Rahul Gandhi urges students to join Congress’ ‘Behtar Bharat’ campaign

The campaign, which was launched on 19 November by Congress’ student wing NSUI, is aimed at putting student issues on the national agenda. 

Amitabh Bachchan-starrer ‘Satyagraha’ now playing in Rajasthan elections

The BJP is facing a real challenge from NGOs across Rajasthan as activists target the government over promises and accountability.

In alliance with Congress, Naidu seems to be finally emerging from NTR’s shadow

Analysts say Naidu has not only sidelined NTR’s family, but his TDP bears little resemblance to the party the Telugu superstar founded.

The man who has dared to fight the most powerful woman in all of Rajasthan

Locals said Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje was so powerful that no one would put up hoardings next to hers. Manvendra Singh has changed that.

TRS the biggest gainer in Telangana’s party-hopping politics

Several politicians from TDP and Congress have switched over to KCR's party, giving it a much-needed foothold in the anti-TRS parts of Telangana. 

Telangana Congress chief, arrested at midnight, is a rising political star unsettling KCR 

The midnight arrest of Revanth Reddy has led to the belief in poll-bound Telangana that KCR and his TRS are rattled by this Congress leader.   

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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.