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Look out for ‘traditional friends’ — Swapan Dasgupta urges Shah to be ‘more understanding’ on Bangladesh

His remark came in backdrop of reports that former Awami League MP Kamarul Arefin and his family were prevented by BSF from entering India without valid visa.

‘Haircuts cutting people’s necks’ — Oppn says govt ‘friendly’ to corporates while middle class suffers

Oppn also criticises Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya's comment on the money spent on the training of wrestler Vinesh Phogat.

PF rerouted to beverage corp, local body funds used to pay discom dues — Jagan govt’s ‘fiscal fudge’

Buggana Rajendranath, who was YSRCP finance minister, says there was no financial impropriety in resource mobilisation by their govt & Naidu too resorted to such practices earlier.

Waqf Amendment Bill to be referred to joint parliamentary committee after Oppn calls it ‘anti-Muslim’

'Were non-Hindus part of Ram temple committee?' asks Congress's Vengugopal. Minority affairs minister Rijiju says Sachar committee too recommended that waqf board should be broad-based.

Towering CPI(M) leader & Bengal’s last Left CM, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee passes away at 80

Tributes pour in from party leaders & political rivals. His mortal remains will be taken to CPI(M) office in Kolkata Friday morning for leaders and workers to pay their last respects.

Protest over Vinesh Phogat in Rajya Sabha, anguished Dhankhar leaves House

Opposition parties walk out after not being allowed to raise the issue.

Why legacy of Purvanchal’s don-neta Hari Shankar Tiwari is at centre of SP’s Brahmin outreach

Akhilesh Yadav is trying to capitalise on perceived anger within a section of Brahmins in Uttar Pradesh over demolition drive by Yogi govt in Hari Shankar Tiwari's village.

Uddhav Thackeray kickstarts 3-day trip to Delhi, keeps clear of staking claim to CM’s chair

Former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray told the media Wednesday that the MVA will discuss who will be its CM face but those in ruling Mahayuti are not deserving of top job.

BJP MP Jangra of nurses row once called ‘torn jeans Europe’s garbage, agitating farmers lazy’

Nurses’ outfits have taken exception to BJP MP Ram Chander Jangra’s ‘misogynist sense of humour’ in Parliament, formal complaint lodged with Haryana State Commission for Women.

Why is NSCN-IM upping the ante on Manipur, 2015 Framework Agreement on Naga political solution

Talks stall amid NSCN-IM's demand for separate flag, constitution. Analysts say, by projecting a hardline front, NSCN-IM is trying to retain its influence among the Nagas.

On Camera

Congress was committed to alcohol ban law without being practical: MA Venkata Rao

Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.

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.