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Mamata storms out of NITI Aayog meeting, claims ‘mic switched off 5 minutes into speech’

Either NITI Aayog be restructured, or Planning Commission, which was dissolved by Modi govt, be brought back, Bengal CM says.

Don’t teach me foreign policy: Mamata on MEA’s remarks on sheltering people fleeing Bangladesh

Breaking from opposition rank to attend Saturday’s meeting, WB CM dismisses talks of lack of coordination in INDIA bloc. ‘Attending because of greater interest involved,' she says.

‘Nothing of the sort’ — UP BJP chief on speculations about change of CM amid Yogi-Maurya rift

BJP is a democratic party, and everyone is entitled to put forth a point of view, says UP BJP state president Bhupendra Chaudhary amid Yogi-Maurya rift.

‘Unfit to be member’ — RJD MLC expelled for imitating Nitish, he calls it black day for democracy

Sunil Singh accuses Bihar CM of orchestrating expulsion for his closeness to Lalu Prasad. But, minister Niraj Bablu asserts Singh violated code of conduct & remains unrepentant.

‘Our alliance is like Fevicol’ — JDU’s Lalan Singh blasts Congress in LS, warns of ‘snake bite at 99’

Using a Ludo analogy, Union minister says Congress may drop to 0 seats in next election. JDU came out of INDIA bloc after seeing party leaders fight like 'vultures' for power, he adds.

Under siege from within, Yogi comes out in new avatar. Meeting with MLAs, MLCs to warning officials

This comes when some UP BJP MLAs have spoken about ‘corrupt bureaucracy’ in indirect attack on Yogi and exhorted high command to step in, and amid CM's purported rift with Maurya.

BJP appoints new Bihar, Rajasthan chiefs to boost assembly poll prospects after muted Lok Sabha show

Dilip Jaiswal replaces Samrat Chaudhary in Bihar, Madan Rathore made Rajasthan chief in place of CP Joshi. Changes made keeping ‘caste sentiments’ in mind, it is learnt.

Shinde or no Shinde? Rumblings in Mahayuti over CM face as poll prep picks up pace

Constituents of ruling Mahayuti in Maharashtra are in agreement over going into assembly polls under Shinde's leadership, but not on whether to project him as alliance's CM face.

Rahul Gandhi to appear before MP-MLA court in UP in defamation case over remarks on Amit Shah

BJP leader Vijay Mishra had filed a defamation case in August 2018 against Gandhi for making allegedly objectionable remarks against the then BJP president and current home minister.

Sonali Phogat’s sister Rukesh seeks to ‘carry forward’ her legacy, but on Congress ticket, not BJP’s

Gurugram: Nearly two years after the actor-politician from Haryana, Sonali Phogat, died under mysterious circumstances during a trip to Goa, her younger sister Rukesh...

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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.