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What DMK’s resounding Vikravandi bypoll win means for AIADMK, BJP and its allies

AIADMK’s call to boycott Vikravandi bypoll was seen as bid to relay message to BJP-ally PMK with eye on 2026 assembly polls. But bypoll result has shown opposition to DMK is weak.

Siddaramaiah counters graft allegations with OBC CM tag, BJP slams him for ‘playing caste card’

Deputy CM Shivakumar backs Siddaramaiah, while BJP says there is evidence of CM's direct involvement in alleged MUDA and Valmiki Development Corporation scams.

INDIA bloc 10, BJP 2: Assembly bypolls across seven states perk up Oppn camp further

Congress and TMC won 4 seats each, while DMK and AAP each bagged 1 seat. Independent won in Bihar’s Rupauli, handing outgoing MLA Bima Bharti 2nd electoral defeat in 2 months.

Shot in arm for Mann as AAP wins Jalandhar West assembly bypoll after poor showing in LS polls

AAP’s Mohinder Bhagat defeated BJP’s Sheetal Angural & Congress’s Surinder Kaur to clinch Jalandhar West seat. CM Mann had set up camp in Jalandhar for 20 days in run-up to bypoll.

Relief for Sukhu govt as Congress wins 2, BJP 1 seat in Himachal assembly bypolls

With results to assembly bypolls out, Congress now has 40 MLAs in 68-member House, while BJP has 28. In Dehra, where Sukhu’s wife was candidate, party won seat 1st time since 2012.

‘Mercenary spyware’ targets KC Venugopal’s iPhone amid Pegasus attack allegations by others

Congress's Venugopal, who is a close aide of LoP Rahul Gandhi, made the allegation based on an alert from Apple. He previously received such an alert on 30 October, 2023.

BJP’s shadow, ousted leaders & Thevar votes — AIADMK cadres tell EPS what went wrong in LS polls

AIADMK gen secy & Tamil Nadu ex-CM Palaniswami is holding 10-day meeting with party functionaries and workers to analyse showing in LS polls and map out next moves.

MHA broadens powers of J&K L-G, gives him more say in matters of police, public order, postings

This means that if and when the Union territory gets a chief minister following assembly elections, he or she will not have any say in these matters as long as J&K remains a UT.

In Uttarakhand UCC consultations, BJP & AIMIM found common ground — opposing live-in relationships

BJP further asserted that 'LGBTQIA: relations are not in accord with socio-cultural mores', according to a report on stakeholder consultation made public Friday.

Congress dubs Modi ‘bael buddhi’ in online offensive, Rahul asks colleagues not to be ‘nasty’ to Irani

Congress said it was time to pay the BJP back ‘in its own coin’, suggesting its distaste over Modi’s disparaging remarks against Gandhi, the latest of which was ‘Balak Buddhi’.

On Camera

What can be expected from the ongoing talks in Islamabad? Odds of resolution remain slim

The initial ceasefire functioned less as a resolution and more as a pause—an opportunity for both sides to recalibrate, while claiming victory.

India bond yields rise as RBI moves to drain liquidity, lift overnight rates

New Delhi: India’s sovereign bond yields rose after the central bank announced its first step this year to drain cash from the banking system,...

Army promotes Col Purohit, acquitted in 2008 Malegaon blast case, to Brigadier; to not retire yet

This means he will serve Indian Army for a minimum of another 2 years as Brigadier, unless he picks up the next rank of Major General.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.