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How Bihar parties are fighting it out to claim Bharat Ratna Karpoori Thakur’s legacy

While BJP goes all out against Lalu, CM Nitish Kumar takes swipe at PM Modi. Other parties also observe birth anniversary of socialist leader.

‘It will be 13-0 in favour of AAP’ — Punjab CM Mann after Mamata says no deal with Congress in Bengal

Before coming to power in Punjab Assembly with a majority in 2022, the AAP got 1 out of the 13 seats in the 2019 general elections.

Jolt to INDIA bloc as Mamata says no tie-up with Congress in Bengal for Lok Sabha polls

Bengal CM says she'll take call on her party’s stand at national level after polls, day after Rahul claimed seat-sharing talks on track with TMC. Congress says this will only benefit BJP.

Why Bharat Ratna is key to BJP’s ‘Karpoori-kamandal’ ploy to stump Nitish & INDIA in LS polls

New Delhi: The posthumous awarding of the Bharat Ratna to two-time Bihar chief minister and Extremely Backward Castes (EBC) icon Karpoori Thakur is being...

RSS, Advani & rise of Hindu Right — where Main Atal Hoon went wrong as Vajpayee’s biopic

Biopic directed by Ravi Jadhav does not come across as convincing to those who were witness to Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s meteoric rise in pre-internet era.

Manipur still deep in conflict, CM Biren, security adviser face Meitei anger sparked by valley killings

Renewed demands for de-recognition of Kuki-Zo as Scheduled Tribes, attacks in Moreh & Imphal valley pushing Biren govt into a corner. CM needs more willpower, say Meitei groups.

Why ex-CM Karpoori Thakur, now honoured with Bharat Ratna, still defines Bihar politics 36 yrs after death

Thakur announced quota for backward castes in 1978, a year before Mandal commission was set up. He was known to be a simple man with a legendary disdain for worldly pleasures.

As sister Sharmila accuses him of becoming BJP’s puppet, ‘anna’ Jagan fires off 1st public retort

Touring Srikakulam, new Andhra Congress chief Sharmila has stepped up attacks on her brother over issues including state’s financial status & alleged attacks on Christians in Manipur.

‘Instant publicity doesn’t solve problems’: Shah cautions BJP leaders on publicly targeting civil servants

Amit Shah delivers message to ‘video-veer’ leaders while addressing party MLAs in Chhattisgarh. Warning follows several instances of party leaders making headlines over such episodes.

Why BJP govt in Haryana is so kind to rapist-murderer Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim, out on parole again

This is the seventh time Ram Rahim Singh has walked out of jail in the past two years, and the ninth since his conviction in 2017. In 2022 and 2023, Singh came out of jail on six occasions.

On Camera

How do employees air out their appraisal frustrations? Through reels on Instagram

During appraisal month, tensions run especially high, resignations abound, and the one place it all airs out is on Instagram.

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.

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.