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Dorjee Lepcha is BJP’s pick for Rajya Sabha seat from Sikkim, where it rose from zero

Dorjee Lepcha is the MLA from Gnathang Machong. BJP says 'this is the first time a representation of a national party member from Sikkim will be made in the Rajya Sabha'.

Lok Sabha polls: PM Modi likely to kick-start election rally from Bihar’s Bettiah on January 13

New Delhi , January 7 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to kick-off his campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from Bihar's...

How Sharmila’s entry into Congress fold may upset Jagan’s electoral arithmetic in Andhra

After merging her party with Congress, Sharmila praised Congress’ secular credentials & said she wanted to fulfil her late father’s dream of seeing Rahul Gandhi become PM.

ED raids Sharad Pawar grandnephew’s firm over 2012 purchase of sick sugar company. NCP alleges vendetta

Baramati Agro was founded by Sharad Pawar’s older brother Appasaheb, whose grandson Rohit Pawar is a member of Maharashtra assembly. Rohit sided with Sharad Pawar when NCP split.

Tamil Nadu contests Modi govt claim on central funds: ‘Centre has done nothing to help state’

TN Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu refutes Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s statement that central govt has given more funds to state than direct tax collected there.

Congress to begin seat-sharing talks with INDIA allies from 7 January

Party leaders have said the discussions would be state-specific as there was ‘a unique situation in each state’.

‘They were injured, can be murdered tomorrow’: Congress’ Adhir slams INDIA ally TMC after ED attack

Senior Congress leader comments come after an ED team was allegedly assaulted by supporters of TMC leader Sheikh Sajahan during a raid at his residence in North 24 Parganas.

BJP sets up panel to vet defectors from other parties, woo ’eminent personalities’ ahead of polls

BJP wants to ensure cadre isn't demotivated by inductions & new entrants will be told they must work for party and not come in hope of post or ticket, say leaders

ED to send 4th summons to Kejriwal in excise policy case. ‘Hell bent on arresting me,’ says Delhi CM

Day after he skipped 3rd summons from agency, AAP chief says BJP trying to stop him from campaigning. Calling summons 'illegal', he asks where 'crores made from excise policy vanished'.

Modi’s spirituality, Ram temple — how BJP’s ‘Adhyatmik Aghadi’ is shaping Maharashtra campaign

Formed in 2017 in Maharashtra, ‘Adhyatmik Aghadi’ coordinates with state's Hindu religious leaders & bodies. Ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha and assembly polls, it's tapping into Hindu voter base here.

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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.