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BSP chief Mayawati declares nephew Akash Anand her political heir

Mayawati announced the decision during a meeting in Shahjahanpur district that was attended by party leaders, according to the district BSP chief.

Why Senthilkumar, DMK MP who made ‘gaumutra states’ remark, is ‘repeat offender’ in eyes of BJP

Tamil Nadu BJP calls Senthilkumar ‘repeat offender’, demands apology from MK Stalin over DMK MP referring to Hindi heartland as ‘gaumutra states’ during debate in Parliament.

MoS Lekhi disowns Parliament reply, leaves govt red-faced. MEA then says ‘technical correction’ needed

MEA website now says correction needed to reflect that response was by MoS V. Muraleedharan, not Lekhi. Opposition uses issue to get back at govt over Mahua Moitra's expulsion.

‘Praja Darbar’, opening office to public — how Revanth Reddy is shunning KCR’s closed-door governance

Observers say Telangana CM's actions are in stark contrast with those of his predecessor KCR & that Revanth Reddy seems to be treading in footsteps of former united Andhra CM YSR.

TMC’s Mahua Moitra terms her expulsion from LS ‘witch-hunt’, says opposition ‘bulldozed into submission’

Opposition boycotted voice vote after Speaker refused to allow Moitra to speak in her defence. TMC chief and Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee says 'party stand with Mahua. We'll fight boldly'.

Rajnath in Rajasthan, Khattar in MP, Munda in Chhattisgarh: How BJP chose observers for CM selection

Top brass considered leaders' seniority & social fabric of states. Rajasthan poses toughest challenge, where ex-CM Vasundhara Raje & Union minister Gajendra Shekhawat in race for top post.

‘This govt not been fair to women, Mahua must get a chance to speak,’ says TMC’s Nusrat Jahan

Strongly supporting her fellow party MP, Jahan questioned whether the Lok Sabha ethics panel's probe into 'cash-for-query' charges against Moitra has been 'conducted fairly'.

‘Nation more important than power’: Fadnavis asks Ajit Pawar to keep Nawab Malik out of ruling alliance

NCP MLA Nawab Malik attended Maharashtra assembly & sat on treasury benches Thursday. He was behind bars in connection with ED money laundering probe until he got bail this August.

Lok Sabha ethics panel tables report on Mahua Moitra. TMC MP says ‘Maa Durga is here, we’ll see’

Ethics panel adopted the report, which recommends her expulsion, on 9 November. 6 members of panel had voted in favour of report. 4 members from opposition parties submitted dissent notes.

‘Campaign against liquor scam, corruption’ — OP Mathur on how BJP brought down Congress in Chhattisgarh

BJP held non-stop agitations which created trust deficit about CM Bhupesh Baghel & people believed Centre’s money for tribals, women & farmers was looted, party state in-charge explains.

On Camera

I turned up at Asha Bhosle’s door as a fan. She invited me home

The words she wrote in our autograph book echo in my mind now: 'Mar kar bhi jo jeete hain, wohi jeete hain'—The only lives worth living are those remembered long after death.

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.