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Karnataka revokes nod to CBI to investigate Deputy CM Shivakumar in disproportionate assets case

Siddaramaiah-led Congress govt says sanction for CBI probe 'was not in accordance with the law'. Karnataka BJP calls cabinet decision 'totally illegal & against the Constitution'.

In show of unity, Ashok Gehlot shares Sachin Pilot’s video appeal to voters in Rajasthan

The video post assumes significance as the Pilot-Gehlot power tussle has found frequent mention in the campaigning for Rajasthan assembly polls, with the PM also referring to it.

‘Raje our senior leader, no possibility can be denied’ — Union minister Shekhawat on Rajasthan CM post

Union minister and state leader Gajendra Singh Shekhawat says ‘I’ve never thought of being CM’, rules out rebellion in Rajasthan BJP & targets Gehlot govt on ‘appeasement politics’.

‘Only those who are stupid will try to expel her’ — why Mamata’s backed Mahua despite controversies

Mamata’s support for Mahua in front of cameras & TMC cadres comes days after West Bengal govt cancelled its initial pact with Adani Group for development of the Tajpur Port.

Plan to expel Mahua Moitra will only help her, says Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee

The Bengal chief minister Thursday broke her silence on the cash-for-query case against Moitra, which may see the Trinamool Congress MP expelled from Lok Sabha.

Gehlot crossed all limits of appeasement by razing Ram Darbar, cow shelter, Shivling, says Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah tore into ‘magician’ Ashok Gehlot at a press conference in Jaipur on the last day of campaigning for the Rajasthan assembly election.

Special IT park for Muslim youths in Hyderabad if BRS voted to power, says KCR

Addressing a rally in Telangana's Maheshwaram ahead of the polls, KCR said his govt treats Muslims and Hindus equally, considering them as two eyes and takes everyone along.

Wife vs MLA husband in Rajasthan’s Danta Ramgarh. ‘Nothing personal’, it’s about political ambitions

Rita Singh Chaudhary, standing as JJP candidate against Virendra Singh, says she has 'taken a stand for people & their issues'. Close aide says in-laws 'held her back' in politics.

Daughter takes on father ‘with tears of blood’ in Alwar rural polls — ‘he never respected me’

Meena Kumari, in fray from Alwar Rural, describes former MLA Jairam Jatav as a ‘superstitious man’ who had ‘tortured’ her for bringing ‘bad luck’. He says her motive is to cut votes.

From welfarism in MP & Chhattisgarh to Hindutva in Rajasthan — why BJP has changed its poll strategy

In Rajasthan, unlike in Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh, BJP is campaigning on Hindutva issue more aggressively. To counter this, Congress is spending on cow welfare & temple development.

On Camera

Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar didn’t have a cabaret-classical split. It was about genre, style

Consider Asha Bhosle and Kishore Kumar’s duet ‘Chhod Do Aanchal’. The sequence was set in a flower garden, and the girl’s bashfulness was not even remotely relatable to a cabaret dancer.

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.