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What prompted Deve Gowda’s JD(S) to join NDA for 2024 Lok Sabha election

BJP insiders say party will contest in 24-25 LS seats, while JD(S) get 3-4 seats. This is 2nd time the two parties have joined hands, the 1st being in 2006 when they formed govt in Karnataka.

Congress and BJP unite in Punjab with fiery response to Nijjar row, Akali Dal more measured

Amid India-Canada diplomatic standoff, BJP and Congress leaders from Punjab have slammed Justin Trudeau's alleged support for pro-Khalistan extremists. Akali Dal emphasises ‘resolution’.

Danish Ali threatens to quit LS ‘if no action taken’ against Bidhuri, BJP ‘serves show-cause notice’

BJP Minority Morcha chief defends Bidhuri’s jibe at the BSP MP, says ‘he’s a friend of Muslims’.

Ex-PM Deve Gowda’s JD(S) joins NDA, BJP says will strengthen ‘New India, Strong India’

The Karnataka party is expected to stitch up a seat-sharing deal ahead of 2024 general elections.

Varun criticises Yogi govt’s suspension of Sanjay Gandhi Hospital Amethi licence over patient death

Action against hospital follows death of 22-year-old patient in a case of alleged medical negligence. FIR filed against its CEO and three doctors on 17 September.

‘100% regret’: Rahul Gandhi on not including OBC quota in UPA govt’s 2010 women’s bill

The Congress MP also said the women’s reservation bill — in its present form — was an attempt by the current dispensation to divert attention from the demand for a caste census.

‘No science without sanskar’ — Rajnath slams Oppn’s ‘pseudoscience’ jibe in Chandrayaan-3 discussion

Anyone saying culture & science can’t go together understands neither, he says during a debate. Opposition, however, says Chandrayaan-3’s success ‘doesn’t belong to one individual’.

‘Come over for coffee’ — how PM Gowda’s call to law minister led to 1996 women’s reservation bill

Law minister in Gowda cabinet, Ramakant Khalap says Modi govt should enact 33% quota for women in Lok Sabha & state assemblies 'immediately', adds 'delimitation can be done later'.

Congress’ Suraiyya says she didn’t hide ‘friend’ Kundapura, Hindutva activist held for ‘BJP ticket con’

Chaithra Kundapura was arrested earlier this month from Udupi over allegations she duped a BJP functionary of Rs 5 crore on the promise of a ticket for May assembly polls. 

‘How many women are there in RSS?’ Venugopal hits out at BJP, Yogi Adityanath in Rajya Sabha debate

K.C. Venugopal calls women's reservation bill Congress's 'child', reiterating what many senior party leaders have said. TMC MP Mausam Noor says, 'It is our bill.'

On Camera

Trump’s Iran blockade isn’t just about Tehran, it’s about China

The oil math is skewed against the White House. The blockade has a slim chance of working. Iran can remain defiant, and China unconcerned, longer than Trump can remain solvent.

Oil supply fell by 10 million barrels per day in March. IEA raises alarm over largest disruption ever

IEA projects sharp reversal from its earlier expectations, with global demand for oil in 2026 turning negative. Hormuz disruptions have pushed crude prices to $130 per barrel.

Warfare enters new dimension as Ukraine’s robot brigade records battle win against Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that a group of Russian soldiers surrendered to an unmanned battle group.

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.