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INDIA parties to blacklist some TV news anchors, not send representatives to their shows

At first meeting of INDIA’s coordination committee, parties also decided to start seat-sharing talks & hold joint public meetings across country, with first slated to be held in Bhopal.

BJP suspends Raje aide Meghwal over graft swipe at Union minister. MLA says ‘will beat party in polls’

Shahpura MLA Kailash Meghwal's suspension comes amid turmoil within Rajasthan BJP. Raje supporters said to be unhappy with central leadership for not declaring her CM face for polls.

INDIA bloc’s highest body meets for first time, sets ball rolling on seat sharing ahead of state polls, 2024

Twelve parties of the 14-member coordination committee held the meeting at NCP leader Sharad Pawar’s Delhi residence Wednesday evening.

Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi says Himanta ‘helped wife’s firm get Rs 10-cr govt subsidy’, Assam CM denies

Gogoi has alleged that Riniki Bhuyan Sharma’s company Pride East Entertainments Private Limited received the Rs 10 crore from food processing ministry as part of credit linked subsidy.

Congress issues show-cause notice to senior leader Hariprasad for ‘Hublot watch jibe’ at Siddaramaiah

Karnataka MLC Hariprasad said last Saturday 'those wearing a Hublot watch cannot claim to be socialists'. Siddaramaiah previously courted controversy for sporting the Swiss watch.

Congress’s Sukhpal Khaira accuses Mann of insulting ‘Sikh hero’ after ‘aira, gaira Nathu Khaira’ jibe

On Sunday, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann called Congress’s Sukhpal Khaira ‘aira, gaira, Nathu Khaira’. The latter subsequently accused Mann of being 'foolishly arrogant'. 

Denounce mahatvakanksha, matbhed & manbhed – AAP’s success formula for INDIA bloc

The 28-party Opposition alliance will hold its highest decision-making body’s meeting in Delhi on Wednesday to talk about seat sharing, rallies etc.

Bajrang Dal accuses BJP of ‘betrayal’ over Monu Manesar arrest — ‘done by Khattar himself’

Bajrang Dal says men in civil uniform came and 'took' Manesar without showing any warrant, adding that Haryana govt has been cracking down on the organisation's members since Nuh clashes.

Congress attacks BJP over ‘lotus motif’ in new Parliament staff uniform — ‘Why not a peacock?’

While the lotus is the national flower of India, it is also the symbol of the BJP. Latter dismisses criticism, says Congress has ‘hatred for anything which is Bharatiya’.

‘Only those who say yes boss get space in BJP’ — ex-RSS pracharaks launch party in poll-bound MP

Janhit party, yet to be registered, announced after meeting of 200 former RSS workers. Founders accuse BJP of becoming centralised & abandoning principles of Deendayal Upadhyay.

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Indian scholars love theory, policymakers want quick fixes. Both forget who they’re serving

On subjects such as climate change, thinktanks produce technocratic reports on grid modernisation and green hydrogen while academics debate intersectionality and justice. The two worlds must meet.

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.

Aerospace, defence overtake pharma to form chunk of Telangana’s exports. Next stop: aero-engine capital

At over Rs 32,000 crore in FY 26, defence and aerospace account for over a third of the state’s exports, beating pharma for the first time since 2014.

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.