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‘Stop linking every issue to Ladki Bahin’: Fadnavis snaps at MLAs in assembly, ‘scheme will continue’

Mumbai: With several legislators raising questions and making comments about the Mahayuti government’s flagship Ladki Bahin scheme during the ongoing Winter Session of the...

Modi asks NDA MPs to share citizens’ ‘real problems’ as India enters ‘Reform Express’ phase

At the alliance's parliamentary party meet, PM says removing ‘everyday hurdles’, including unnecessary paperwork, will help people realise their ‘full potential’, it is learnt.

TMC tears into Modi’s Vande Mataram speech. ‘Bankim da’ is ‘disrespectful & culturally insensitive’

The Modi government held a House discussion on ‘Vande Mataram’ to reap some dividends for the BJP before the 2026 Bengal polls, say TMC leaders.

Idli diplomacy in TN? Rahul aide Praveen Chakravarty says no politics on plate at meet with TVK’s Vijay

With speculation of rejig in Tamil Nadu alliances, Praveen Chakravarty underplays meeting with actor-politician Vijay, DMK says INDIA alliance intact in the state. 

With WB poll in mind, BJP committing ‘sin’ of turning Vande Mataram into subject of dispute—Priyanka

In her speech in Lok Sabha, Priyanka Gandhi accused PM Modi of cherry-picking facts to suit his narrative. ‘It is an open assault on constituent assembly and Constitution.'

‘PM trying to write BJP into Vande Mataram, freedom movement history’—Congress’ blistering attack in LS

Rejecting PM's allegation that Congress capitulated to Muslim League on Vande Mataram, Oppn says BJP's political ancestors were absent from the freedom struggle where the song was chanted.

150 yrs of Vande Mataram: Modi says Nehru heeded Jinnah’s opposition to parts of song—‘tukde kar diye’

Both Houses are currently holding discussions on Vande Mataram. Congress removed some stanzas of the national song to appease Muslims, Modi says, blaming the party for Partition.

Allies turn rivals, foes become friends—Kerala local polls reshape grassroot political dynamics

Coming just months before assembly elections, due by April next year, local body polls in the state this week are crucial, with parties looking to secure momentum-building performances.

‘Rs 500 crore for Punjab CM’s post’: Navjot Kaur Sidhu rakes up controversy with a startling claim

Congress MP and former deputy CM Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa told ThePrint that the Sidhu couple seems to have completed the 'mission' for which they had come to the Congress.

Political reactions: Rahul calls Goa nightclub tragedy a ‘criminal failure of safety and governance’

Reactions are pouring in from across party lines, including from Home Minister Amit Shah, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal.

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Pakistan is drawing several lessons from its moment under the sun

Most of the diplomatic messaging was driven not by Islamabad but by regional powers and their calculations—Washington, Tehran and even the UAE.

India bond yields rise as RBI moves to drain liquidity, lift overnight rates

New Delhi: India’s sovereign bond yields rose after the central bank announced its first step this year to drain cash from the banking system,...

Army promotes Col Purohit, acquitted in 2008 Malegaon blast case, to Brigadier; to not retire yet

This means he will serve Indian Army for a minimum of another 2 years as Brigadier, unless he picks up the next rank of Major General.

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.