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Hours after Nitish Kumar resigns, BJP names Samrat Choudhary as party’s first Bihar CM

Choudhary was chosen as leader of the BJP Legislative Party in Bihar. He is expected to take oath Wednesday.

Siddaramaiah’s political secy Naseer Ahmed gets the axe as Congress fixes blame for Davanagere rebellion

Naseer Ahmed was second Congress functionary after KPCC minority cell chief Abdul Jabbar to lose his job over Davanagere South bypoll controversy.

9 FIRs, undercover op, 7 in cop net—the sexual abuse, religious coercion case that has rocked TCS Nashik

The case has become a political flashpoint in Maharashtra & has also drawn in the Union labour ministry. TCS has ordered a separate probe, while the HR manager at Nashik unit is on the run.

In poll-bound TN, Mahila wing national president & sacked state chief’s spat adds to Congress’s woes

Alka Lamba & Hazeena Syed are trading barbs, with Syed alleging harassment, denial of ticket for being Muslim. 'Lamba threatened to kill me,' she claims, as Lamba questions her 'character'.

SIR curse? In UP, BJP-held constituencies face highest voter deletions, Yogi’s Gorakhpur an exception

In Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak’s Lucknow Cantt, deletion over 34%. Among top 15 seats with deletion rates exceeding 25 percent, 13 are represented by BJP and two by SP.

‘Main grihasth nahi hoon, par pata bohot hai,’ says PM Modi at Nari Shakti Vandan programme in Delhi

Addressing gathering of women, Modi says despite not being a family man, he understands the pain a woman endures. Sonia says delimitation real reason Centre called spl Parliament session.

Civic polls in 3 Haryana cities soon: Another litmus test for Congress, still smarting from 2024 loss

The party that won the Ambala and Sonipat Lok Sabha seats in May 2024, but lost the Assembly polls there five months later, heads into civic elections with little room for error.

Scripted politics: How netas are borrowing blockbuster dialogues to land punches

Film dialogues, cinema-inspired memes & metaphors are often deployed by politicians & parties to target rivals. Increasingly, political messages are being packaged & delivered as curated content.

Ex-RS MP Vijayasai Reddy, once a trusted Jagan ally, eyes political re-entry, this time with a media push   

His foray into media industry & plan for starting political outfit come little over a year after he resigned as RS MP, & announced he was stepping away from politics. 

‘We will dismantle Mamata’s syndicate’: Amit Shah in Bengal rally

Ahead of assembly polls, Home Minister accused Bengal CM of running governance for nephew Abhishek Banerjee; promised action and better prices for farmers.

On Camera

How the Air Force’s Cheetahs and MI-8s gave India an edge in the race to Siachen

There can be no doubt that the Cheetahs and the MI-8s were the real sky messengers without whom there would have been no Operation Meghdoot.

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.