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Vijai Sardesai, the biggest loser in Goa’s roller-coaster politics

Goa Forward Party leader Vijai Sardesai saw popularity, success and heady power between 2012 and 2019, before going back to opposition benches.

Udhayanidhi Stalin – Tamil filmstar, Karunanidhi heir & DMK’s latest dynastic entrant

Udhayanidhi’s appointment as DMK's youth wing secretary is being seen as a clear message that the succession line would remain within the family.

No longer a haven for retirees, Pune is growing into another Indian urban mess

Pune’s urban area and population have grown exponentially, outpacing planning and leaving the Maharashtra govt and the civic body playing catch-up.

Not just Adityanath, UP journalists have been jailed, thrashed under Akhilesh & Mayawati too

Latest incident came Sunday when 30-40 journalists were ‘locked up’ in a room in a Moradabad hospital where CM Yogi Adityanath was on an inspection visit.

Maharashtra Opposition to use corruption to target ‘clean’ Fadnavis govt as elections near

CM Fadnavis had promised clean governance, but a dozen of his ministers were accused of corruption. The latest is Chandrakant Patil, No.2 in the cabinet.

Maharashtra poll-year budget big on memorials: One for Vajpayee, and another for Shivaji

The memorials promised by Maharashtra's Fadnavis govt in its budget are in addition to the ones already in the works, like the mid-sea Shivaji statue.

UP’s ‘Singham’ IPS officer says there’s nothing to like about an encounter-specialist tag

IPS officer Ajay Pal Sharma, who won fame and notoriety from encounter killings, has 9 such deaths to his credit, and claims to have injured around 190 ‘criminals’.

Transgenders, GOT superfans & teen singers: ‘Humans of Kashmir’ get a voice on Facebook

A Kashmir psychologist is out to shatter the stereotypes associated with the Valley's residents. Her platform is a Facebook page called 'Humans of Kashmir'.

Haryana makes a poll move — will fund Dalit trips to Kabir, Ravidas & Valmiki shrines

Come July, Haryana Dalits will get free trips to the birthplaces of Kabir & Ravidas in Varanasi, and to Amritsar, where Valmiki is believed to have written the Ramayana.

Why this BJP veteran who helped build party in Mumbai was dropped from Fadnavis cabinet

Six-time MLA Prakash Mehta, face of Mumbai's Gujarati community, was one of the few experienced faces in the Maharashtra government.

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Maharashtra’s language war reaches West Bengal. Actor Prosenjit Chatterjee is the first victim

While the language war in other states is targeting those who can't speak the local language, in Bengal, even those whose mother tongue is Bengali have to constantly prove their Bengali-ness.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

DRDO successfully tests latest version of UAV-launched precision missile, ULPGM-V3

Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.