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How India’s most farmer-friendly state failed to allow direct farmer-to-consumer sales

Maharashtra government wanted to exempt all agricultural products from mandatory sales at regulated markets, but the attempt failed. 

As Chandrababu Naidu cosies up to Rahul Gandhi, NTR’s wife cries betrayal

Lakshmi Parvathi, wife of TDP founder N.T. Rama Rao and bitter Naidu critic, says what hurts the most is Andhra CM's alliance with the Gandhi family.

This Haryana information commissioner is striking terror in the hearts of govt officers

Arun Sangwan has fined scores of public information officers for not providing information, also ordering disciplinary action against half-a-dozen of them.

Devendra Fadnavis has a problem — how to appease Marathas & not anger OBCs

The Maratha community has long demanded reservation in jobs & education, but OBCs are wary. Together, they account for 84% of Maharashtra’s population.

Prof Kodandaram: Telangana’s Kejriwal who could tilt the scales away from KCR

KCR and prof. Kodandaram were instrumental in Telangana achieving statehood but are now on opposite sides, with the prof. tying up with Congress, TDP & CPI.

Congress, Akalis, Sikh religious body can’t come together even in the name of Guru Nanak

Congress government in the state, the SGPC and Centre to all hold separate events to begin year-long tribute celebrations.

Munde-Mahajan daughters: Political achievers but have a long way to go to match their dads

Both Pankaja and Poonam lack the spark that their fathers — Gopinath Munde and Pramod Mahajan — had, say political analysts.

The forgotten flag: Karnataka remains divided as Modi govt sits on sanction for state flag

The BJP has accused the Congress of using the flag to exploit Kannadiga pride for votes.

Haryana has a flashback as OP Chautala’s sons fight it out over father’s legacy

Former Haryana chief minister OP Chautala also rose to political prominence after a battle of supremacy with brother Ranjit Singh.

The IAS officer who everyone believes is Maharashtra’s ‘second CM’

Praveen Pardeshi, a 1985-batch IAS officer who is known as 'super' bureaucrat, is Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis' right-hand man.

On Camera

Who grounded IndiGo flights? They are the culprits, not DGCA

The IndiGo crisis is nothing short of a threat to India’s stability. Could it be an experiment? Can this happen in any other crucial sector like power or railways?

Steady growth rooted in ‘Dravidian model’. How Tamil Nadu more than doubled its GSDP in 10 yrs

RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.