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2 neighbouring states allow Muslims to leave work early for Ramzan. 1 faces ‘anti-secularist’ barb

Islamic scholars in Telangana & Andhra Pradesh have decided that the 40-day festival will be observed starting 19 February.

Nitin Nabin’s appointment as the BJP President is a selection, not an election

Nitin Nabin’s appointment shows that BJP is like other political parties, where party elites decide the head of the party organisation by strictly controlling the election process.

‘Why talk only about Umar Khalid?’ RSS leader flags ‘quick bail’ to Mohammed Zubair at interfaith meet

Addressing a programme organised by the Harmony Foundation of India in New Delhi, RSS outreach wing head Ramlal says Congress has made the BJP the Sangh’s only option.

BJP gets new working president. Who is Nitin Nabin, Bihar minister raised in BJYM nursery

Nabin will replace J.P. Nadda. Nadda had also been appointed the national working president as an understudy before being named the full-fledged president.

BJP defends Sanchar Saathi—‘Govt doesn’t want to snoop on you, app cannot read your messages’

Row has erupted over Centre’s directive to manufacturers & importers to pre-install the app on every smartphone sold in India within 90 days. Oppn calls it ‘Big Boss moment’.

From ‘khaki to saffron’: Once Kerala’s trailblazing IPS, ‘Raid Sreelekha’ eyes panchayat win with BJP

Five years post-retirement, R. Sreelekha is set to contest Kerala's upcoming Panchayat polls from Thiruvananthapuram’s Sasthamangalam ward.

Bihar polls & the complex caste dynamic: How parties are sticking to tried-and-tested strategies

As Bihar goes to polls next month, there is a sense of political déjà vu. Distribution of tickets reflects how the parties have not strayed from their traditional support base.

Congress’s Pawan Khera gets EC showcause notice after BJP targets him for ‘holding two voter IDs’

This comes amid Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's attacks on the Centre & the ECI for 'vote chori'—the focus of his recent Voter Adhikar Yatra in poll-bound Bihar.

Politics marked by paradoxes: Anatomy of BJP’s ‘Jat dilemma’

New Delhi: Days after Satya Pal Malik, the former governor of Jammu and Kashmir passed away, a Sarva Khap Panchayat was held at Charkhi...

The 5 checkboxes BJP leaders must tick to climb up the party ladder

Closer look at backgrounds of five newly elected BJP state presidents suggests that a person aspiring to lead party workers should meet five key criterions.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.