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Rahul’s blessings & a 6-7 month itinerary—Congress’s Birender Singh plans big with Sadbhav Yatra

Beginning 5 October from Danoda, the yatra will be like Bharat Jodo Yatra & will cover all the 90 assembly segments of the BJP-ruled Haryana.

Was raised to practice religion without bigotry, found it hard to adjust in BJP,’ says Birender Singh

Ex-Union minister, who returned to Congress fold after 10 yrs in BJP, talks about the differences in how Congress & BJP practices politics, farmers’ agitation and upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

‘My father & I considered outsiders in BJP’ — Hisar MP Brijendra Singh, who quit party to join Congress

Brijendra Singh talks about 'compatibility issues' and differences in ideas that made him uncomfortable in BJP, praises Rahul Gandhi’s transformation during Bharat Jodo Yatra.

‘No democracy within BJP’ — Hisar MP Brijendra, father Birender Singh go Congress way

Former IAS Brijendra Singh was elected to Lok Sabha from Hisar in 2019. Father Birender Singh says will also join Congress soon, adds ‘one can’t express one’s views within BJP’.

Won’t stay with BJP if Dushyant Chautala alliance continues — Birender Singh at ‘Meri Awaaz Suno’ rally

Ex-Union minister hits out at JJP leaders for corruption. Seeks to remind BJP that it came to power in Haryana 'only after I switched allegiance to party'.

Poverty in Haryana, youth leaving India, says BJP’s Birender Singh as he plans ‘Meri Awaz Suno’ rally

How can those who don’t have votes for their own party help BJP, says Birender of ally JJP. Political analysts feel rally aimed at pressuring BJP to snap ties with Dushyant Chautala-led party.

Will support farmers, removal from BJP executive not a sign of anything: Birender Singh

The ex-Union minister was dropped from BJP’s central decision-making body Thursday. The move came amid his consistent support to the farmers’ agitation.

Only 3 parties & BJP’s Birender Singh attend OP Chautala rally for non-BJP, non-Congress front

INLD invited regional leaders like Mulayam, Mamata and Nitish to mark birth anniversary of ex-deputy PM Devi Lal, but only P.S. Badal, Farooq Abdullah and K.C. Tyagi attended.

Behind Modi’s move to unveil Sir Chhotu Ram statue is Haryana’s angry Jat population

By honouring the Jat legend, PM Modi hopes to get the community in BJP’s corner, and appease Sir Chhotu Ram’s grandson and union minister Birender Singh.

I would not have done what Jayant Sinha did in Jharkhand: Minister Birender Singh

The Union steel minister is the first member of the Modi govt to openly disapprove of Sinha’s act of garlanding lynching convicts.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

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.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

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.