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TV news had an odd week with no BJP for a change—AAP in Punjab, Congress protests, TMC scam

Sonia Gandhi's ED coverage was the same old story. But Arvind Kejriwal has joined Mamata Banerjee on the news, and that doesn’t look too good.

BJP youth leader hacked to death in Dakshina Kannada, stone-hurling & lathicharge reported

Praveen Nettar, a Zilla BJP Yuva Morcha committee member, was killed in front of his broiler shop in Bellare by three bike-borne miscreants on Tuesday night.

Chandrakant Patil’s ‘heavy heart’ gets a soft message from BJP: ‘Know when to speak what’

Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren supported NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu in the presidential poll with a 'heavy heart'. In the case of V-P, there is no such compulsion but he's said to go with NDA pick.

‘Rotten leaves always fall’ — Uddhav accuses Shinde of ‘demon-like ambition’ in Saamana interview

BJP wants to finish Shiv Sena off, but party will bounce back, says Uddhav Thackeray, challenges Sena rebels to fight elections on their own without invoking Bal Thackeray's legacy.

After Modi directive, BJP looks to include this Muslim community in its OBC Morcha

Apart from increasing their representation in govt & party, BJP also plans to reach out to Pasmanda Muslims through its MPs & MLAs, make them aware of Modi govt’s welfare schemes.

Pakistan-Bangladesh merger with India possible, like ‘Germany unification’, Khattar says

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar made these remarks after inaugurating BJP’s national Minority Morcha training camp Monday.

Why you shouldn’t poke ‘sleeping Lady Justice’ & ‘kangaroo’ media’s plan to leap into 2024

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Shun freebie promises, BJP tells state units after Modi’s ‘revadi culture’ jibe at opposition

At a meeting in April, top civil servants had warned Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the drain on state resources caused by freebies.

Opposition on their knees but BJP has troubles brewing within

For a party that derives its electoral prowess from PM Modi and is under direct supervision of master strategist Amit Shah, BJP looks like a house in disorder.

Smriti Irani braves storm over daughter’s ‘illegal bar’ row as Congress hits out

Smriti Irani denied all allegations of her daughter Zoish running an 'illegal bar' in Goa, and while BJP held an official press conference, there is no official reaction from govt.

On Camera

BJP is caught in its own Maharashtra trap. It has little to gain in Assembly polls

The BJP can’t afford to be seen as undermining Eknath Shinde, a Maratha leader. He is a bigger challenge to the party than Uddhav Thackeray ever was.

‘Welfarism not a substitute for job creation’ — TeamLease vice-chairman on India’s fiscal planning

TeamLease’s Manish Sabharwal spoke to ThePrint about how political leaders, for the sake of winning elections, make big welfare-related promises without a proper plan to fund them.

New Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi outlines his priorities on 1st day in office

A tech-savvy officer, General Dwivedi has the distinction of working along the northern, western and eastern theatres in varied terrain and operational environments.

Modi’s new universe: the normal irritants of democracy & awkward chai with Rahul Gandhi

Changed reality for Modi govt in its 3rd innings is by no means rise of a new phenomenon. It's a return to old normal where even majorities had to routinely wrestle with storied million mutinies.