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TopicConfidence vote

Topic: Confidence vote

Nepal PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ loses vote of confidence in Parliament

Prachanda received 63 votes in the 275-member House of Representatives (HoR). There were 194 votes against the motion.

Governor sets new deadline after JD(S)-Congress delay Karnataka trust vote

As CM Kumaraswamy insists on full debate, Congress says it’ll approach SC to seek clarity on its order allowing rebel MLAs to abstain. BJP ponders legal action.

It’s not about 272

If this confidence vote becomes a seminal debate on India's foreign policy, just as the 1999 debate became a landmark one on secularism, some good would have come out of this crisis.

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.