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Nitish-led NDA govt wins floor test in Bihar assembly after Opposition walks out

ThePrint Team -
The JD(U) national president won the support of 129 MLAs in the 243-seat assembly, after the Opposition walked out of the House. The required number was 122.

Bihar floor test soon, JD(U)-BJP confident of victory

ThePrint Team -
The previous government or Mahagathbandhan of the JD(U), RJD, Congress & Left parties fell because of Nitish Kumar’s latest volte face.

‘No run-outs this time’: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar wins floor test with deputy Tejashwi Yadav

ThePrint Team -
Kumar manoeuvred his way out of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA coalition two weeks ago and revived his old alliance with Lalu Prasad Yadav’s RJD.

One more Congress MLA resigns ahead of Puducherry govt’s floor test on Monday

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Following K. Lakshminarayanan's resignation, the second this week, the Congress' strength further slipped to 13, while the opposition has 14 MLAs in the 33-member House.

What the Supreme Court said as it upheld MP Governor Lalji Tandon’s floor test order

ThePrint Team -
SC relied on a 1994 verdict as it endorsed the MP Governor's order to Kamal Nath government to hold a floor test. Read the full judgment here.

BJP’s Jyotiraditya Scindia hails MP CM Kamal Nath’s resignation as people’s victory

PTI -
Jyotiraditya Scindia says he belives that politics should be a medium of serving people and Kamal Nath's govt digressed from that path.

Kamal Nath resigns as Madhya Pradesh chief minister ahead of floor test

Neelam Pandey -
Kamal Nath’s resignation clears the deck for return of BJP govt to Madhya Pradesh, likely to be once again headed by Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

Kamal Nath & Congress to explore legal options, BJP jubilant after SC order on floor test

Neelam Pandey -
CM Kamal Nath is set to hold a meeting with Congress MLAs while the BJP also considers legal options ahead of the floor test, which is to be held by 5pm Friday.

SC rules MP floor test: Ends political uncertainty or encourages culture of defections?

ThePrint Team -
The Supreme Court has ordered a floor test in Madhya Pradesh assembly on 20 March and has directed to videograph and conclude the proceeding by 5pm.

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Economy

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

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New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

Defence

Trump feared India could arm BrahMos with nuclear warhead to target Pakistan in Op Sindoor—WSJ report

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New Delhi: During Operation Sindoor, the United States which had received intelligence suggesting that India had launched BrahMos cruise missiles to strike targets inside...

National Interest

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

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To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.

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