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Modi govt turns to Kailash Kher, Mohit Chauhan to add glitz to Surgical Strike Day

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Is BJP’s dithering over Manohar Parrikar’s successor making Congress aggressive in Goa?

Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar, who holds the BJP-led coalition together, is battling pancreatic cancer and has been in and out of Goa for...

Congress says it has enough legislators to replace BJP govt in Goa

Congress wants the governor to call upon them to form government since the BJP is short of the halfway mark.

Goa politicians only agree on one thing: Don’t dissolve Assembly

Parrikar's absence may end up breaking alliance, and as Congress rushes to stake claim to form govt, BJP allies tell party to find permanent solution.

Manohar Parrikar in Delhi’s AIIMS, BJP-led govt in Goa under threat

The man who conjured up a patchwork alliance of diverse political outfits after the 2017 assembly polls in Goa is ill, and BJP is wondering what to do.

Parrikar says the fight against colonial rule still not over

The Goa chief minister was referring to people living in evacuee properties of Mayem village in the state.

International ‘party drug’ racket busted in three states, British national among 10 held

Directorate of Revenue Intelligence 'conducted a series of raids across Goa, Vadodara (Gujarat) and Raigad (Maharashtra) and seized 308 kg of ketamine. Panjim: The Directorate...

Manohar Parrikar in US for treatment to return this week

The chief minister was in the US since March this year for the treatment of a pancreatic ailment

Goa CM Manohar Parrikar, in US for treatment, likely to return mid-June

Doctors to take a final call whether Parrikar may be allowed to travel; BJP says he is clearing files through emails and attending calls.

Anti-defection law must be implemented emphatically. But Karnataka governor isn’t wrong

Governor Vala may have erred in giving 15 days to form the government in Karnataka, but his actions are neither unconstitutional nor malafide.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.