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‘Don’t give BJP a free run, fight elections’ — Omar Abdullah’s message to J&K parties

The former J&K chief minister says he has learned from his party’s 'mistake' of earlier staying away from elections, tells parties to contest polls even if statehood isn't restored.

J&K statehood a must for credible poll exercise, will instil faith, CPM’s Tarigami says

CPI(M) leader & Gupkar Alliance spokesperson, Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami, says J&K parties are not against delimitation but want it along with the rest of the country. 

Modi-Gupkar meeting was a four-part game. Delhi has upper hand in three rounds

An echo of Vajpayee’s own reach-out to Kashmiri leaders, Modi's 'Dilli ki duri and Dil ki duri’ will require trust.

Why Modi govt is suddenly ‘looking west’, talking to the Taliban and Pakistan

Talks with Taliban, J&K leaders, thaw with Pakistan are strategic imperatives for Modi govt. It can’t covet US as Quad ally in the east & work at counter-purposes with them in the west.

TV news featured many ‘villains’ this week—from ‘Gupkar gang’ to UP’s ‘conversion jihadis’

On Sharad Pawar-‘third front’ meet, Republic TV reduced PM Modi to a sticky, adhesive substance.

In Kashmir, there is buzz on the ground and the list of invitees suggests Modi means business

Modi’s meeting call shows the burden of Naya Kashmir will fall on shoulders of old leaders.

Gupkar Alliance faces setback in DDC polls, NC bastion Srinagar breached by Apni Party

Apni Party bags the chairperson and vice-chairperson in Srinagar and Shopian, despite winning just 12 seats across Kashmir in last year's DDC polls.

Sajad Lone’s Peoples Conference quits Gupkar Alliance, cites ‘breach of trust’ by partners

Lone’s party is first to break from Gupkar Alliance, which has been in the news amid murmurs of discontent among partners. The coalition will now be left with six members.

Gupkar Alliance with conflicting interests was unsustainable but split came sooner than expected

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‘People have been terrorised into silence. But you can’t buy peace through threats’ — Mehbooba

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti says political unity among J&K parties is key to opposing Modi govt’s decision to scrap Article 370.

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India’s tech ambitions need private sector investment in R&D. Budget 2026 holds the key

India’s private sector remains hesitant to invest in R&D. This is understandable, as the domestic market often fails to reward differentiated technologies adequately.

SEBI green-lights NSE IPO. What exchange’s CEO Ashishkumar Chauhan revealed about next steps

Speaking at ThePrint OTC Thursday, NSE CEO Ashishkumar Chauhan said the exchange has been trying to list itself since 2016, but it couldn’t happen due to one reason or the other.

‘LCA man’ Ravi Kota, key in operationalisation of IAF’s Tejas fleet, picked as next HAL CMD

Mechanical engineer & alumnus of IIM-A & IAS France, Kota was General Manager in HAL’s Light Combat Aircraft division. He was selected from a pool of eight candidates.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.