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No place to sit for Ashwini Choubey at Bihar BJP meet & the Chandigarh dinner that’s sending ripples

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What’s behind Jayant Chaudhary’s ‘Orwellian’ dig at Yogi govt ahead of Eid

RLD chief slams Meerut Police’s message to Muslims not to pray in public spaces. To be sure, it is beyond posturing as there is a disquiet in party ranks over ties with BJP.

Jayant sacks RLD spokespersons after Dalit leader criticises Amit Shah’s Ambedkar remarks

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Jayant removes all RLD spokespersons after Dalit leader slams Amit Shah for Ambedkar remarks

RLD state president confirms that decision was taken on the basis of party spokesperson Kamal Gautam's comments. Gautam had said Shah should apologise for his remarks on Ambedkar.

Jayant Chaudhary’s Rashtriya Lok Dal switches side, joins BJP-led NDA ahead of Lok Sabha polls

Chaudhary's RLS party was a part of INDIA bloc and his alliance with BJP will come as another strong blow to opposition unity, aiming to take on PM Modi in the upcoming elections.

Jayant Chaudhary in NDA camp after Charan Singh Bharat Ratna, but here’s where seat talks stand

Jayant Chaudhary’s alliance with BJP will deal another blow to INDIA bloc weeks before general election. Last month, one of its prime architects — Nitish Kumar — returned to NDA.

Amid BJP tie-up buzz, RLD accepts Yogi govt invite for Ram Lalla darshan as ally SP declines it

UP CM Yogi Adityanath has invited all members of assembly to visit Ayodhya for darshan of Ram Lalla’s idol at Ram temple. MLA delegation to visit temple on 11 February.

RLD to contest LS polls from 7 UP seats as SP’s Akhilesh & Jayant seal seat-sharing pact

There is no word yet on which seats the RLD, which has its turf in western UP, will contest. Congress-SP yet to arrive at an agreement on seat-sharing.

Why did Amit Shah praise Mayawati? Not alliance, target is breaking SP’s votes, say BJP leaders

In a TV interview last week, Shah said 'it is not true Mayawati’s relevance is over' — countering many political pundits who have dismissed her BSP as a force in UP.

Viral video of policemen chanting ‘Jayant Chaudhary zindabad’ is from Rampur, not Meerut

Meerut Police fact-checked retired IAS officer Surya Pratap Singh’s tweet about the video late Friday, but the video went viral with mis-stated location over the weekend.

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Was India’s public sector born out of European envy?

For all its obvious blemishes, capitalism alone holds out the most creative and dynamic force that any civilization has ever discovered, wrote BP Godrej in 1980.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

2 Assam Rifles personnel killed as convoy ambushed in Manipur, on ‘same route Modi took’ fortnight ago

This is the first major attack on central security forces since last November, when a CRPF jawan was killed and four were injured in an ambush in Jiribam on Manipur-Assam border. 

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.