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Priyanka leads, Tharoor weighs in strongly as Oppn hits out at Centre over ‘retrograde’ G RAM G Bill

Oppn benches in Lok Sabha erupted in protest as Rural Development Minister Shivraj Chouhan sought to introduce the new Bill, which seeks to replace MGNREGA.

Congress-led UDF edges ahead in Kerala civic polls, BJP set to clinch Thiruvananthapuram

Kerala local body polls being seen as a precursor to assembly election next year, see ruling Left suffer major setbacks with BJP making breakthrough in state capital.

BJP defends Sanchar Saathi—‘Govt doesn’t want to snoop on you, app cannot read your messages’

Row has erupted over Centre’s directive to manufacturers & importers to pre-install the app on every smartphone sold in India within 90 days. Oppn calls it ‘Big Boss moment’.

5 MPs write to LS Speaker seeking privilege motion against Air India over flight diversion row

Group also writes to civil aviation minister seeking a time-bound investigation, covering both technical & procedural aspects, & to ensure that the findings are made public in full.

Shashi Tharoor & Mahua Moitra lead Oppn’s charge against BJP govt’s Finance Bill 2025. What they said

Countering their criticism, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey accused the Opposition of focusing solely on flaws while ignoring broader economic progress.

‘Mercenary spyware’ targets KC Venugopal’s iPhone amid Pegasus attack allegations by others

Congress's Venugopal, who is a close aide of LoP Rahul Gandhi, made the allegation based on an alert from Apple. He previously received such an alert on 30 October, 2023.

Congress to rope in ‘like-minded’ civil society groups in 100 LS seats, get them to train party workers

Bharat Jodo Abhiyan, an umbrella body of civil society groups, which counts political activist Yogendra Yadav as its convenor, will be nodal platform in this mission.

Congress faces fresh challenge as ‘powerful general secretary’ KC Venugopal ruffles feathers

KC Venugopal, the general secretary (organisation) of Congress, has become one of the most important leaders in the party, second only to Sonia and Rahul Gandhi.

Lesson from Karnataka bypoll results — a united front can stop Modi, says Congress

Congress' Karnataka in-charge K.C. Venugopal says similar strategy across the country will rout out communal forces.

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Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

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.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

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.