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Feud in the Lalu clan over Tejashwi’s right-hand man. Sanjay Yadav, RJD’s most powerful outsider

Lalu’s daughter Rohini has spoken out against the growing influence of Tejashwi's political adviser, who he once referred to his 'philosopher, guide & tuition teacher'.

How Prashant Kishor has turned the tables on the BJP with his anti-corruption crusade in Bihar

New Delhi: Campaigning against corruption has been a hallmark strategy of the BJP in many states. Its political rivals including Arvind Kejriwal, Bhupesh Baghel,...

Secular card, Seemanchal link & other factors in Bihar as Owaisi’s AIMIM seeks tie-up with RJD

Four of five AIMIM leaders who won 2020 polls defected to RJD. Offering to join alliance, AIMIM says it's ready to forget & start afresh.

Focus on ‘non-RJD space’, but don’t compromise on respect—Congress high command tells Bihar unit

Bihar Congress leaders met party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, LoP Rahul Gandhi & other senior leaders Tuesday to decide on poll strategy. Kanhaiya Kumar was not in attendance.

Lalu Yadav, wife Rabri and daughter Misa get bail in land-for-jobs scam

Court directs the Yadavs and 13 others —who were also summoned — to furnish Rs 50,000 as personal bail bond and a similar amount as surety.

CBI questions Rabri Devi in Patna home in alleged land-for-jobs scam

The probe agency registered an FIR in 2022 and named Rabri, husband and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav, their 2 daughters and 12 others.

Modi govt’s new bid to end VIP culture—ministers can’t ring bells to call peons

Upendra Kushwaha is now cooking Chirag Paswan's khichdi. To attract BJP, he needs new recipe

Why Bihar CM Nitish Kumar can’t say no to RJD-JDU merger plans

Tejashwi Yadav has turned out to be a shrewder politician than many thought he was. The RJD’s resolution shows Nitish Kumar probably knows it.

Lalu Yadav’s popularity is intact. Rally crowds indicate his bail time will be eventful

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Lalu’s loyalty to secularism is Tejashwi Yadav’s biggest political test in Modi’s India

In 1990, when then BJP president L.K. Advani was carrying out his rath yatra unbridled, it was Lalu Yadav as CM who had dared to stop him from entering Bihar.

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Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

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.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

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.