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Topic: Leader of opposition

Message to allies? Bihar BJP picks own members for outreach to backward classes

Patna: The BJP appointed a relatively low-profile leader, Hari Sahni, as the leader of the opposition in the Bihar legislative council Sunday, in a...

Month after Ajit Pawar joined Sena-BJP govt, Congress picks Vijay Wadettiwar as Leader of Opposition

The senior leader from Vidarbha will take charge in ongoing Maharashtra assembly session, replacing Pawar of NCP. Wadettiwar had briefly held the post in 2019.

Karnataka budget session begins without Leader of Opposition, Siddaramaiah takes dig at BJP

Basavaraj Bommai is among frontrunners while Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, C.N. Ashwath Narayan & Araga Jnanendra are also in race. Decision likely within a day or two, says BJP MLA.

TMC, Congress, 12 other parties meet to evolve joint strategy on Pegasus, other issues

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi was part of the meeting held in the chamber of leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge Wednesday.

Don’t politicise issue of Covid vaccines, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya tells Opposition

While responding to a question in Lok Sabha, Mandaviya asserted that everyone should work together to ensure people are vaccinated against Covid.

Oppn leaders including CPM, AAP, Congress, TDP, DMK discuss formation of non-NDA govt

Opposition leaders met Tuesday to discuss the possibility of a non-NDA govt as well as moving the Election Commission to tally the VVPAT paper trail with EVMs.

Kharge refuses to attend Lokpal selection meeting as special invitee

Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge says his presence in the meeting without voting right is mere eyewash.

AAP high command seeks a ‘less independent’ Assembly leader for its Punjab MLAs

Punjab’s rudderless unit of AAP will meet on July 20 to choose a leader, as MLAs rally behind Sukhpal Singh Khaira.

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Bondi Beach attack holds lessons for India too — soft targets remain terror’s first choice

India’s counter-terror focus must go beyond organised modules to include individual radicalisation, mental health-linked violence, and spontaneous attacks in public spaces.

Antitrust watchdog Competition Commission to probe IndiGo flight disruptions

While the commission didn’t mention provisions under which IndiGo's market domination would be examined, Competition Act 2002 prohibits abuse of dominant position by any enterprise.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.