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Topic: Leader of opposition

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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Manipur has seen too much pain to be seduced by promises

Nehru learned the truth the hard way when 3,000 Nagas walked out of his 1953 rally. The people of the Northeast aren’t easily seduced by baubles.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.