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UP ministers vs civil servants, again: What’s behind Yogi govt’s latest warning to bureaucracy

Lucknow: Politicians and civil servants have always had a tense relationship in Uttar Pradesh, and tensions between the two have now burst into the...

ADGP held, MLA under lens in TN for teenager’s abduction after brother’s ‘self-respect’ marriage

Cops say IPS officer Jayaram 'helped by giving his official car to drop abducted boy back to avoid police checking', while MLA Jagan Moorthy allegedly used aides to target family.

‘Candidates have right to privacy, no need to lay life threadbare’ — SC ruling on poll affidavits

In April 2019, Gauhati High Court had set aside Arunachal Independent MLA Karikho Kri for corrupt practice as he failed to declare ownership of three vehicles.

Delhi assembly seeing fewer sittings, fewer issues raised, finds Praja Foundation report

Report by Praja Foundation also points out that quality of issues raised by Delhi's MLAs declined & that 4 MLAs haven't raised single issue in assembly since their election in 2020.

Sirsa MLA Gopal Kanda acquitted of charges in 2012 suicide of air hostess Geetika Sharma

Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court on Tuesday cleared the former Haryana minister who had been accused of harassment in Sharma’s suicide note.

Naxalites fire at Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur MLA Vikram Mandavi’s convoy, no injuries

Naxalites also fired indiscriminately at the vehicle of district panchayat member Parvati Kashyap, who was in the fleet.

Indian politics and media obsess over MPs and MLAs. Barely recognise 87,000 city councillors

Councillors must be seen as leaders of our cities who need systematic capacity building so that President Murmu and CM Shinde are not rare exceptions.

A device to keep track of your wandering MLA and why Azad’s ‘mudslinging’ may boomerang

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Defections are a threat beyond election results today. Here are five ways we can fix it

With Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Uttarakhand and Manipur election results being declared, even the slightest change can rock the boat beyond salvation.

Why is Justice Akil Kureshi not in Supreme Court? A little bit more transparency, my lord

People have a right to know if government’s objections to appointments were driven by larger cause of justice or political considerations.

On Camera

Controversial dog-walker IAS Sanjeev Khirwar is back in Delhi. What happened to his wife?

In 2022, athletes claimed they were asked to wind up training early at Thyagraj Stadium so that the IAS couple could walk their dog. Then came the memes and public outrage.

IndiGo profit plunges 78% as Dec meltdown with 3k flight cancellations takes a toll

Net income for InterGlobe Aviation Ltd slipped 78 percent to Rs 5.5 billion for the three months ended Dec 31 compared with the year-ago period.

Rafale saga: 25 yrs of detours, deadlocks & political hesitation. Now IAF getting what it always wanted

Instead of buying more Mirages outright in early 2000s, the requirement was tweaked in favour of a medium-weight, multi-role fighter with Mirage-like performance. 

Pakistan se azaadi. Grow up India, stop giving it prime real estate in your psyche

Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.