President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the Bharat Ratna, which is being awarded after a gap of four years. With this year's additions, the tally of recipients goes up to 48.
On his 74th birth anniversary, ThePrint remembers Vilasrao Deshmukh, the political craftsman, and his journey from a village sarpanch to a powerful Congress CM.
Former President Pranab Mukherjee said he was concerned over reports of EVM tampering and said the safety of EVMs is responsibility of Election Commission.
The Modi government has set in motion the process to hand over the award to Pranab Mukherjee, over 2 months after it conferred it on the former president.
Former President Pranab Mukherjee's daughter resigned as communications head for the Delhi Congress after new chief Sheila Dikshit revamped committees.
Bangladesh is already reeling from low coal-fired power production & inability to import enough coal, gas. Now, Adani has cut supplies over unpaid dues. However, this could hurt Adani too.
Video call between two Army heads is their first interaction after political upheaval in Bangladesh forced former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to flee to India in August.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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