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BJP’s Jyoti Mirdha trails by 40,000 votes against RLP’s Hanuman Beniwal from Rajasthan’s Nagaur

Jyoti Mirdha’s video seeking 400-plus seats for the BJP so it could make changes to the Constitution went viral during her campaign. She is the granddaughter of late six-time MP Nathuram Mirdha.

NDA just lost its 19th ally since 2014, but here’s why Modi-Shah pretend they can’t care less

The only way to look at Modi’s and Shah’s seeming indifference to departing allies has to be in the context of the BJP’s expansion plans and its willingness to shed unwanted, extra baggage.

Hanuman Beniwal quits NDA over farm laws, RLP fifth party to split from alliance

Rajasthan MP Beniwal said the Modi govt isn't ready to listen to farmers or address their concerns, and so his RLP party can't support such an anti-farmer move.

On Camera

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.