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‘LS results broke BJP’s arrogance. Modi must be more accommodative’ — party veteran Shanta Kumar

Kumar, one of BJP's founding members, spoke against ‘horse-trading’ in Himachal but also lauded Modi govt for getting third term. He had some advice for Rahul Gandhi as well.

BJP’s Shanta Kumar urges Modi govt to ‘act swiftly’ on Manipur — ‘Draupadi cheerharan happening daily’

Shanta Kumar, former Union minister who has also served as Himachal CM, says Manipur violence is a ‘national shame’, adding that even Parliament has failed to address the issue.

‘Cost-cutting’ vs ‘insult’ — in Himachal, Congress-BJP spar over scrapped pension to Emergency prisoners

Ex-CM Shanta Kumar called it an insult to those fought against the Emergency. Minister Harshvardhan Chauhan said scheme was started to give pension to 'RSS people'

‘CBI didn’t find anything’ — BJP’s Shanta Kumar praises ‘honest’ Sisodia, blames ‘systemic corruption’

Himachal ex-CM has said no party can claim to be clean due to ‘black money and lies’ imbuing electoral politics in India. He also wondered why PM Modi didn’t ‘clean the system’.

‘I bow my head in shame, hang Bilkis convicts’ — BJP’s ex-CM Shanta Kumar slams Gujarat govt

BJP veteran & former Union minister questions how Gujarat government released the rape and murder convicts, and says he'll speak to PM Modi to seek his intervention.

Only 6% ‘elite’ farmers opposing the bills, says BJP veteran who recommended farm reforms

Former Himachal CM Shanta Kumar, who headed a committee formed by Modi govt to study agricultural reforms, says most small farmers don’t benefit from MSP.

BJP veteran Shanta Kumar’s six decade-long political journey comes to an unpleasant end

The BJP didn’t give Shanta Kumar, the 84-year-old former CM of Himachal Pradesh, a chance to defend the Kangra seat, signalling the end of the road for him.

Win these 3 districts to win Himachal Pradesh

Kangra, Mandi, and Shimla districts are home to half of the 50 lakh voters of Himachal, and 33 of 68 seats. BJP is making a concerted push to gain ground.

Himachal polls: Amit Shah visit to intensify BJP’s campaign, Modi will be its face

BJP national president Amit Shah will address a youth rally in Kangra on 22 September; no CM candidate expected to be announced before the...

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New Delhi prefers to look at Manipur as a horizontal problem, not vertical

‘Well-entrenched institutional apathy' is how Dhiren A Sadokpam, editor of The Frontier Manipur defined it. 'New Delhi has the power to intervene at every level,' he said.

RBI opens door to urban co-op bank licences after 2 decades. But high capital bar may shut most out

Proposal to restart licensing is welcome, but Rs 300-crore minimum capital requirement could mean only handful of credit societies qualify, say sector executives

From action near Myanmar to hand-to-hand combat in Kishtwar, meet this year’s gallantry award winners

Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.