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- India
Union Budget announcements like high-speed rail link kickstarts debate in TN
Chennai: While the ruling DMK has claimed often to be sitting pretty ahead of the Assembly polls due by April, the Union Budget presented on February 1, which has initiatives like high…
- India
Budget for common people, Opposition is blind: BJP
New Delhi: The BJP on Sunday hailed the Union Budget as a “step forward” towards making India developed as it slammed the opposition parties for calling it “lacklustre” and “hollow”, saying the…
- India
BJP hails Budget 2026 as historic, Congress calls it ‘lacklustre’
The Union Budget 2026-27 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday, February 1, received mixed reactions, with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) describing it as a “highway of opportunities” and…
- India
Poll-bound Bengal in Budget 2026 spotlight
Kolkata: With West Bengal bracing for a fiercely contested assembly election in the coming months, the Union Budget presented on Sunday has unmistakably slipped into campaign territory, rolling out high-visibility infrastructure proposals…
- Telangana
BRS MLAs defection case: Danam Nagendar’s hearing deferred to Feb 18
Hyderabad: Telangana Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar on Friday, January 30, deferred the disqualification hearing of Khairtabad MLA Danam Nagendar to February 18 after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Alleti Maheshwar Reddy asked…
- India
TMC govt in West Bengal is the most corrupt in India: Amit Shah
Siliguri: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday, January 31, slammed the All India Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal, alleging that no other administration in the country was as corrupt as…
- India
Opposition in Assam protests ‘vote theft’ through SR; slams Himanta, BJP
Guwahati: The united opposition on Friday held a protest against alleged irregularities in the draft electoral rolls and “vote theft” through the Special Revision (SR) ahead of assembly elections in Assam. A…
- India
What after Ajit Pawar? Maharashtra politics in conundrum
Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as president after John Kennedy’s assassination on the very aircraft the slain leader’s body, as per the US laws governing presidential succession. Rajiv Gandhi was made the…
- India
My stand not pro-BJP, but pro-govt or pro-India on certain issues: Tharoor
Thiruvananthapuram: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday, January 30, said that his stand on certain issues may have been seen as pro-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by the media, but he has…
- India
MP: BJP functionary’s violent assault on woman caught on camera, case filed
Satna: A local functionary of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) allegedly assaulted a female beauty parlour owner in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh, leading police to register a case and launch…
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Harass ‘miyas’, pay them less, Assam Police will protect you: Himanta
Gauhati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma triggered outrage once again after he went on an unhinged tirade, suggesting that people torment “miyas” – a derogatory term used for Bangali-speaking Muslims –…
- India
UGC regulations on promoting equity is delayed but welcome step, says TN CM
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday, January 29, said the UGC (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026, though delayed, was a welcome step in reforming…
- India
BJP’s arrogance broke tradition: Akhilesh after seer leaves Magh Mela
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav launched into a diatribe against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday, January 28, accusing it of hurting Sanatan traditions after Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati…
- Mumbai
NCP’s future at stake after Ajit Pawar’s death: Political analysts
Mumbai: The tragic and untimely demise of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in a plane crash on Wednesday, January 28, has not only left a vacuum in the Bharatiya Janata Party-led…
- India
Who was Ajit Pawar, the blunt, powerful seven-time deputy CM of Maharashtra
Mumbai: Early Wednesday morning, January 28, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar died in a plane crash in Baramati in Maharashtra’s Pune district. Known for his often blunt remarks, Ajit Anantrao Pawar,…
