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In contests symbolic of the fierce turf war between the BJP and regional parties, seven assembly constituencies in six states will elect new legislators in bypolls on Thursday, with Telangana and Bihar hosting two of the more closely watched clashes. Telangana has been primed for a high-stakes battle between the BJP and Chief Minister K […]

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Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has hit back after rival Sachin Pilot appeared to escalate their long-running feud, flagging the “climate of indecision” in the Congress’s state unit and PM Narendra Modi’s praise for his arch-nemesis. Speaking to reporters during a visit to Alwar, Gehlot urged his party leaders to “maintain discipline” and refrain from […]

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s efforts at cornering Prime Minister Narendra Modi over shocking levels of air pollution in the capital and rest of north India earned him a sharp rebuke from the Union Environment Minister on Wednesday. In a scathing attack on Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Union Minister Bhupender Yadav blamed the party […]

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The proverbial glass ceiling in the country’s largest paramilitary force has finally been broken. For the first time in 35 years since the first women’s battalion was raised in Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), two lady officers have been promoted to the rank of Inspector General (IG). An IG is the head of a sector […]

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Congress MP Rahul Gandhi steered the party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra campaign through the streets of Hyderabad and attacked Telangana’s TRS government led by Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao for allegedly working with the BJP against the people’s interest. “Whenever BJP brings any bill in parliament, TRS always support the BJP, including the black farm laws,” […]

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The homes of two editors of news site “The Wire” were searched by the Delhi Police this evening after a complaint by the BJP’s Amit Malviya. The police searched the homes of Siddharth Varadarajan and MK Venu, the founding editors of The Wire, and seized their phones and laptops. They have been accused of cheating […]

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Delhi Police on Saturday filed an FIR against news portal ‘The Wire’ and its editors on a complaint by BJP IT department head Amit Malviya accusing the media outlet of “cheating and forgery” and “tarnishing” his reputation. Malviya had on Friday said he would pursue criminal and civil proceedings against the portal over stories, since […]

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Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss’s personal phone was hacked by suspected agents working for Russian President Vladimir Putin when she was foreign minister, the Daily Mail reported on Saturday. Those agents gained access to “top-secret details” of negotiations with international allies in addition to private messages exchanged with Truss’s close friend Kwasi Kwarteng, who […]

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Aam Aadmi Party boss Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday launched a crowdsourcing campaign to select the party’s Chief Ministerial candidate for the Gujarat elections as part of its efforts to trump the BJP in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state. The “Choose Your Chief Minister” campaign is the latest push by the Delhi Chief Minister who […]

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India’s forex reserves dropped by USD 3.847 billion to USD 524.52 billion for the week ended October 21, the RBI said on Friday. This is the lowest since July 2020. The overall reserves had dropped by USD 4.50 billion to USD 528.37 billion in the previous reporting week, and have been declining for many months […]

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Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan’s assembly seat was declared vacant by the Uttar Pradesh speaker this evening, formalising his disqualification as the MLA from the Rampur seat. Mr Khan, Vidhan sabha sources told NDTV, was automatically disqualified on Thursday, when he was sentenced to three years in prison for a 2019 hate speech against Prime […]

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah justified the cancellation of licences for many non-government organisations (NGO) and strengthening of the Foreigners Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) on grounds that some NGOs were indulging in religious conversions, anti-national activities and misusing funds. “Some NGOs were misusing FCRA in propagating anti-India activities and also indulging in religious conversions blatantly, […]

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Britain’s new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak today. PM Modi and his British counterpart discussed the need to close a balanced free-trade deal between India and the UK soon. “Glad to speak to Rishi Sunak today. Congratulated him on assuming charge as UK PM. We will work together to further […]

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Elon Musk completed the $44 billion acquisition of the micro-blogging site Twitter on Thursday evening, reports said. A report by the Insider quoted sources as saying that Twitter and Musk formally closed on the billionaire’s offer to take the company private on Thursday evening by paying $54.20 per share, or approximately $44 billion. Musk reversed […]

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In a tragic incident, three students from India died in a road accident after the car they were travelling in collided with another vehicle in western Massachusetts. Prem Kumar Reddy Goda, 27, Pavani Gullapally 22 and Sai Narasimha Patamsetti 22, died on scene of the collision, Berkshire District Attorney’s Office said in a statement on […]

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New Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge has formed a steering committee with 47 members including Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh and Rahul Gandhi. The committee will function in place of the Congress’s Working Committee, the highest decision-making body of the party, till the plenary session is held. New members of the Working Committee will be chosen at […]

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Attempts are being made to poach on the MLAs of Telangana’s ruling party, and three persons were detained from a farmhouse while trying to cut a deal, the Telangana police have said. The targets were four MLAs of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi, who had tipped off the police, police chief Stephen Raveendra told NDTV in […]

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Rishi Sunak’s UK government is in talks with India over whether to increase the number of business visas granted to Indian nationals as part of a potential trade deal, a stance that risks causing friction in the new prime minster’s top team. Business visas remain an area of “active negotiation” in the discussions, Trade Minister […]

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  Elections in two states within this year, challenges to the two remaining Congress governments next year, and then the 2024 fight to stop another Modi sweep — Mallikarjun Kharge got more than just a certificate from the party as he formally became Congress president today. “Today I remember all the past party chiefs as […]

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Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said Indian-origin Hindu Rishi Sunak’s becoming the Prime Minister of Britain has lessons for India. Can someone who is not Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist or Jain become PM of India, he asked, building on — and refining — his argument about need to empower “visible minorities”. He was earlier trolled over the […]

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A controversy has erupted after the All Assam Miya Parishad inaugurated a Miya museum in Goalpara district last week. The state government has sealed the museum, saying the building is a Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) house and was not allocated to be used as a museum. The parishad’s chief Mohor Ali and another leader, […]

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Qatar has been hit by an “unprecedented campaign” of criticism over preparations for the football World Cup, its ruler Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani said Tuesday. “Since we won the honour of hosting the World Cup, Qatar has been subjected to an unprecedented campaign that no host country has ever faced,” the emir said in […]

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Rishi Sunak, who is set to be Britain’s first Indian-origin prime minister, recently said that he wants to change the UK-India relationship to make it a more two-way exchange that opens up easy access to UK students and companies in India. Addressing a gathering of British Indian Conservative Party members in August, the 42-year-old UK-born […]

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday sent “warmest congratulations” to his incoming British counterpart Rishi Sunak, the first nonwhite and a Hindu to occupy No 10. “Warmest congratulations @RishiSunak! As you become UK PM, I look forward to working closely together on global issues, and implementing Roadmap 2030. Special Diwali wishes to the ‘living bridge’ […]

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