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Congress will adopt 'Hindutva politics' in polls

The grand old party will try and force BJP to play on its political pitch

BJP will be 'big brother' in Bihar, contest on 32 seats

The BJP is likely to contest on at least 32 seats, while dividing the remaining among its allies in Bihar. This will be for the first time that the BJP will be contesting the Lok Sabha polls in Bihar as the proverbial elder brother in a state where there are 40 Lok Sabha seats

SHIVRAJ WILL LEAD BJP IN MADHYA PRADESH ELECTIONS

The party has decided to fight under the 'tried and tested' leadership of Chouhan who is now the longest serving BJP CM

Manoj Bajpayee may contest on RJD ticket from Bihar's Valmiki Nagar

Bollywood actor Manoj Bajpayee is likely to contest the forthcoming Lok Sabha election on a Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) ticket from the Valimiki Nagar seat in Bihar

Pak-China tie-up on missile system sets off global alarm bells

The Biden administration imposes curbs on Chinese entities collaborating with Pakistani partners

Opposition unity for 2024 nowhere visible in UP

As the Opposition is gearing up to create a united front against the BJP at the national level, individual parties in Uttar Pradesh are keenly assessing consequences in terms of profit and loss in forming an alliance and contesting alone

RAILWAY BOARD HAD FLAGGED 'SHORT CUTS' BEING TAKEN BY SIGNALLING STAFF

Just two months before the tragic train accident in Balasore, Odisha, that killed 288 people and injured over 1,000, the Railway Board had flagged the issue of “short-cut” methods being adopted by the Railway staff repairing or maintaining the signalling system. This could potentially cause serious ramifications

General Ju is the man behind CCP's cyber warfare against India

Roughly 2,500 km from the North and South Blocks in Central Delhi as the crow flies, is the city of Kunming in Yunnan province of Southern China

INDO-PACIFIC ISSUES TO SHAPE INDIA-U.S. STRATEGIC RELATIONS

Facts on the ground compel the US to recognize that India plays a significant role in any security strategy involving the Indo-Pacific

INDIA DEFEATS JAPAN, QUALIFIES FOR JUNIOR WOMEN'S HOCKEY WORLD CUP FINAL

The Indian junior women’s hockey team edged out hosts Japan 1-0 in a neck-and-neck semi-final clash of the Women’s Junior Asia Cup 2023 in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, on Saturday. Sunelita Toppo (47’) scored the only goal of the game.

AMID CRISIS, PAKISTAN EXPRESSES INTEREST IN JOINING BRICS

Amid a deepening economic crisis and stalled talks with International Monetary Fund to get loans, Pakistan has expressed its interest in joining the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa). Islamabad’s aspirations will be deliberated upon at the group’s upcoming summit in South Africa in August.

BOLIVIA GETS CLOSER TO CHINA, BUT TRADING IN YUAN 'DOUBTFUL'

Discussions are underway for the opening of Chinese banks in Bolivia but there are serious doubts and concerns about trading with China in Yuan currency.

Trump indicted on 37 counts in classified documents case

The sweeping felony indictment paints a damning portrait of the former President's treatment of national security information.

INDIA'S RISE IS INEVITABLE: AUSTRALIAN LEADER

We would like India to choose Australia as a natural partner, says Edward Norman 'Ted' Baillieu, a former Premier of Victoria and an Indophile.

ALLOWS VISUALLY CHALLENGED CANDIDATE TO PROVISIONALLY APPEAR IN INTERVIEW FOR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR POST

The Uttarakhand High Court in the case Dr. Harikesh v. State of Uttarakhand And Anr observed and has ordered the State of Uttarakhand and Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University to provisionally allow the visually challenged person for appearing in the interview for the post of Assistant Professor, Botany after the candidature of him was being rejected by the authorities.

AFFILIATION TRANSFER OF HEALTH SCIENCES INSTITUTES UPHELD

The Patna High Court in the case Shambhu Nath Sikari vs. The State of Bihar and Ors observed and has dismissed the Public Interest Litigation, PIL wherein seeking to set aside a memorandum issued by the Health Department of the Bihar Government which require all the governmental and the non-governmental organizations in order to transfer their affiliation from Aryabhatt Knowledge University to the Bihar Health Sciences University.

TECHNOLOGY, TRUST AND DIASPORA: PILLARS OF INDIA-U.S. PARTNERSHIP

Historically, US-India innovation relationship has been about India being outsourced low-end services. With iCET, there's a paradigm shift. India has access to high-end technology.

BJP may stay away from 'Hindutva' in Rajasthan

Party has changed strategy due to popularity of Gehlot's welfare schemes in Rajasthan. The party will now focus on the issues of alleged corruption and commission.

CONGRESS WILL TARGET SCINDIA DURING POLL CAMPAIGN IN MP

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will take a leading role in Madhya Pradesh.

BRS doesn't want to be seen with Congress till Assembly elections

'KCR is unlikely to attend any Opposition meet till the Assembly polls are over'.

TENSIONS PERSIST IN DEMCHOK, DEPSANG, INDIA-CHINA TALKS ON

While Indian and Chinese soldiers are respecting the contours of the mutually agreed buffer zone in other places, these specific areas remain unresolved.

REFORMS PANEL PUSHES FOR MAJOR BHU OVERHAUL, NEW POSTS, CLOSURES

Panel also suggests a proper system in which internal monitoring can be done weekly and external once a month.

Nitish and Co tie themselves up in knots to explain Bihar bridge collapse

The under-construction bridge, which collapsed in Bihar’s Bhagalpur district, was being built under the supervision of McElhanney, a Vancouver, Canada-based company.

TMC unleashes muscle power ahead of Bengal panchayat polls

The bugle for the panchayat (village level) elections in West Bengal was sounded earlier last week, with the State Election Commission (SEC) declaring voting for all panchayats in a single phase across the state.

Rahul Gandhi's US contacts raise concern within security agencies

'Both the Indian American Muslim Council and Islamic Circle of North America are well-known arms of the Pakistan deep state'.

PM FAST-TRACKS DIPLOMACY TO COUNTER CHINA'S BRI-CPEC

PM Modi is expected to discuss BRI and CPEC with US President Joe Biden.

MODI'S 2023 STATE VISIT TO US AS BIG A GAME-CHANGER AS DENG'S 1979 VISIT

India-US relationship is expected to reach an unprecedentedly high orbit during the upcoming State Visit of PM Modi to the world’s largest economy. The expectation is that this time around, the immense range of opportunities created by shifts in geopolitical tectonic plates will not go unutilised by India.

PATNA MEET WILL INDICATE GRAND ALLIANCE PROSPECTS

After the meeting, we will get a clear trajectory of what we have to do next as a united team'.

MAMATA ACCUSED OF 'DIRTY POLITICS' OVER CRASH TOLL

'Mamata's rise in politics has been over her dirty politics over dead bodies'.

NEW PARLIAMENT BUILDING UPHOLDS INDIAN HISTORY, CULTURE: HARDEEP PURI

'Old Parliament was the council chamber of a colonial power', says Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs, Hardeep Singh Puri