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5 key reasons why Congress prefers Siddaramaiah over DK Shivakumar as Karnataka CM

New Delhi, July 3 -- Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on July 2 asserted that he will be in office for a full five-year term, putting to rest speculation of leadership change in the Congress-rule... Read More


Drug peddlers to be booked under MCOCA: CM

India, July 3 -- Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said in the legislative council that the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) will be amended during the ongoing monsoon se... Read More


Omission by commission

Nepal, July 3 -- It was a diabolical manipulation. The issue of the 'cooling off period' in the Federal Civil Service Bill is again heating up. A new provision barring civil servants from political ap... Read More


How a professor quietly mobilised resistance to Hindi imposition

India, July 3 -- As the BJP-led Mahayuti government's attempt to impose Hindi as the third language in the state's schools snowballed into a high-stakes political controversy, an unexpected but decisi... Read More


BR Patil says words 'twisted' on 'lottery CM' phone call leak

Bengaluru, July 3 -- Senior Congress leader and Aland MLA BR Patil said on Wednesday his remarks about chief minister Siddaramaiah were misconstrued and misrepresented to fuel divisions within the rul... Read More


Jaishankar on Trump's India-Pak ceasefire claims: 'What happened very clear, will leave it at that'

India, July 3 -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday again clarified that the ceasefire understanding between India and Pakistan after the military conflict in May was reached with nego... Read More


Frauds forge BJP MLC's letterhead, sign, voice; FIR registered

India, July 3 -- BJP legislative council member Prasad Lad was the target of an alleged cyberfraud as some unidentified miscreants recently tried to transfer local area development funds from Ratnagir... Read More


Aaditya moves HC, opposes petition filed by Disha Salian's father

India, July 3 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray on Wednesday approached the Bombay high court, opposing a petition filed by Satish Salian, the father of deceased celebrity manager Disha Salian,... Read More


RDI scheme: India can't count on loans to set off an R&D boom

New Delhi, July 3 -- In the final budget for 2024-25, the government had announced a scheme with a corpus of Rs.1 trillion to promote research, development and innovation (RDI) in India's private sect... Read More


BJP-Sena rift deepens in Navi Mumbai as Ganesh Naik targets Shinde

India, July 3 -- With the civic elections approaching, cracks within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena in the ruling Mahayuti alliance are widening in Navi Mumbai. Veteran BJP leader and ... Read More