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(From left ) Former Union Minister, Subodh Kant Sahay, Congress MLA Alamgir Alam, JVM chief Babulal Marandi, JMM chief Shibu Soren, president of the State Congress Ajoy Kumar, and JMM working president Hemant Soren at a press conference after announcing a seat-sharing pact, in Ranchi on March 24.

Tribal anger

The consolidation of the tribal people and the minorities behind the Congress will see the alliance it leads put up a good fight in the State.

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Pragya Thakur’s comments despicable: former DGPs

Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, accused in the Malegaon blast case and now the BJP candidate for the Bhopal Lok Sabha seat, has drawn intense criticism fr

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Chief Minister Nitish Kumar (left) and Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan (right) with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an election rally in Gaya on April 2.

Livelihood matters

In the crucial State of Bihar, the contest this time is between “nationalism”, as projected by the BJP, and bread-and-butter issues, which the opposit

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Communal card

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BJP activists celebrating the Balakot air strike in Amritsar on February 26.

Boast and bluster

Even as the target and the outcome of the Balakot air strikes remain in the realm of speculation, the Narendra Modi government has allowed its arms to

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Martyrs to apathy

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At the Kumbh venue on February 4, milling crowds were held up for hours resulting in a stampede-like situation.

Mela for politics

The Yogi Adityanath government gives scant regard to facilities for devotees at the Kumbh Mela; instead, it turns the event into a public relations ex

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Manish Tewari, Congress leader.

‘Fine-tune the law or repeal it’

Absolutely. The sedition law should have been repealed long ago. We don’t need such a law. It is past its expiry date. The next Parliament must repeal

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At the Kolkata rally on January 19, where opposition leaders from across the country stood together at the invitation of West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee to pledge themselves to a united front against the BJP.

Call from Kolkata

The show of opposition unity in Kolkata at Mamata Banerjee’s call has clearly made the BJP jittery, though competitive political ambitions among the p

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George Fernandes, a 2005 picture.

George Fernandes passes away

The poster boy for the post-Emergency Janata Party government, the fiery orator who spewed venom and fire against Indira Gandhi, the maverick

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Priyanka Vadra with her son Raihan at a function in New Delhi in July 2018.

Rahul puts Priyanka in charge of Congress in eastern U.P.

In a surprise move, Congress president Rahul Gandhi, who is on a two-day tour of Amethi, his parliamentary constiutency in Uttar Pradesh, appointed hi

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Saudi Arabia as a holiday destination

Saudi Arabia is trying to shed its unfriendly image and open its doors to foreigner tourists, including non-Muslims. It has announced that it will sta

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