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Free him at or before 5 pm today: SC on Manipur activist held for FB post

Leichombam was booked under the NSA for a Facebook post criticising BJP leaders for advocating cow dung and cow urine as cure for Covid

No relief in sight for Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar

Changing political dynamics have worsened situation for the BJP

Yediyurappa meets PM Modi, sidesteps queries on leadership change in state

Karnataka CM B S Yediyurappa Friday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi here and requested him to facilitate early implementation of some pending state works including the Mekedatu dam project

Priyanka arrives in Lucknow, starts with silent protest against BJP govt

Priyanka Gandhi arrived here on a two-day election-preparation visit, and started with a silent protest before a Mahatma Gandhi statute against the BJP govt in the state

Best of BS Opinion: Making of BJP's social rules, Covid-19 vaccines & more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Friday

The making of BJP's social rules

From conservative to radical, the party's stand on marriage and population control has evolved in two distinct phases: One when it was in power, another when it was not

PM Modi defends farm laws, cites record procurement of food grains

Modi underlined the central government was working proactively to improve the government procurement system and at the same time, giving more agri marketing options to farmers

Real winners of the reshuffle

New responsibilities for the finance minister and the home minister indicate the government's focus on privatisation and cooperatives

Population control fiasco

The ill-advised two-child policy must be reviewed

Bengal: 8 BJP MLAs quit as House panel heads to protest Roy's appointment

Eight BJP legislators on Tuesday resigned as heads of various Assembly panels in protest against MLA Mukul Roy's appointment as the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari objected to Roy's elevation, arguing that the MLA, who had crossed over to the ruling TMC last month after winning the polls on a BJP ticket, cannot be considered a legislator of the saffron camp. As per norms, a legislator of the main opposition party is made the PAC chairperson, and Roy hasn't quit as a BJP MLA in the House, despite switching camps. Manoj Tigga, one of the saffron camp legislators, said after resigning from a standing committee that "Roy's appointment is undemocratic and a naked display of partisan politics. In protest, we have decided to step down..." Led by Adhikari, the eight MLAs, including Mihir Goswami, Bhisma Prasad Sharma and Tigga, later visited Raj Bhavan to apprise Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar of the "blatant violation of ...

Consider the evidence: Moment of relief for Shivraj Singh Chouhan

There was speculation of a leadership change in the state, with Home Minister Narottam Mishra emerging as the main challenger to Chouhan

Gehlot flays BJP spokesperson for remarks against ex-Union minister

Gehlot criticised BJP's national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia

Best of BS Opinion: The culture of the beard, India's arbitrariness & more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Saturday

Made in Bharat

Mocking new health minister Mansukh Mandaviya's English underlines the political elitism Modi's India has rejected.

Another party: But does it even matter?

Aditi Phadnis analyses whether the launch of yet another party by Sharmila, the daughter of undivided AP, the late YS Rajashekhar Reddy, will make a difference to the complex politics of Telangana

Committed to creating linkages between skilling, employment: Pradhan

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday assumed charge of the skill development and entrepreneurship ministry and said he is committed to creating linkages between skilling and employment. "We are committed to strengthen the skilling efforts of the ministry and equipping the youth with necessary skills to prepare them for Future of Work, and creating linkages between skilling and employment," he said. Rajeev Chandrasekhar also took charge as the Minister of State in the ministry.

Mandavia to be pivotal in govt plans to manage Covid, lift country's image

Mandaviya is also seen as industrious and resourceful in his home state

Politicians and their meeting dress

Sunanda K Datta-Ray says Xi Jing's choice of Mao suit at the foundation day ceremony of the Chinese Communist party signals the revival of Mao's orthodoxy and the party's supremacy

Repeal UAPA

The statute has no place in a democracy

Will toe party line on ties with BJP, says AIADMK's Shanmugam

AIADMK leader C Ve Shanmugam on Thursday said he was bound by the party leadership's decision on continuing the alliance with Assembly poll partner BJP.