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PM Modi praises bipartisanship in matters of foreign policy

Modi said, "Over the last few days, the Parliament has witnessed a healthy discussion on the situation in Ukraine and India's efforts to bring back our citizens through Operation Ganga."

If Congress collapses, 'Left' has no ability to fill the void: CPI MP

CPI Rajya Sabha MP Binoy Viswam said that if the Congress party collapses, the 'Left' has no ability to fill the void.

Modi slams 'selfish' political parties, says their motto 'Khud ka Swarth'

He did not name any party, but the main Opposition to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the state is the Congress

India's 200 million 'aliens'

Indian Muslims have been completely edged out of power structures not just by BJP but all other parties. India cannot alienate them when Taliban is finding global legitimacy

Amit Shah slams opposition for 'doing politics' over Covid-19 crisis

Union Home Minister Amit Shah took a dig at the opposition for 'doing politics over the Covid-19 crisis when the 'Centre is adopting all possible measures to safeguard the lives of the people

Plea in High Court for compulsory masking during poll campaigns

The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought response of the Centre and the Election Commission on a plea seeking to ensure that masks are worn mandatorily by everyone involved in poll campaigns

Anti-CAA, NRC protesters in Uttar Pradesh to form political party

The anti-CAA and NRC protesters in Uttar Pradesh are now planning to form a political party that will raise their issues

Congress mulling options to appoint new presidents for several states

The Congress is set to appoint new state presidents for Telangana, Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Uttarakhand, sources said

Follow the money: Why parties are at pains to deny states to rivals

Much of the money to be milked from the govt system for political use is at the state level, not central. What's more, the same money can be denied to the Opposition, writes T N Ninan

Top headlines: Vodafone India biz, President's rule in Maharashtra & more

From 5G spectrum auction to Maharashtra politics, here are the top news stories that made headlines today

Message from the states

Time for economy to be the focus of politics

Arif Khan, BJP's Soundararajan, Koshyari, Dattatreya appointed governors

Fifty-eight-year-old Soundararajan, the former Tamil Nadu BJP chief and the party's national secretary, moves to Raj Bhavan in Telangana

The art of the con

The road to survival in the ancient world was often paved with bluff and deceit. The cons pulled were largely harmless and the subtext was: to survive, man had to trick the gods

Political posturing

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'New low in public discourse': BJP on Rahul's sleep comment against PM

Referring to Gandhi addressing the issue of farmer distress and saying that Congress and other Oppn parties will ensure that all farm loans are waived, Ravi Shankar Prasad declared it was just drama