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Decode Politics: Why Ajit and Sharad Pawar have joined hands — is NCP merger on the cards?

December 30, 2025 2:50 am

Pressure from party workers, shared turf, and the threat of BJP expansion have led the two NCP parties to find common ground in Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad

V D Satheesan interview: 'Congress will give 50% tickets in Kerala Assembly polls to youth, women ... mark a generational shift'

December 28, 2025 4:43 pm

“The local body poll results are definitely an indicator.... The anti-incumbency against LDF will be much stronger in the Assembly polls... We (UDF) are aiming (to win) 100 (of 140) seats,” says the Congress leader

100 years of CPI: 'AI wasn't there during Marx, Lenin's time ... Communists have to face it ... cope with changes'

December 26, 2025 8:01 am

“We are all committed to Marxist ideology and Leninist philosophy. But how to apply Marxist-Leninist positions and ideology to Indian realities is important … why we have not grown is an issue that needs to be addressed,” says Communist Party of India's general secretary D Raja

‘1 lakh Matuas vs 50 lakh Muslims’: Why a Union Minister’s remark, SIR have rattled BJP’s Matua base in Bengal

December 25, 2025 7:35 pm

Union Minister Shantanu Thakur fuels tensions by hinting that he is fine with the deletion of 1 lakh Matua names from electoral rolls if 50 lakh Muslims are also struck off during SIR

How Karnataka Houses debated India's first anti-hate law: Sound and heat but little light

December 25, 2025 8:29 pm

During debates in Assembly and Council before they passed the Bill, Congress govt defended it as necessary to curb rising hate speech and hate crimes, while BJP attacked it for being “vague, unconstitutional and draconian”

In Rajasthan, why 'Save Aravalli Hills' stir marks new flashpoint, tests BJP, Cong

December 25, 2025 1:37 pm

As viral videos amplify outrage over a Supreme Court-backed redefinition of Aravalli Hills, BJP, Congress spar for control of narrative amid growing protests by civil society groups over the row

Why BJP has an edge in Maharashtra corporation polls, but faces many hurdles 

December 23, 2025 11:08 am

While BJP would contest several corporation elections, including BMC, in alliance with Shinde Sena, it may fight with ally NCP in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad

Decode Politics: PPP or privatisation? Why TDP, YSRCP are at odds over Andhra medical colleges

December 20, 2025 11:34 am

While Jagan Mohan Reddy alleges Chandrababu Naidu government trying to privatise 10 such institutions, TDP says building facilities through the PPP model not the same as privatisation, accuses YSRCP of misleading people

Rs 466 crore KIIFB masala bond case: Inside ED’s forex violation case against Pinarayi Vijayan, former Kerala minister Thomas Isaac

December 19, 2025 8:10 pm

ED proceedings on hold following Kerala HC stay earlier this week; Kerala CM says central agency’s show-cause notice “utterly ridiculous”, expected around elections

Decorated Army veteran, object of Opp ire: Meet Uttarakhand Governor who returned Bill amending state's anti-conversion law

December 19, 2025 2:17 pm

Former Deputy Army Chief, Lt Gen (retd) Gurmit Singh was viewed as an appointment by BJP to appease Sikh voters and has not raised objections regarding govt's contentious Bills earlier.

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