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Punjab AAP MLA puts Mann govt in dock over 'liquor mafia’: Who is Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh?
May 18, 2025 9:31 pm
Sidelined in AAP, Bhagwant Mann-baiter and ex-IPS officer has now turned the heat on the party-led govt over hooch deaths
Return of M J Akbar: From exit as MoS in Modi 1.0 to part of global outreach team
May 19, 2025 3:43 pm
Akbar, who was forced to step down as junior foreign minister in 2018 after facing sexual harassment allegations, has been inducted into a key multi-party delegation for diplomatic push under Operation Sindoor
One half of the George Fernandes story, Leila Kabir passes away
May 17, 2025 7:27 am
The daughter of late stalwart Humayun Kabir and a social worker, Leila embodied the idea of India held by the original founders, with her relationship with Fernandes defying definition
Convicted for life, after a feud to death: The story of Munna Shukla, a rival, and Bihar politics
May 17, 2025 6:42 am
Supreme Court upholds life term for Vijay Kumar a.k.a Munna Shukla in the murder of ex-minister Brijbihari Prasad in 1998. No one is calling quits yet, including Munna’s new love RJD
Raring to make a comeback in north Bengal, its Achilles heel, TMC brings in a former BJP MP: Who is John Barla?
May 19, 2025 1:26 pm
The former Alipurduars MP and Union MoS, who once demanded that north Bengal be given Union Territory status, is expected to help the ruling party in the region's tea gardens
Congress appoints new Kerala unit president a year before polls: Who is Sunny Joseph?
May 19, 2025 1:26 pm
A three-time MLA from Peravoor in Kannur, 72-year-old Joseph is a close aide of outgoing KPCC chief K Sudhakaran, who has been accommodated as CWC permanent invitee
Former Haryana MLA arrested after scuffle with ED officials at Delhi hotel: Who is Dharam Singh Chhoker?
May 19, 2025 1:26 pm
The former Samalkha MLA has been arrested due to alleged irregularities in the allotment of flats, houses, and plots by his real estate companies in Gurgaon.
Rise and fall of Bengal CPI(M) veteran: Face in Jyoti Basu, Buddhadeb Cabinets to expulsion
May 19, 2025 1:26 pm
CPI(M) expels Bansa Gopal Chowdhury, former MP and party heavyweight in Bardhaman-Asansol industrial belt, for “sexual misconduct” on a complaint lodged by a woman party leader; he denies the charges
Smells like poll spirit in Haryana as govt announces schemes, parties hit the road
May 15, 2025 5:39 pm
Ruling BJP balances caste equations, Cong releases campaign plan, JJP hedges its bets, INLD turns to old partner
Flood and fury in Punjab: Farmers in ferment, Mann catches the flak
August 27, 2023 11:07 am
Lack of uniform distribution of compensation, crackdown on farm unions triggers backlash against Punjab CM; some wonder why AAP government cracked the whip when they were making demands of the Centre.
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