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The BJP’s massive four-fifths majority (57 seats) has cut out the leverage that the Congress rebels who have won on the party’s ticket might have hoped to have.

Rahul Gandhi resisted naming him the Chief Minister candidate until days before the vote, and there were efforts until the end to undermine his leadership.

Two, Muslim votes have stayed with the Samajwadi Party-Congress — 17 of the SP’s 47 winners, and 2 of the Congress’s 7, are Muslim.

Over the last 25 years, a fractured verdict has been typical of India’s biggest, most important, and most complex political battleground.

Times Higher Education ranks IISc among the world’s top 10 small universities, institute director credits a century of hard work and the independence given to researchers

SUSHANT SINGH explains the history, background and controversy over the colonial era practice that many find abhorrent, but which the Army is unwilling to junk

UGC says system of many colleges being affiliated to a university is unwieldy; teachers and students see this as a step towards privatising education

Govt has linked Aadhaar to school midday meals, among several other schemes. The Indian Express explains details of the move, and recap the pending legal challenges to Aadhaar

The Supreme Court has said there is ‘something peculiar’ about the clean chit given to top BJP leaders, and expressed concern over the delay in closing the matter. The Indian Express recaps the story.

To stop damage to environment and attract new fans, the IOC has mooted using lasers in shooting competitions. But what about shooters’ skills and the adrenalin rush? MIHIR VASAVDA explains

The estimated 7% growth in Q3 has rekindled the debate on the CSO's methodology. How is GDP calculated in India? What explains the growth number?

An ex-officebearer has been arrested, and while party is crying vendetta, fissures are visible within .

For urban areas the gap between the overall sex ratio in the state and that for births in the last five years was glaring in some cases.

Islamabad is now feeling the heat from the global Financial Action Task Force — but this isn’t the end of the Lashkar-e-Toiba story

The BBC documentary on Kaziranga and the action against a Corbett official, who issued a shoot-at-sight order, show there are no easy ways to combat poaching

On February 22, Inter Services Public Relations, media wing of the Pakistan Armed Forces, announced the launch of Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad against terrorists across the country. The operation’s declared scope is sweeping, and it comes less

Both the communists and the Hindu Right saw the dismantling of the Congress as an essential precursor to their own growth and implementation of their grand narrative.

An extraordinary ongoing protest has seen Bihar government officers wearing black badges to work in protest against a senior colleague’s arrest. But the issues are wider.

Lays down principle of ‘interest of collective or social order’ in cases of ‘intra-conflict’ of fundamental right

Dirty air is a public health emergency. But it won’t be easy to jump straight from BS-IV to BS-VI emission norms. The Indian Express explains.

After days of protests by the Congress and AAP, and arrest of 4 BJP leaders, government has agreed to a judicial probe. The Indian Express tells the story.

India’s vaccine regulatory system has just been marked higher than the score it obtained in the last assessment 5 years ago. The Indian Express explains the ranking system, and what it means.

Uber and Ola drivers have returned to NCR roads, but their complaints remain unaddressed.

Register FIR against MLA, the SC said, and PM Modi was quick to use the order as a stick to beat Akhilesh with.

2 people have been killed in firing, and police can’t enter a village where a key protester against land acquisition is holed up. The Indian Express explains the standoff at Bhangar, where some are hearing