Rijiju and Khera spar over ‘half-naked’ swim jibe
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju and Congress MP Pawan Khera traded barbs on social media on Tuesday after Khera mocked videos of Rijiju swimming in a river in Arunachal Pradesh. Khera questioned why…
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BJP likely senior partner in revived SAD alliance for 2027 Punjab polls
The BJP and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) are in the final stages of reviving their alliance for the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections, with the BJP expected to be the senior partner, according…
Opposition women MPs lead charge for UP assembly polls
Opposition women MPs, including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Dimple Yadav, took centre stage during the Monsoon Session of Parliament, raising issues such as the 33% women's quota and the Jantar Mantar lathi…
UP Congress boycotts TV debates over priest’s alleged abuse
Uttar Pradesh Congress has announced it will boycott television debates featuring Ayodhya's Hanuman Garhi Temple priest Raju Das, accusing him of abusing and threatening party spokesperson Kunwar Singh Nishad during a live…
BJP spokesperson defends EWS quota as quota-reform protests grow
BJP national spokesperson Ajay Alok has said the 10% Economically Weaker Sections quota, introduced in 2019, addresses upper-caste concerns, drawing sharp pushback from reservation-reform activists. In a video posted on X, Alok…
BJP mocks Congress as India marks 10 years of UPI success
BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra on Tuesday attacked the Congress over past remarks against the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), as the digital payment platform completed 10 years of its rollout in 2016. Patra…
CJP’s Saurav Das hits back at Kiren Rijiju over ‘smash patriarchy’ jibe
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) spokesperson Saurav Das on Tuesday criticised Union minister Kiren Rijiju for framing Rahul Gandhi's 'smash the patriarchy' campaign as a Hindu-Muslim issue. Das said on X that the…
Gadkari’s office says remark on workload taken out of context
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari's office on Tuesday clarified that his recent remarks about handing over responsibility to the younger generation were not political and had been quoted without context. The clarification came…
Reservation debate heats up ahead of UP, Uttarakhand, Punjab polls
A protest by upper-caste groups at Delhi's Jantar Mantar demanding reforms in the reservation system has intensified ahead of assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa. The 'Reservation Reform…
Book argues majoritarianism was built into India’s founding design
Advocate Javed Gaya's new book 'Heartland Rising: The Making of Majoritarian India' argues that India's majoritarian turn was baked into the country's founding design, not a recent development. Gaya traces the roots…
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IO Repro: Repro test after fix 2 Oct. Safe to trash.