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RS polls: BJP fields RPN Singh; drops Sushil Modi, Rajeev Chandrasekhar

The party fielded its Jat leader, Subhash Barala, from Haryana, instead of its sitting Member of Parliament, DP Vats

PM Modi surprises MPs with unexpected lunch at Parliament canteen

The drill began a little earlier in the day when officials from the Prime Minister's Office contacted the MPs, some of them first-time members, without giving away the details

Why conferring Bharat Ratnas on Rao, Singh, and Swaminathan is significant

Along with Advani and Karpoori Thakur, award tally highest in a year

10 saal anyay kaal: Cong releases 'black paper' on Modi govt's failures

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge unveiled the 54-page 'black paper' at 10.30 am, hours before Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the government's 'White Paper' in Parliament

'Sporadic' vs 'saturated': NDA's dig at UPA govt's 10 years in White Paper

A subtext running through the white paper is that a "coalition of 26 parties" couldn't take crucial decisions, such as rolling out the goods and services tax (GST) regime

K'taka CM protests Centre's 'injustice'; 'false narrative', says Sitharaman

Communist Party of India (M) leader and Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan, along with his Cabinet colleagues, will protest at Jantar Mantar against the Centre's alleged negligence towards southern states

'Outdated' Cong cannot question 'Modi's guarantees', says PM in Rajya Sabha

Modi said his government will strive to provide a "Modi kavach", or shield, to empower the people of India, especially the neo-middle class

Uttarakhand's UCC Bill: Live-in couples must register or face jail term

Any child born of such a relationship shall be considered legitimate

PM Narendra Modi gives 370 to BJP and 400 to NDA in Lok Sabha polls

Modi said he will continue to wage a battle against corruption, would not allow the looting of the country's resources and asserted that probe agencies were independent

India's demographic time bomb: Committee to study 'fast population growth'

As the population inches towards critical mass, Centre forms a high-powered committee to dissect the challenges of rapid growth, paving the way for solutions in the pursuit of a Viksit Bharat

Champai takes oath as Jharkhand CM; Hemant in five-day ED custody

Champai Soren won the Assembly election in 1995 from the Saraikela seat as an Independent when Jharkhand was still part of Bihar

In govt's focus: 4 'pillars', Vishwakarma, tribals and border villages

FM promises White Paper on the economy before & after 2014

Thumbs-up for 'guarantee': Budget hits a sweet spot, says PM Modi

'Interim Budget would empower four pillars of developed India'

250 mn people lifted out of poverty over past decade: President Murmu

Murmu said the government believed that the grand edifice of a developed India would stand on the four strong pillars of youth power, women power, farmers and the poor

FM will present Budget with 'disha nirdeshak baatein', says PM Modi

Modi hails 'festival of women power', says development journey will continue

2024 Lok Sabha elections: Congress hires DDB Mudra for publicity campaign

In 2019, the Congress hired advertising agencies Percept, Silverpush, and Nixon Advertising, while in 2014, it turned to Dentsu India

Parliament's Budget session to begin on Wed, 14 suspended MPs to return

President Droupadi Murmu will address members of the two Houses in the LS chamber, as the new Parliament building does not have a Central Hall

Citizenship Amendment Act across India in 7 days, says Union minister

Meanwhile, Uttarakhand CM Dhami says state to enact UCC soon

BJP-led NDA could gain in Rajya Sabha polls to 56 seats on February 27

The strength of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) that it leads, currently at 114, is also set to improve with the return of the Janata Dal (United) to its fold

Behind Bihar CM Nitish Kumar's switch: Caste play, Modi's outreach

Bihar CM, who returned to NDA fold, feared significant losses in Lok Sabha polls had he stayed with INDIA bloc