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Why borrow from abroad? Low-interest loans available: BJP Kerala chief

In a Facebook post, Chandrasekhar posed several questions to Vijayan, including on why Rs 2,100 crore was borrowed from abroad via Masala Bonds at an interest rate of 9.5 per cent

Govt ready to discuss anything, Oppn should not fix timeline: Rijiju on SIR

After Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge demanded that a discussion on the crucial issue of SIR should begin in the House immediately, Rijiju said he will hold consultations

Three National Conference leaders from J&K take oath as Rajya Sabha MPs

After the oath, the three leaders exchanged pleasantries with Chairman C P Radhakrishnan and greeted other leaders present in the House

Govt not averse to taking up discussion on SIR, electoral reforms: Rijiju

He was responding to opposition members who were demanding an immediate discussion on the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls or electoral reforms in the House

Will raise Congress's plan to go solo in BMC polls with high command: Raut

Raut, who is undergoing medical treatment, also said it is necessary to have the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) in the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi fold

CM Siddaramaiah to visit Shivakumar's residence on Dec 2 amid unity push

This comes days after Shivakumar visited the CM's residence for a similar breakfast meeting

Congress calls PM Modi 'biggest dramabaaz', accuses him of hypocrisy

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said that instead of addressing the real issue of people, Prime Minister Modi has once again made his 'dramebazi delivery'

I support those who behave well, says CM Fadnavis on Rane vs Rane row

Fadnavis said the ongoing episode between brothers, Nilesh Rane of the Shiv Sena and BJP Minister Nitesh Rane, is 'not good'

Row in Rajya Sabha as Kharge flags Dhankhar's 'sudden exit'; BJP hits back

A heated argument broke out in the Rajya Sabha between Mallikarjun Kharge and the BJP after the former mentioned Jagdeep Dhankhar's sudden exit as vice president

Congress' Venugopal moves Lok Sabha adjournment motion to debate SIR crisis

Congress MPs Manickam Tagore and Vijay Kumar Vasanth on Monday moved an adjournment motion in Parliament, seeking an urgent debate on the SIR exercise

Mamata to scale up anti-SIR campaign with rallies in Malda, Murshidabad

This marks Banerjee's second phase of anti-SIR mobilisation after her Bongaon rally last week in the refugee-dominated Matua belt

Interlocutor's Darjeeling visit in limbo as CM objects, demands unresolved

The interlocutor's Darjeeling visit is in limbo amid CM's objections, leaving Gorkha political demands unresolved

MCD bypolls see 31.3% voter turnout, votes to be counted on December 3

Among the 12 wards where polling was held, Chandni Mahal recorded the highest turnout at 41.95 per cent

Shivakumar rules out differences of opinion with Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah

On Saturday, the two leaders had a breakfast meeting after which they put up a united front, denying any difference between them

Parliament Winter session: Govt to push reform agenda, Oppn to target SIR

The three-week long session of Parliament comes against the backdrop of the overwhelming victory of the BJP-led NDA in the Bihar Assembly elections

Modi-Shah using 'vendetta politics', says Cong after FIR on Sonia, Rahul

The opposition party also said the National Herald matter is a "completely bogus case" and justice will ultimately triumph

CM Vijayan is Centre's 'Trojan horse' in Kerala: Congress' Venugopal

The Congress general secretary said that the current government in Kerala was working hard for the last few years to implement whatever Prime Minister Narendra Modi was thinking of

Jairam Ramesh calls India's 8.2% GDP growth 'ironic' after IMF criticism

Earlier on Friday, as per the NSO data, India's real GDP was estimated to have grown by 8.2 per cent in the July-September quarter of the current financial year 2025-26

CM Siddaramaiah invites Dy CM Shivakumar for talks amid leadership row

"There is no change in my stand and I have said I will listen to whatever the high command says. Both of us have said that we will obey whatever the party high command says," he added

CEC has blood on his hands, says TMC claiming 40 SIR-related deaths in WB

The 10-member delegation, led by TMC Rajya Sabha leader Derek O'Brien, met the EC officials amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal