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New team for Captain: What Amarinder Singh joining BJP can mean for him, the partySubscriber Only
September 20, 2022 13:20 IST
As Amarinder Singh joins the BJP, a look at how they can help each other, and whether there is more than meets the eye.
Why Jharkhand wants to define a ‘local’ with 1932 as the cut-off for domicileSubscriber Only
September 16, 2022 08:43 IST
What is Jharkhand's draft Bill for defining a local? Why has it kept 1932 as the cut-off year? Are there any legal hurdles in passing the Bill?
As Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina arrives, taking stock of India-Bangladesh ties: the achievements and the irritantsSubscriber Only
September 6, 2022 07:37 IST
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in New Delhi on a four-day visit to India on Monday. How has India's relationship with Bangladesh evolved over the years? What are the recent irritants in the bilateral relationship?
Explained: Why are protesting farmers back in Delhi?Subscriber Only
August 22, 2022 15:44 IST
Members of farm unions are pressing for making MSP a legal right, and for the sacking of Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni.
Explained: Manish Sisodia raided by CBI, what is the alleged scam in Delhi’s (now withdrawn) liquor policy?Subscriber Only
August 20, 2022 10:52 IST
CBI raids Manish Sisodia: The CBI and Delhi Police's EOW are investigating allegations that the Delhi excise department, under direct orders of Sisodia, allowed a waiver of Rs 144.36 crore to the liquor cartel on the tendered licence fee, and that funds were 'diverted to public servants'.
Explained: BJP rejigs parliamentary board, here’s what the panel doesSubscriber Only
August 18, 2022 13:24 IST
The BJP has dropped Nitin Gadkari and Shivraj Singh Chouhan from its parliamentary board, its apex organisational body, and brought in six new members. What roles and functions does this board perform?
Explained: The four Bills passed recently by Haryana Assembly on water, GST, municipal bodiesSubscriber Only
August 13, 2022 14:22 IST
The Haryana Vidhan Sabha passed four bills on August 10, the last day of its monsoon session. A look at the bills passed, and the rationale behind the amendments.
Explained: The West Bengal cattle smuggling racket in which top TMC leader Anubrata Mondal has been arrestedSubscriber Only
August 12, 2022 13:15 IST
According to CBI, a ring of corrupt BSF and Customs officials, along with politicians such as Anubrata Mondal, ran a smuggling racket that recirculated cattle seized at the border by buying them at dodgy auctions
Explained: What’s the Rs 6,000 crore toll tax ‘scam’ in Delhi’s MCD?Subscriber Only
August 14, 2022 11:50 IST
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has alleged a Rs 6,000 crore scam in the collection of toll tax by MCD. What are his claims? How has the MCD responded?
Explained: Will Nitish Kumar be PM face against Modi in 2024? Why that’s easier said than doneSubscriber Only
August 14, 2022 11:53 IST
Mamata Banerjee, KCR, Sharad Pawar, Arvind Kejriwal all are in the mix as well. The opposition is divided on even the need for projecting a PM face. And the post-Modi political landscape is nothing like it was in 2004, 1996, or 1989.
Explained: The RSS’s relationship with the national flagSubscriber Only
August 6, 2022 11:43 IST
What is the RSS-Har Ghar Tiranga controversy about, why did the RSS not hoist the Tricolour at its Nagpur headquarters for 52 years, and why had Golwalkar called the adoption of the Tricolour "a case of drifting and imitating"? We explain.
Explained: The Gujarati and Marathi identities in cosmopolitan MumbaiSubscriber Only
August 4, 2022 12:14 IST
The controversy triggered by Governor B S Koshyari's statement has rekindled an old debate on a sensitive issue that is rooted in the origin story and political cross-currents of Maharashtra
What is Mumbai’s Patra Chawl case, in which the ED has detained Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut?Subscriber Only
July 31, 2022 22:39 IST
Raut has been under investigation in a case related to irregularities in a chawl redevelopment project in Mumbai’s Goregaon.
Suspension of MPs: the rules, and the powers of presiding officersSubscriber Only
July 29, 2022 17:05 IST
Over this week, the two Houses of Parliament have suspended 27 MPs between them. Who can suspend MPs, and for how long? Can courts intervene in a matter of suspension of MPs?
‘Rashtrapatni’ explained: The controversy over how the President should be addressedSubscriber Only
July 29, 2022 17:05 IST
The BJP has accused the Congress of humiliating President Droupadi Murmu after MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury referred to her as 'Rashtrapatni'. In India's constitutional scheme, words like Rashtrapati and Sabhapati (Speaker) are gender-neutral.
Explained: What is the meaning of the ‘Johar’ greeting used by President Droupadi Murmu?Subscriber Only
July 29, 2022 17:05 IST
‘Johar’, which essentially means ‘salutation and welcome’, is used within the tribal communities of Jharkhand, and in parts of Chhattisgarh and Odisha. According to several tribal leaders from Jharkhand, the word ‘Johar’ also means ‘paying respect’.
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