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RSS is the ghost, BJP its shadow’: Priyank Kharge targets organisation over its funding, says will ensure it gets registered

Bengaluru, 16/2: Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister Priyank Kharge slammed the RSS and its ideological offspring BJP on Sunday, claiming that the BJP was “weaker than the JD(S)” without RSS. Without RSS, BJP is weaker than JD(S). We are fighting with the shadow of the ghost, which is useless. If RSS is the ghost,…

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PM Modi to meet French President Emmanuel Macron in Mumbai on February 17; to review India-France strategic ties

Mumbai, 16/2: On his fourth visit to India and first in Mumbai, French President Emmanuel Macron will hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during which the two leaders will review the strategic partnership between India and France. Macron will be on an official visit to India from 17-19 February at the invitation of Modi…

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Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to represent India in swearing-in ceremony of newly-elected Bangladesh govt as PM Modi skips event

New Delhi, 15/2: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will represent India in the swearing-in ceremony of the newly-elected government of Bangladesh, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Sunday. It is learnt that Bangladesh had invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the ceremony to be held on Dhaka. The MEA said the Speaker’s participation at…

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T20 World Cup 2026 | From diplomatic firestorms to cricket fever: The Indo-Pak derby is finally on

Colombo, 15/2: Few games in the history of cricket have witnessed such drama even before it has begun. Even when India and Pakistan fought bloody wars, cricket somehow managed to remain unaffected despite occasional on-field exchanges. Not anymore, though with politics completely entwined with sports now. The marquee T20 World Cup clash — the biggest…

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Congress has become more poisonous now: PM Modi in poll-bound Assam

Guwahati, 14/2: Out of power for over 10 years, Congress has become more poisonous now, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated in poll-bound Assam on Saturday while charging that the opposition party put the nation including Assam into trouble while BJP was providing a solution. Congress kept Assam disturbed by pushing the state into bandh, violence…

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