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    ‘Anti-defection law clear; MPs can’t merge alone’ | Lok Sabha ex-secy PDT Achary interview

    Puneet Nicholas Yadav
    28 April 2026 6:30 AM IST

    Former Lok Sabha secretary PDT Achary clarifies anti-defection law: MPs cannot merge alone, only party-level mergers protect them from disqualification

    ‘Anti-defection law clear; MPs can’t merge alone’ | Lok Sabha ex-secy PDT Achary interview
    Politics
    Was West Bengal election campaign toxic or funny? Looking back at its many shades
    Elections 2026

    Was West Bengal election campaign toxic or funny? Looking back at its many shades

    27 April 2026 9:05 PM IST
    The late Sunjay Kapur and Rani Kapur
    India

    ‘Not the age to fight’: SC to Sunjay Kapur’s 80-year-old mother in family Trust dispute

    27 April 2026 7:59 PM IST
    Panelists debate West Bengal Phase 2 elections amid controversy and political clashes on Capital Beat program
    Elections 2026

    Bengal Phase 2 campaign ends amid row, sharp political exchanges | Capital Beat

    27 April 2026 7:13 PM IST
    Supreme Court

    SC allows 15-year-old to terminate 28-week pregnancy, affirms reproductive autonomy

    27 April 2026 7:07 PM IST
    AAP Raghav Chadha

    Punjab power play: Raghav Chadha's BJP switch sparks anti-defection debate | AI with Sanket

    27 April 2026 6:41 PM IST
    Amid a fuel crisis, the case for new energy service companies in India

    Amid a fuel crisis, the case for new energy service companies in India

    27 April 2026 6:19 PM IST
    Supreme Court

    SC asks urgent hearing on SIR-related voter roll deletion in West Bengal

    27 April 2026 6:03 PM IST
    Jairam Ramesh on Womens Amendment Reservation BIll

    ‘Lotus has become Lootus’: Congress slams BJP after AAP MPs join ranks

    27 April 2026 5:31 PM IST
    Supreme Court

    SC questions sexual assault charge in long-term consensual live-In relationship case

    27 April 2026 5:02 PM IST
    Sridhar Vembu interview

    Sridhar Vembu urges Indian professionals in US to return amid rising anti-immigrant sentiment

    27 April 2026 2:29 PM IST
    Kerala heatwave

    Maharashtra's Akola burns at 47 degrees, highest temperature in India

    27 April 2026 1:28 PM IST
    Raghav Chadha

    Raghav Chadha cites ‘toxic work environment’ in AAP for exit

    27 April 2026 1:02 PM IST
    Raghav Chadha

    Rajya Sabha chairman Radhakrishnan accepts merger of 7 AAP MPs with BJP

    27 April 2026 11:41 AM IST
    BJP fields Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay descendant for West Bengal polls 2026.

    After Vande Mataram, it's Bankim: Electoral politics heats up in Bengal's Naihati

    Samir K Purkayastha
    27 April 2026 6:30 AM IST

    The TMC and BJP battle over Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay’s legacy as history, identity, and elections collide. Who owns Bengal’s cultural icons?

    The paradox of Telangana’s surge in ‘No Caste’ entries

    Telangana's 'No Caste' surge signals privilege hiding in plain sight

    27 April 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Vikramjit Singh Sahney

    Vikramjit Sahney says he warned Kejriwal about MPs' defection: Report

    26 April 2026 7:51 PM IST
    Tamil Nadu Congress leader Selvaperunthagai addresses media amid Income Tax raid controversy

    Raid or ruse? Selvaperunthagai I-T bust claim kicks up political storm in post-poll TN

    26 April 2026 5:56 PM IST
    Gas scam

    Fraudsters dupe panic-hit gas customers in Mumbai, Karnataka of nearly Rs 3 cr

    26 April 2026 4:18 PM IST
    Seven AAP Rajya Sabha MPs who joined the BJP.

    AAP moves to disqualify 7 MPs who defected to BJP, calls it betrayal of people's mandates

    26 April 2026 2:22 PM IST
    PM Modi Mann Ki Baat

    Modi champions clean energy, digital Census in 'Mann Ki Baat', pays tribute to Tagore

    26 April 2026 2:03 PM IST
    IMD issues advisories as heatwaves scorch north India, Kerala records high UV radiation

    IMD issues advisories as heatwaves scorch north India, Kerala records high UV radiation

    26 April 2026 12:31 PM IST
    Photographer Raghu Rai dies after prolonged battle with cancer

    Photographer Raghu Rai dies after prolonged battle with cancer

    26 April 2026 9:00 AM IST
    The BJP has tried to appropriate the legacy of Bengali literary icon Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay to challenge the states Trinamool Congress in the 2026 Assembly elections. Bankim Chandra photo: Wikimedia Commons

    Bengal's battle for Bankim: BJP localises nationalist pitch to counter TMC in Naihati

    26 April 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Rahul Gandhi, Akhilesh Yadav

    Ahead of Modi's UP visit, Congress, SP attack BJP over Dalit girl murder in state's Ghazipur

    25 April 2026 8:53 PM IST
    Vikram-1

    India’s first private orbital rocket Vikram-1 heads to launchpad in Sriharikota

    25 April 2026 7:30 PM IST
    Raghav Chadha

    Raghav Chadha targets Kejriwal over ‘Sheesh Mahal 2’ row as BJP, AAP trade charges

    25 April 2026 5:40 PM IST
    Raghav Chadha

    Why Raghav Chadha lost nearly 1 million followers in 24 hours after joining BJP

    25 April 2026 5:07 PM IST
    Bengaluru Techie murder case

    Man, convicted of kidnapping and killing minor 31 years ago, arrested in UP

    25 April 2026 4:31 PM IST
    Supreme Court of India SC pensionary benefits to women officers

    SC flags ‘huge revenue loss’ as seized cash in bribery case eaten by rodents

    25 April 2026 4:06 PM IST
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