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Ex-Biju Janata Dal MP Debashish Samantaray files nomination for Rajya Sabha bypoll as Bharatiya Janata Party candidateFormer Biju Janata Dal MP Debashish Samantaray has filed his nomination papers as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate for the Rajya Sabha by...- Another setback for BJD as Rajya Sabha MP Debashish Samantaray quits, likely to join BJPBJD Rajya Sabha MP Debashish Samantaray has resigned from the party. He cited systematic belittlement as the reason for his departure. This...
- The fall of ‘Didi’: How Mamata Banerjee’s Bengal fortress began to crumbleMamata Banerjee's political hold on West Bengal is weakening. The Bharatiya Janata Party is making significant gains across the state. Once...
- India must turn global crises into opportunities, strengthen supply chains: JP NaddaUnion Minister JP Nadda urged India to leverage global uncertainties into opportunities, emphasizing increased manufacturing, resilience, a...
- Former Bihar BJP leader R K Singh to launch his own partyFormer bureaucrat R K Singh is launching a new political party. The party will focus on national and public interest. It aims to unite hone...
- Quote of the Day by Nobel winning economist Milton Friedman, “If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert...” – Does Friedman's critique of government still apply in 2026? What does this powerful quote reveal about government efficiency, economic freedom, and modern life lessons?Quote of the Day by Nobel winning economist Milton Friedman: Global public spending has crossed $30 trillion in 2026. Efficiency remains a ...
- IITian to helm IT! Continuation to help keep policy on trackVaishnaw, a bureaucrat-turned-politician, took charge as the railway minister for the second time and also assumed roles in the ministries ...
- 'Cycle wala MP' harps on 'madhur rishte' between executive and judiciaryBureaucrat-turned-politician Arjun Ram Meghwal, who began his career as a telephone operator and is popularly known as 'cycle wala MP', was...
- BJP MLA Diba Chandra Hrangkhawl, who resigned from Tripura Assembly, joins CongressAddressing the rally, Congress in-charge for Tripura Ajoy Kumar said, “If Rahul Gandhi can walk hundreds and thousands of kilometers why th...
- RCP Singh: Saga of the meteoric rise of a Kurmi bureaucrat-turned-politicianRCP Singh entered Kumar's good books in the late 1990s when the then Samata Party leader was the Union Railway minister and the Uttar Prade...
- Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti welcome verdict in Kathua caseBureaucrat-turned-politician Shah Faesal lauded the police for securing the conviction of the accused persons.
- Do not misuse Lokpal Act to harass NGOs: Swaminathan AiyarBy including thousands of NGOs in definition of public servants, government has made a mockery of original aims of the Anna Hazare crusade.
- N K Singh gets Japan's prestigious national awardN K Singh will be honoured with Japan's second highest national decoration for his contribution in boosting Indo-Japan economic relations o...
- Poke Me: Without a politics-sports administration nexus, Lalit Modi getting 'preferential treatment' would have been scoffed atNow, it’s time for either the Centre to issue a directive, or for the SC to take a conclusive stand on this vital separation of state and s...
- Union Budget welcome, but short on specifics: Lok SattaLok Satta Party President and bureaucrat-turned-politician Jayaprakash Narayan today welcomed the Union Budget on various counts.
- Ready for alliance with like-minded parties: Andhra Pradesh BJPAndhra Pradesh BJP today said that it is ready to forge a poll alliance with "like-minded" parties in the state for the upcoming polls.
- Is Durga Shakti Nagpal a victim of the political class?The suspension of UP-based IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal has become a larger story of the IAS as a victim of the political class.
- SC, ST BJD MLAs in a fix over voting on reservation billOpposition Congress put 40 SC and ST MLAs of the ruling BJD in a fix in the state Assembly.
- Direct bureaucracy may be just what politicians need to deflect criticismMaking bureaucrats directly accountable to people could be just what politicians need to turn public ire away from them.
- T Chandrashekar jumps from frying pan into political fireThe former feisty Maharashtra bureaucrat T Chandrashekar has taken the plunge into active politics by joining Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi’...
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