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Close on the heels of an ignominious fiasco in Maharashtra, came a stunning defeat for the BJP in the three bye-elections to the West Bengal Assembly. It lost all the three seats including Kharagpur Sadar which is one of the Assembly segments of the Medinipur parliamentary constituency which was won by the State BJP president Dilip Ghosh in the Lok Sabha elections earlier this year. For the first time, the Trinamool Congress won this seat as well as Kaliaganj. The BJP candidate at Kharagpur Sadar was trounced by the Trinamool by a whopping margin of twenty thousand votes, much to the chagrin of Dilip Ghosh.

The NRC is part of the BJP's attempt to redefine India's identity. A closer look would make it imperative that it is simply the part of the saffron strategy to convert India into a Hindu Rashtra. The element of political confusion and fragility about the India’s identity at this stage for our secular, democratic and socialist founding principles is deeply worrying.

In 2018-19, USA became the biggest trading partner of India, scuttling Chinese predominance for over half a decade. Paradoxically, however, the reasons for the trade buoyancy with two countries are diagonally opposite to each other. While USA reached the helm of trade due to large scale imports from India, China reached the peak due to large scale exports to India. In terms of qualitative trade relation, USA played more important role to Indian economy by boosting exports, against China causing widening trade deficit.

Chennai: Chennaiyin FC and Odisha FC shared the spoils after a thrilling Hero Indian Super League encounter finished 2-2 at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium here on Thursday.

Guwahati: The FIFA delegation along with members of the Local Organising Committee visited the Indira Gandhi Athletic International Stadium, and had a comprehensive look at the stadium and the training facilities.

Jalandhar: The winners in seven categories of men and women freestyle will get automatic entry for the upcoming South Asian Games as the three day long Tata Motors Senior National Wrestling Championships takes off from tomorrow in Jalandhar.

Ahmedabad: Delhi-based golfers, the seasoned Shamim Khan and youngster Arjun Prasad, took the early lead at the third edition of the Rs 40 -lakh prize money Kensville Open, at the Kensville Golf & Country Club near here Ahmedabad.

Ajmer: Unseeded Reeth Rishya caused the major upset of the day when she defeated No. 3 seed Ayhika Mukherjee 4-1 to enter the quarterfinals of the 49th Inter-Institutional Table Tennis Championships at the MCC Indoor Stadium here today.

Hyderabad: Defending champions Bengaluru FC will look to pick up their third win on the trot when they go up against new entrants Hyderabad FC at the GMC Balayogi Athletic Stadium here on Friday.

New Delhi: Olympian Mairaj Ahmad Khan (U.P) and Gurjoat Singh (Punjab) fired hundred percent targets over four rounds of qualifying in two days to lead the 110-strong Skeet field in the 63rd National Shooting Championship Competitions at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range here on Thursday.