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BHOPAL: BJP is resorting to virtual 'ghero' of Madhya Pradesh. Besides several small leaders, two stalwarts of the party chose to visit Madhya Pradesh almost at the same time. While home minister Amit Shah visited Chhindwara, stronghold of Kamal Nath for more than four decades, party president J. P. Nadda arrived in Bhopal.

Things are moving fast in Karnataka where assembly elections will be held in April-May, a matter of a few weeks. In the latest, after the BJP announced the scrapping of the 4 percent quota for the Muslim minority, the Congress vowed to restore it if it is returned to power. The Bommai government has also decided to honour the demand of Scheduled Castes for internal reservation as suggested in the 2012 AJ Sadashiva panel report.

The contemporary Indian narrative of the times of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is full of confusing signals for the common men. On the one hand PM Narendra Modi and his government in all their appearance has been trying to be truthful, doing justice, and virtuous, while on the other the opposition accuses them of resorting to falsehood, doing injustice to the people of India, and dishonest.

Is Congress leader Rahul Gandhi politically finished after the recent court verdict and his subsequent dismissal from Parliament? Is it an advantage or a setback for him and his party? It is too early to predict as it is an evolving story. But experience says that no politician is finished until he is finished.

New Delhi: Boxing federation of India (BFI) on Monday hailed the performance of its pugilists,as the country had best ever campaign in 17 years finishing with four golds at the Mahindra IBA Women’s World Boxing Championship which concluded at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex here last evening.

New Delhi: The ambitious Indian Taekwondo Premier League (TPL) was launched here with the promise of transforming the sport in the country and grooming international champions.

Mumbai: India’s top table tennis league — Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) is set to return after a three-year hiatus and is scheduled to be held from 13-30 July at the Balewadi Sports Complex in Pune.

Protesting crowds, clapping and chanting azadi, azadi, azadi, surround a police car, pushing it until the vehicle tips over. A girl with a covered face, her hair in a tight ponytail, climbs on the car and holds up a black scarf she has set alight. Amid the flames, the garment turns red and disappears, as the crowd continues to chant the word for “freedom.”

The use of digital currencies has been a topic of discussion for some time now, with both supporters and opponents presenting their views on the matter. Recently, US Senator Ted Cruz, a member of the Republican Party representing the state of Texas, introduced a bill that called for the Federal Reserve (Fed) to work towards preventing the development of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).

The Centre has finally notified an increase in minimum wages of MGNREGA workers in the country, but it is too little to offset the reduced real time wages of the rural workforce on account of the high level of retail inflation that stood at 6.44 per cent February last month, only a little below than 6.52 per cent in January 2023.