Chinese President tells PLA to strengthen training for combat

Xi Jinping inspected the armed forces’ Southern Theatre Command’s navy on Tuesday and stressed the need for “training and combat readiness” amid heightened tension in the South China Sea. China’s President Xi Jinping inspected the armed forces’ Southern Theatre Command’s (STC) navy on Tuesday and stressed the need for “training and combat readiness” amid heightened…

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Historic step to unite opposition’: Rahul Gandhi after meeting Nitish Kumar

The Congress on Wednesday claimed a ‘historic step’ in attempts to unite the opposition and challenge prime minister Narendra Modi and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in state polls this year and the 2024 general election. The declaration came after Congress boss Mallikarjun Kharge and senior leader Rahul Gandhi met Bihar chief minister and Janata Dal  leader Nitish Kumar and his…

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Democracy died only once…’: BJP hits back after Sonia Gandhi’s editorial

Sonia Gandhi wrote an editorial in The Hindu criticising the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of crucial elections in Karnataka and other states this year. Congress leader Sonia Gandhi ripped into the Bharatiya Janata Party Tuesday in an editorial published by a leading national daily. She accused prime minister Narendra Modi and his government of ‘systematically dismantling all three pillars of India’s…

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AAP gets ‘national party’ status; Trinamool, Nationalist Congress Party lose it

AAP, founded in 2012, won the Punjab assembly elections early last year, and also won five seats in the Gujarat elections later. The Election Commission of India on Monday revised the list of national and state political parties, granting national party status to the Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party, and downgrading veteran politician Sharad Pawer-led…

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