Left, Right & Centre

Can Hemant Soren's successor prove majority in the crucial floor test in Jharkhand? Amid JMM's 'horse-trading' fears, can BJP bowl a googly and outfox the JMM-Congress alliance?

In an exclusive interview to NDTV, former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat said the Opposition stands to learn a lot from LK Advani, now conferred with the Bharat Ratna.

Union Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2024. We decode it for you, bring you the key factors only on NDTV.

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, just days ahead of an election in Pakistan that his party has been hamstrung from contesting. Is this the end of Imran Khan, the politician?

Commandos from the Indian Navy's patrol vessel INS Sumitra rescued 19 Pakistani sailors after pirates hijacked their fishing vessel off the east coast of Somalia on Monday. This was the second anti-piracy operation carried out by the warship within 36 hours, the Indian Navy said. There has now been a third rescue as well. The Indian Navy has helped in rescuing a Sri Lankan fishing trawler from pirates off the Somalian coast, thwarting a third hijacking attempt in the last three days. The vessel was finally intercepted in Seychelles by their coast guard with the help of inputs from the Indian Navy.

The main opposition party in Maldives is set to begin impeachment proceedings against its pro-China president Mohammed Muizzu. The main opposition party Maldivian Democratic Party holds a majority in parliament and the collection of signatures have already started to begin the impeachment filing. The Opposition parties have hit-out at President Muizzu for his pro-China position after a Chinese spy ship was granted permission by the government to dock in Male. A massive scuffle took place in parliament yesterday, after which the Opposition decided to begin impeachment proceedings.

Nitish Kumar's move to end his alliance with the Lalu Prasad Yadav-led Rashtriya Janata Dal to revive his tie-up with the BJP comes as a massive setback to the INDIA bloc months before it takes on the formidable BJP in Lok Sabha polls. What's more, Mr Kumar, in his first remarks after submitting his resignation, referred to how "nobody was working" in the INDIA bloc. What does this mean for the already beleaguered INDIA bloc?

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will sack ministers belonging to alliance partner and Lalu Yadav's party Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) tomorrow, sources told NDTV today. The BJP and Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United), or JD(U), have also finalised a seat-sharing agreement for the Lok Sabha election due in three months.

French President Emmanuel Macron, the Chief Guest for this year's Republic Day celebrations, landed in Jaipur today. He has been joined by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a tour of a couple of heritage sites and a roadshow. The visit comes as the Centre and the French government continue to negotiate multi-billion dollar deals for French fighter jets and submarines for the Navy. With a special panel, we decode the Modi-Macron 'Mon Ami' moment and more.

After Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said her Trinamool Congress will go solo in the state, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said his party, the AAP, will fight independently in the state. NDTV speaks to a panel on what has been a day of double whammy for the Congress.