RAPPER POLITICIAN BALEN SHAH’S RSP HEADS FOR LANDSLIDE VICTORY IN NEPAL
NEW DELHI ,7 March 2026 : Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah’s newly formed Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) was on Friday heading towards a sweeping victory in Nepal’s first general elections since the violent Gen Z protests, shattering the dominance of established political parties in the politically fragile nation. By Saturday, RSP was heading for a sweeping victory, […]
NITIN GADKARI’S BEEF COMPANY IN TROUBLE
NEW DELHI ,7 March 2026 : At the middle of the Gadkari family’s sprawling agro-business empire is Rembal Agro, a beef company that has quietly risen to international prominence. Rehan Ahmed Qureshi, a Nagpur resident who managed operations on the ground for Rembal, told The Caravan’s former staff writer, Kaushal Shroff, that he entered the […]
US OFFICIAL CONFIRMS TRADE WITH INDIA
NEW DELHI , March 2026 : Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ vision – prioritising US economic interests in domestic and foreign policies – has been a feature of both his terms. Received with scepticism a decade ago and viewed warily since, it has divided Americans in a global order that has evolved to value cooperation, especially […]
BJP FINETUNES BENGAL STRATEGY AHEAD OF PM MODI’S RALLY
NEW DELHI ,March 2026 : As Prime Minister Narendra Modi prepares to address a mega rally at Kolkata’s iconic Brigade Parade Ground on March 14, the BJP is fine-tuning its political strategy for West Bengal, attempting to consolidate the gains it made in 2019 and 2021 while navigating new political flashpoints such as the controversy […]
TWO OR THREE PAWARS TO BE RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS
NEW DELHI, March 2026 : Two members of the Pawar family are set to become Rajya Sabha MPs from Maharashtra this time. They belong to different parties, different political camps, and different generations. Sharad Pawar (85), the patriarch of the Pawar Parivar, is about to begin his third term in the Upper House of Parliament. […]
SUSPENDED TRINAMUL MLA HUMAYUN KABIR GETS Y-PLUS SECURITY
NEW DELHI ,6 March 2026 : Suspended Trinamool MLA Humayun Kabir, who has now formed his own party to take on the Mamata Banerjee-led party, Janata Unnayan Dal (JUD), in the upcoming assembly elections, has been accorded Y-Plus category security cover by the central government. Kabir had proposed building a mosque, modelled after Ayodhya’s Babri […]
BJP MAY GET A CM IN BIHAR, 1 DEPUTY, 15 MINISTERS FROM JDU
NEW DELHI ,6 March 2026 : Bihar is likely to get a Chief Minister from the BJP as Janata Dal (United)’s Nitish Kumar, who held the top post for a record ten times, decided to step down to contest the Rajya Sabha polls. This will be the first time ever that a leader from the […]
US TRADE COURT ORDERS REFUND OF TRUMP-ERA TARIFFS
NEW DELHI ,5 March 2026 : A trade court in the US has directed federal authorities to begin refunding tariffs collected under president Donald Trump’s global import duties that were invalidated by the Supreme Court last month, marking a significant development in a legal battle involving billions of dollars. Judge Richard Eaton of the US […]
CONG NAMES 6 RAJYA SABHA CANDIDATES, BJP 13: NITISH KUMAR ALSO TO ENTER RS
NEW DELHI ,5 March 2029 : Congress on Thursday announced the names of 6 candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections. Abhishek Manu Singhvi from Telangana and Phulo Devi Netam from Chhattisgarh have been re-nominated. Both are currently Rajya Sabha MPs. The party has nominated Karamveer Singh Bodh from Haryana and Anurag Sharma from Himachal Pradesh. […]
NITISH SIGNS RAJYA SABHA PAPERS, EXPLAINS WHAT’S BEHIND HIS BIG SHIFT
NEW DELHI ,5 March 2026 : Nitish Kumar, JDU president and Bihar Chief Minister, filed the nomination papers for the March 16 Rajya Sabha election on Thursday, making a big shift from the Assembly to the Parliament after two decades of leading the Bihar government. Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Deputy Chief Ministers Samrat […]
