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NC-Congress alliance on the brink? BJP joins NC to pass Kargil LAHDC budget

The political equations in Ladakh witnessed a dramatic twist as the National Conference (NC) and the BJP came together in the Kargil Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC-K) to ensure the passage of the Rs.255 crore annual budget for 2026-27, triggering speculation that the over two-and-a-half-year-old NC-Congress alliance in the Council may have effectively collapsed.

CSR should take agricultural research from labs to farms: Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Union Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday called upon the corporate sector to play a greater role in transforming Indian agriculture through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), urging industry to invest in agricultural research, agri-tech, climate-resilient farming, skill development and women-led rural enterprises.

Bihar—after the clean-sweep, tough negotiations for posts, portfolios

The buzz is that along with key Cabinet posts, LJP’s Chirag Pawan is also negotiating for one deputy chief minister and sources indicate that there is also considerable pressure on the BJP to select those who will man the post from its side. In the outgoing councils of ministers, Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha were BJP's two deputies to JD(U)’s Nitish Kumar.