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“When interests are shared and stories swapped, sources and journalists come to empathise with each other” File

The importance of small talk

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Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot interacts with Congress workers in Pali on June 3, 2023. Photo: Twitter/@ashokgehlot51 via PTI

Ashok Gehlot tries out his welfare card

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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin and Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. The governments of the five States of the south are led by different parties — the DMK in Tamil Nadu, the CPI(M) in Kerala, the YSR Congress Party in Andhra Pradesh, the BRS in Telangana, and the Congress in Karnataka. File

Is there a clear north-south divide in Indian politics? | The Hindu Parley Podcast

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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar in Bengaluru.

Is there a clear north-south divide in Indian politics?

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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar addresses a press conference with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. File.

16 parties confirm participation for the June 12 Opposition meet

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Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh addresses at the inauguration ceremony of the new Parliament building, in New Delhi on Sunday.

JD(U) President slams Harivansh for participating in new Parliament’s inauguration

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The new Parliament building illuminated with colourful lights, in New Delhi, on May 28, 2023.

An opulent House: art lines ₹200-crore interiors

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi carries the ‘Sengol’ in a procession before installing it in the Lok Sabha chamber at the inauguration of the new Parliament building, in New Delhi, on May 28, 2023.

India gets new Parliament House; PM says it’s symbol of aspirations

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Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel. File

BJP fears caste census will disturb its Hindutva campaign: Bhupesh Baghel

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An aerial view of the old and new Parliament buildings on May 27, 2023.

A new House, again in red sandstone

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Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader Rahul Gandhi meet Bihar CM Nitish Kumar at party chief’s residence in New Delhi May 22, 2023.

Will shortly call a joint meet towards building anti-BJP forum, say Congress, JD(U)

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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal with Bihar CM Nitish Kumar during a press conference, in New Delhi on May 21, 2023. Bihar Dy CM Tejashwi Yadav and AAP MP Sanjay Singh are also seen.

Kejriwal prepares for pushback in Rajya Sabha by uniting opposition

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The 108-carat Kohinoor diamond was presented to the then British monarch, Queen Alexandra, in 1850 after the Anglo-Sikh wars, in which Britain gained control over the Sikh empire in the then undivided Punjab.

Bring back Kohinoor from the U.K., parliamentary panel notes in its report

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Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee chief D.K. Shivakumar celebrates his birthday with party leaders Siddaramaiah, Randeep Surjewala and others, in Bengaluru on May 15.

All eyes on Congress’s Karnataka decision as Opposition leaders gear up for strategy meet

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