When Congress general secretary (organisation) K C Venugopal arrived at Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin’s Alwarpet residence on Sunday night, the optics suggested escalation. But inside the meeting, according to top DMK and Tamil Nadu Congress sources, the emphasis shifted. Instead of pressing the power-sharing demand that had triggered friction in recent weeks,…

“Aap jaan lijiye (you should know)” has been a pet expression of 10-time Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) president Nitish Kumar to tell people about development works carried out during his tenure spanning nearly two decades. Barely five days after filing his nomination for the March 16 Rajya Sabha elections – which cleared…