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BJP is planning its roadmap for 2024, even 2029. The opposition is still stuck in 2018

What’s the opposition doing a year ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha election that didn’t in 2018? Essentially, nothing different.

Modi’s letter to Sania Mirza has a message for BJP MPs, MLAs, Khattar. Read between the lines

The silence of PM Modi and the BJP on the women wrestlers' protest in Delhi was deafening. He may have spoken out through his letter to Sania Mirza.

Modi-Shah’s leadership mettle to face the toughest test yet in coming Assembly elections

Vasundhara Raje and BS Yediyurappa must be BJP high command's biggest worry. Modi and Shah aren’t known to give in to regional satraps.

Rahul Gandhi’s ‘I, me, mine’ to Tharoor showing real crisis—3 days of Congress plenary session

West Bengal delegate Shankar and MP Shashi Tharoor seemed like two discordant voices who got little attention.

JP Nadda trying to achieve what Modi couldn’t — bringing BJP MPs to heel

Development has always been supplementary to Hindutva in the BJP’s campaign strategy. Why gag party MPs now?

Harvard paper on Congress decline, cited by PM Modi in Lok Sabha, has more lessons for BJP

The Harvard paper isn't about when the Congress lost its numero uno status. It’s about how it looked like when it was at the top, and that's why BJP must take note.

Davos to Mumbai, Maharashtra CM Shinde is branding himself as Gadkari 2

You will see how my government will transform Mumbai and Maharashtra before we face voters in 2024, says Shinde.

Why BJP didn’t want PM Modi’s words about Pasmandas, Bohras, and Church to come out

While PM Modi advocates outreach to sections of minorities, his BJP colleagues are wary of upsetting the party's core support base.

Why Yogi may remember Shamshad Begum as BJP ministers, legislators target UP IAS officers

Civil servants in UP and Madhya Pradesh are under similar attacks. But unlike Shivraj Singh Chouhan, CM Yogi has remained mum.

Nitish Kumar to Bhupesh Baghel, Opposition redrawing Mandal vs Kamandal battleline for 2024

The BJP has skirted the issue of caste census so far. But there are signs that betray unease and ambiguity, if not nervousness, in the ruling camp.

On Camera

Wintrack vs Chennai Customs has unleashed middle class anger. And BJP must worry

It’s hard to build a house, run a business, or do anything without paying bribes. And yet, citizens’ anger about this open, unchecked corruption won’t erupt into Anna Hazare-type rallies.

Nodal officers to fast-tracking NOCs, Kerala govt’s heeding investor concerns, and it means business

As many as 21 policy reforms are under implementation following Invest Kerala Global Summit, as LDF govt works to change perception that the state is not conducive to businesses.

Army chief’s big warning to Pakistan: Stop sponsoring terrorism if you want to exist geographically

Amid continued concerns over cross-border terrorism, General Upendra Dwivedi further warned the neighbour that India will not show restraint if there is an Op Sindoor 2.0.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.