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Telangana caste survey result is an opportunity and trap for Rahul Gandhi

Revanth Reddy is walking the talk, unlike his Karnataka counterpart Siddaramaiah, who has been sitting over this report for close to a decade.

Prashant Kishor doubts Nitish Kumar’s mental health. And CM’s son adds a twist to the tale

Prashant Kishor has got his finger on the pulse of Bihari voters—their frustration and listlessness with a CM who has lost his mojo but refuses to call it quits.

What differentiates BJP from Congress—one learns from mistakes, the other won’t

The issues raised by the Congress in successive elections have remained frozen in time, no matter how many elections the party has lost.

4 revenue secretaries in 4 weeks. Modi govt’s quest for ‘committed bureaucracy’ continues

PM Modi evidently reposes more faith in serving and retired bureaucrats than in politicians. IAS officers must, however, be taking it with a pinch of salt.

Why Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan is seeking political redemption through Sanatan Dharma

Since 1967, the Left has been in power in either Kerala, West Bengal, Tripura. If Pinrayi Vijayan doesn’t deliver in 2026 Assembly election, the Left will be out of power in India.

Flogging, going barefoot—Annamalai must endure pain as Modi-Shah’s Tamil Nadu priorities change

Tamil Nadu BJP president whipped himself in public to protest against the sexual assault of a student. What must have hurt him though is neither Modi-Shah-Nadda nor national BJP tweeted about his pain.

Manmohan Singh, an ‘underestimated’ politician for his Congress detractors

Manmohan Singh could have done a lot of things. But he was hamstrung. He had to seek the approval of the Gandhis to even drop or shift a minister of state.

‘One Nation, One Election’ is a bad idea—and not because of Opposition’s ‘Modi phobia’

In ‘normal’ elections, voters have begun to differentiate between national and Assembly elections and vote differently. There is no reason they won’t do the same in synchronised elections.

Annamalai, Kishan Reddy, Vijayendra—why BJP’s war horses in South are running out of steam

Now that PM Modi is in his third term, perhaps the BJP is losing the will to fight in the southern states. It would rather consolidate its gains in the north.

Devendra Fadnavis is no Shivraj Chouhan. Yet his worry is growing as Modi-Shah dither

The impending succession battle in BJP makes the choice of the next Maharashtra CM crucial—more in terms of power dynamics in the party than those in the Mahayuti.

On Camera

Why district judges almost never make it to India’s Supreme Court

Indian judiciary has a corrosive imbalance between the bar and the bench. Those who supervise the district judiciary do so without the lived experience that is essential for meaningful reform.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.