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SC justice for Madigas—How PM Modi endorsed Rahul Gandhi’s ‘jitni abadi, utna haq’ politics

Madigas' grouse has been that the Malas, who are numerically smaller, end up cornering a larger share of the SC reservation pie.

‘Akhilesh-Vakhilesh’ aside, Telangana Muslims will determine Congress’ place in INDIA

The AIMIM and the BRS, though never in an alliance, are the closest allies. KCR virtually stays away from Owaisi's turf, Hyderabad; the latter supports the ruling party elsewhere.

Why projecting PM Modi as BJP’s face in assembly polls is a risky gambit

The BJP is repeating its Karnataka mistakes in the upcoming assembly elections but there is a reason why the party thinks the results would be different.

Kharge is rebuilding Congress brick by brick, taking a leaf out of Prashant Kishor’s playbook

Mallikarjun Kharge will complete one year as Congress president on 26 October. The Congress is looking relatively better with a non-Gandhi at the helm.

Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra to Odisha—How BJP is taking one step forward and two steps back

If the assembly election trend continues, the BJP’s Lok Sabha tally in Karnataka would come down to 8 in 2024—from 25 in 2019.

PM Modi is moving on from Vajpayee-era mass leaders. New India, New Parliament, New BJP

The coming assembly election will see the remnants of the BJP from the Vajpayee era finally making way for a new crop of leaders—those who owe it all to PM Modi and Shah.

No injustice to South, caste census evasion, Muslim appeasement—Modi’s messages from Nizamabad

Addressing a rally in Nizamabad Tuesday, PM Modi unveiled his strategy to turn the table on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on his jitni abaadi, utna haq slogan.

Women’s quota is fine but BJP must do more to make women vote for party & not just PM Modi

BJP has good reasons to hope that women will rally behind PM Modi and the party after women’s quota legislation, but it poses many challenges too.

4 years on, Kashmir is changing. All because of Modi-picked Manoj Sinha’s healing touch

Sinha has carried out the PM’s briefs rather commendably. His biggest contribution has been to bring Delhi closer to Srinagar and make people realise that Article 370 was a notional privilege.

Corruption, infighting, indiscipline—why BJP, not Congress, is bigger headache for Modi now

The drifting party organisation won’t really help PM Modi's cause. Too many skeletons are coming out of the BJP’s cupboards in one state after another.

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Meghnad Desai was a man of many passions. Marxian economics, politics to Bollywood

Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.