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Lalu Yadav is ‘day-dreaming’ again about alliance with Nitish Kumar

RJD leaders say Lalu Yadav is keeping a watch on JD(U)-BJP alliance after the RSS ‘snooping’ issue as the party eyes revival of the Mahagathbandhan.

Yediyurappa seen sailing through Karnataka trust vote but Speaker could delay celebration

Yediyurappa expected to bring back BJP govt to Karnataka with a trust vote win after 17 MLA disqualifications pull House strength down to 208.

PM Modi & Amit Shah to brief BJP MPs in 2-day training programme in August

The party communicated to all its MPs to ensure that they attend the Abhyas Varga starting August 3.

Jaipal Reddy — Congressman who quoted Dante, Kant & called politicians ‘wild animals’

Jaipal Reddy, who had a stint with the Janata Dal, was opposed to the Emergency though he held grudging admiration for Indira Gandhi's politics.

Lack of clarity in party leadership is hurting Congress, says Shashi Tharoor

Senior congress leader Shashi Tharoor also said that he hopes that Priyanka Gandhi will contest for party presidency.

Lok Sabha MP Eknath Gaikwad takes over as Mumbai Congress President

Eknath Gaikwad takes over from Milind Deora, who had announced his resignation as Mumbai unit chief owing to the party's poor Lok Sabha showing.

Why Modi-Shah’s BJP bent its rules for Yediyurappa

BJP has tried to promote other Karnataka leaders such as Sadananda Gowda & Jagadish Shettar but always had to fall back on Yediyurappa to win polls.

How to tame swollen Ghaggar? Flood fear looms but consensus eludes Punjab, Haryana

Ghaggar river, which is already flowing above the danger mark, is expected to swell further with the forecast of more showers in the coming days.

B.S. Yediyurappa, the God-fearing, astrology-believing leader who’s rewriting rules in BJP

Ambitious and indefatigable, Yediyurappa deserves credit for what BJP is today in Karnataka. But his fourth stint as CM will be no bed of roses.

Yeddyurappa is Yediyurappa again as he takes oath as Karnataka CM

The BJP leader had changed the spelling of his name from Yediyurappa to Yeddyurappa after he had to resign as chief minister in 2007.

On Camera

Why Modi-Shah have failed to develop mass leaders in states the way Vajpayee-Advani did

BJP had leaders like Modi, Chouhan, Raje, Raman Singh, BSY, and Dhumal who kept the party’s flame burning. Those promoted by Modi-Shah in the last 10 years fail to inspire confidence.

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

‘Nightmare at Chennai Marina’: 4 dead, 96 hospitalised after pandemonium at packed IAF air show

Lakhs of people were stranded at beach in heat as crowd control measures apparently failed. At least 14 lakh people were in attendance though police had expected around 10 lakh.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?