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UP bypolls: It is not just a vote against Yogi but also against Modi

These by-elections may effectively set the tone for 2019, more than the recent BJP successes in the three states in the northeast.

UP bypolls prove that the BJP has only one vote-catcher: Narendra Modi

There are dangers in extrapolating today’s events to what might happen 14 months from now. But anti-BJP parties will believe it is beatable.

Modi-Shah might have lost today, but the BJP is not going to mourn for long

Complacency and hubris are a lethal mix at the hustings, and with Wednesday’s verdict, BJP has learnt that the hard way.

Gorakhpur bypoll loss damages image of ‘Yogi samrajya’ and weakens his position in BJP

Senior BJP leaders are of the view that Yogi had been given the task of retaining the Gorakhpur seat and he failed in it.

Gorakhpur bypoll: Make no mistake, this is Yogi Adityanath’s defeat

The Gorakhnath temple has been at the centre of local politics and only the candidates believed to “have its blessings” have ever won elections from there.

Emmanuel Macron told Rahul Gandhi he’ll tell him what Modi won’t

The French side conveyed to Rahul that they had no objection to revealing details of the Rafale deal, but it was the Modi government, which was not keen.

God help us if this PDP-BJP govt lasts for another three years: Former J&K CM Omar Abdullah

Alliance partners PDP & BJP are both responsible for the mess in Jammu & Kashmir, former CM Omar Abdullah tells ThePrint in an exclusive interview.

The controversial past of the man behind the media block in Gorakhpur

Rautela is known to be a close associate of Uttar Pradesh CM and former five-term Gorakhpur MP Yogi Adityanath, who hand-picked him to head the administrative set-up of his home district.

Bypoll trends: 2019 ‘rehearsal’ going awfully wrong for Yogi’s BJP in Gorakhpur, Phulpur

The trends led to uproarious scenes in the UP assembly as SP members celebrated, leading speaker Hriday Narayan Dixit to adjourn the house briefly.

Audio clip puts Haryana’s Khattar govt at centre of bribery row

Opposition corners BJP on a viral purported conversation about the Haryana staff selection commission chairman taking bribes for jobs

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Congress was committed to alcohol ban law without being practical: MA Venkata Rao

Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.