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Modi’s New India will be ‘communalism-free’, pledges BJP

Party outlines PM’s vision for New India by 2022, leaders pass six-point resolution at national executive meet in New Delhi.

Gurdaspur Lok Sabha bypoll is acid test for Congress, BJP

The Gurdaspur seat was held by SAD-BJP alliance and the election is a test of popularity for the ruling parties in the Centre and the state. 

Swadeshi Jagran Manch film at Ramlilas to show India becoming a Chinese ‘colony’

RSS-affiliate SJM ties up with 50 Ramlila committees in Delhi to show the film, which criticises the Narendra Modi government’s economic policies.

‘Ab ki baar, Modi sarkar slogan was born in BJP’s election war room’

As a Twitter storm rages, party’s campaign managers say the catchline for 2014 Lok Sabha election was a result of their collective brainstorming.

‘Indira, Sanjay ruined everything that Feroze Gandhi stood for’

Swedish author Bertil Falk claims Feroze Gandhi was marginalised not only by his family but also by the Congress party in the past

Rahul Gandhi’s US tour can’t change fact that Congress has no clarity on its strategy

There is no grand re-organisation or an ideological rethink in the Congress Party that a stunning electoral debacle like 2014 should have prompted.

‘CM on bail, IG in jail’ — BJP’s slogan in poll-bound Himachal

BJP hopes to dislodge Virbhadra Singh government by focusing on corruption and ‘deteriorating’ law and order situation in the state.

NDA is in coma, things were different when Vajpayee was PM: Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena leader talks about BJP’s one-upmanship and growing pitch within his party about withdrawing from the BJP-led coalition.

Modi keeps up Dalit outreach, to unveil 2 Ambedkar memorials in Delhi

Political analysts say BJP has started wooing Dalits across the country with an eye on 2019

Nitish joining BJP is unfortunate for India’s politics: Manish Sisodia

Delhi’s deputy CM rules out any opposition alliance, says there is no party which has ideas and vision similar to AAP

On Camera

Rahul Gandhi wants to jail Himanta Sarma but Congress has a Bihar-sized problem in Assam

The Congress has promised Rs 50,000 assistance to each woman but as we've seen in many recent elections, voters seem to be conscious of the proverb: 'A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.'

Stocks fall, oil prices climb as Trump issues fresh threat to Iran ahead of his deadline

Fears that an escalation of the conflict could heighten a fuel squeeze & endanger the economy unnerved traders, with NYT reporting Iran stopped negotiating a truce with the US.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.