scorecardresearch
Add as a preferred source on Google
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
HomePolitics

Politics

Reading between the lines: What 3 losing BJP CMs have been up to on social media

Raman Singh, Vasundhara Raje and Shivraj Singh Chouhan have remained active on social media, to varying degrees, perhaps based on poll performance.

Ashok Gehlot, ‘the CM of party workers’, gets another term at the helm in Rajasthan

Newly-appointed Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot has a reputation of being a shrewd politician and one with a ‘clean image, ground-level connect and accessibility’. 

Congress falsehood on Rafale deal has fallen apart, says Arun Jaitley

Finance minister accuses Congress of compromising national security, says only judicial body can review deals like Rafale as JPC probe could be partisan.

5 reasons why Rahul Gandhi picked Ashok Gehlot over Sachin Pilot

Keeping in mind caste dynamics in Rajasthan and 2019 possibilities, Congress president Rahul Gandhi was forced to deny chief ministership to Sachin Pilot.

Rahul Gandhi rubbing salt on the wounds of 1984 riots victims: Akali Dal on Kamal Nath appointment

Shiromani Akali Dal alleged that Kamal Nath had a hand in the anti-Sikh riots that broke out in Delhi in 1984.

Alliance with NC & Congress is need of the hour: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti

Mehbooba Mufti calls BJP alliance ‘suicide’, slams Modi for not rising to the occasion the way Vajpayee did

Set up a JPC to look into Rafale deal, says AAP petitioner Sanjay Singh

AAP MP Sanjay Singh wants issue to be discussed in Parliament, says curative petition remains an option.

FIR ordered against activist for producing doctored video as evidence against Yogi Adityanath

Pervez Parvaz had produced a video as evidence in a 2007 hate speech case against UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

Jyotiraditya Scindia denied Madhya Pradesh CM’s post just like his father was 30 years ago

Jyotiraditya is the last scion of the Scindia family of Marathas which ruled the Gwalior state in pre-independent central-India.

Exchange land with Pakistan, make Kartarpur part of India: Punjab assembly resolution

Cabinet minister S.S. Randhawa, MLA from Dera Baba Nanak, offers 11,000 acres of land in exchange for the part on which the Kartarpur Sahib gurudwara stands.

On Camera

University townships — India’s chance to build its own version of what America got right

India’s university towns initiative is an opportunity to do something we have never managed at scale: build knowledge ecosystems rather than knowledge silos.

FTA partners drive India’s trade surge as reliance on non-FTA countries dips, says NITI Aayog report

Share of trade with FTA partners rose from 4.6% in 2006 to 28.8% in 2024. India is currently negotiating or advancing agreements with US, Israel, GCC, Canada & Mexico.

Japan overhauls post-World War II pacifist military approach, lifts restrictions on defence exports

Since October last year, Japan PM Sanae Takaichi has planned to increase defence spending target to 2 percent of GDP.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.