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Rahul Gandhi’s strike rate is better than Narendra Modi’s in Hindi heartland

In Chhattisgarh, MP & Rajasthan, Congress won in 56% of seats where Rahul Gandhi campaigned while BJP won in 48% of seats where PM Modi held rallies.

Modi’s dismal show in assembly elections gives Shiv Sena upper hand in alliance

Sena leaders stress on significance of regional parties & alliance. In mouthpiece, Sena writes BJP first lost its friends now, important states. 

Samajwadi Party extends support to Congress in Madhya Pradesh

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav made the announcement an hour after Mayawati said the BSP will supporting the Congress in forming government in Madhya Pradesh.

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray lauds voters for courage to reject ‘those not wanted’

Thackeray says people's courage needs to be recognised in the five-state election results.

BSP will help Congress form govts in MP and Rajasthan to keep BJP out, says Mayawati

The Congress, which was locked in a see-saw battle with the BJP in Madhya Pradesh, emerged as the single-largest party with 114 seats. Mayawati's...

Narendra Modi’s ‘urban Naxals’ jibe works like a charm in Chhattisgarh for Congress

Jagdalpur, where Narendra Modi had labeled the Congress ‘urban Naxal’ sympathisers, is among the five seats BJP won in 2013 but lost this year.

Allies see Rajasthan, MP, Chhattisgarh defeat as reality check for ‘communal, arrogant’ BJP

BJP allies tell ThePrint that some self-introspection is in order for the NDA captain if it wants to win 2019.

The political stalwarts for whom Tuesday’s verdict sends danger signals

Two-time BJP chief minister of Rajasthan Vasundhara Raje, Mizoram’s Congress stalwart Lal Thanhawla and former Chhattisgarh CM Ajit Jogi will be a worried lot.

Amit Shah is losing his winning touch. BJP needs a new strategy

BJP chief Amit Shah is known as a master election strategist but barring his home state Gujarat, the party under him has failed to beat anti-incumbency in recent polls.

NOTA outperforms SP, AAP, NCP & others in assembly polls for five states

The None of the Above votes ranged as high as 2.1 per cent in Chhattisgarh to 0.5 per cent in Mizoram, said the Election Commission.

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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.