scorecardresearch
Add as a preferred source on Google
Sunday, April 12, 2026
HomePolitics

Politics

Missing in action: NDA convenor who could’ve held alliance together

Since 2013, there has been no official convenor of the NDA. Allies indicate they’ve begun to feel sidelined, with no one to keep the house in order.

2019 strategy: BJP to deploy trained spokespersons in states to counter negative publicity

BJP has six wings and each wing will select two spokespersons from each state who will eventually tackle questions and charges levelled against party.

Maharashtra eyes $2 billion investment to create defence industry hubs near military bases

The defence hubs have been planned in Nagpur, Pune, Aurangabad, Ahmednagar and Nashik — all cities having significant army cantonment areas.

RSS ropes in Muslim women to push for Ram temple in Ayodhya

Sangh affiliate will hold a Muslim women’s conclave in Ayodhya on 21 Feb to solidarity show with Hindus over Ram temple issue.

BJP vs BJP: Swamy complains to the President against defence minister Sitharaman

Raises issue of FIR lodged against Army in J&K for Shopian incident; asks President Kovind to summon minister and ask for explanation about why FIR was allowed.

Rahul Gandhi finally discovers big data, sets up data analytics wing in Congress

Experienced data analyst Praveen Chakravarty to head the department; Congress is the only party to have a data analytics wing.

BJP trying to prevent two Maharashtra Lok Sabha bypolls from going the Rajasthan way

The party faces a tough fight from the Congress-NCP in Bhandara-Gondia in Vidarbha, but is expected to have a smoother path to victory in Palghar.

As unhappiness with Modi govt rises, opponents see 2019 opening up

The BJP’s defeat in bypolls, its dissenting allies and slow economic growth have given opposition parties an opening they are keen to capitalise on in 2018.

Uncertainty over Nagaland polls over as BJP announces list of candidates

Congress to follow suit; BJP inks alliance with newly floated NDDP as ties with ruling NPF hit rock bottom.

In a first, Rajnath Singh to connect with Valley youths at Kashmir University event

Move seen as part of peace process initiated by the Centre; home ministry has advised J&K govt to formulate rehab policy for youths who shunned militancy.

On Camera

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.