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TopicBharatiya Janata Party

Topic: Bharatiya Janata Party

BJP gets new working president. Who is Nitin Nabin, Bihar minister raised in BJYM nursery

Nabin will replace J.P. Nadda. Nadda had also been appointed the national working president as an understudy before being named the full-fledged president.

BJP defends Sanchar Saathi—‘Govt doesn’t want to snoop on you, app cannot read your messages’

Row has erupted over Centre’s directive to manufacturers & importers to pre-install the app on every smartphone sold in India within 90 days. Oppn calls it ‘Big Boss moment’.

From ‘khaki to saffron’: Once Kerala’s trailblazing IPS, ‘Raid Sreelekha’ eyes panchayat win with BJP

Five years post-retirement, R. Sreelekha is set to contest Kerala's upcoming Panchayat polls from Thiruvananthapuram’s Sasthamangalam ward.

Bihar polls & the complex caste dynamic: How parties are sticking to tried-and-tested strategies

As Bihar goes to polls next month, there is a sense of political déjà vu. Distribution of tickets reflects how the parties have not strayed from their traditional support base.

Congress’s Pawan Khera gets EC showcause notice after BJP targets him for ‘holding two voter IDs’

This comes amid Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's attacks on the Centre & the ECI for 'vote chori'—the focus of his recent Voter Adhikar Yatra in poll-bound Bihar.

Politics marked by paradoxes: Anatomy of BJP’s ‘Jat dilemma’

New Delhi: Days after Satya Pal Malik, the former governor of Jammu and Kashmir passed away, a Sarva Khap Panchayat was held at Charkhi...

EC says Opposition’s vote theft allegations ‘baseless, irresponsible’

Earlier in the day, Congress MP and Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi accused Election Commission of direct involvement in large-scale voter fraud, with Congress having 'open-and-shut proof'.

The 5 checkboxes BJP leaders must tick to climb up the party ladder

Closer look at backgrounds of five newly elected BJP state presidents suggests that a person aspiring to lead party workers should meet five key criterions.

Rajnath, Shivraj & Javadekar. How jail term during Emergency shaped leaders of today’s BJP

Waves of detention, censorship, and other strong-arm tactics marked the 1975 Emergency years, and the RSS-Jan Sangh members were also caught in the current.

BJP slams Yunus govt ‘inaction’ after Tagore mansion attacked in Bangladesh—’Islamists sending message’

The mob targeted Rabindranath Tagore's 'Kachharibari', a heritage site & museum in Sirajganj, Bangladesh. Authorities have formed a committee to investigate & booked 50 so far.

On Camera

With MGNREGA dismantled, Modi govt now has to prepare for upheaval in rural economy

That the Modi government would actually dismantle the architecture of one of the UPA era’s most significant rural welfare programmes, and remove MK Gandhi’s name, took the Opposition by surprise.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.