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TopicBharatiya Janata Party

Topic: Bharatiya Janata Party

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.

Legal community says Nishikant’s remarks border on contempt, backs SC’s approach to waqf law matter

The BJP has distanced itself from remarks made by its MPs Nishikant Dubey and Dinesh Sharma. Former HC judge says CJI Khanna is 'in fact trying to prevent civil war in country'.

Who is Nainar Nagendran & why he fits the bill as Tamil Nadu BJP chief ahead of 2026 polls

Unanimously elected, Nainar Nagendran replaces outgoing president K. Annamalai. A former AIADMK leader, Nagendran was the only one to file the nomination papers for the post.

How Nitish Kumar used cabinet expansion to indulge ally BJP ahead of Bihar polls

The BJP now has 21 ministers in the Bihar cabinet, up from the previous 14, surpassing the JD(U)'s representation of 13 ministers.

How a Hindi phrase in UCC is making even Uttarakhand BJP leaders squeamish

The UCC rules in Uttarakhand came into force on 2 January this year, making it mandatory for live-in couples to register with the state government.

No Delhi govt vs L-G anymore? Delhi’s new BJP govt set to review AAP’s litigations against Centre

With the Bharatiya Janata Party returning to power in Delhi after 27 years, the Centre-Delhi govt legal disputes may be put to rest once and for all.

Trump’s USAID claim sparks Congress-BJP slugfest. ‘Western deep state & RSS’ in the mix

Trump's remarks came after Elon Musk's DOGE cancelled the humanitarian aid agency USAID's funding for several projects, including '$21m for voter turnout in India'.

What was the centerpiece of BJP’s perfect plan to win Delhi? A slogan that disappeared after LS polls

The other key ingredient was that the party decided to fight the elections without a CM face.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.