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TopicBharatiya Janata Party

Topic: Bharatiya Janata Party

BJP’s new ally in Kerala started out as Kitex CSR drive. It’s going back to basics to woo voters

In January—a month after the Kerala local body polls—businessman Sabu M Jacob’s Twenty20 joined the NDA fold. Now, the party is contesting 12 assembly seats. 

Infiltration is not a communal issue and ‘love jihad’ is a reality, a crime—RSS’s Sunil Ambekar

Expressing concern over 'infiltration from Bangladesh', RSS national publicity in-charge Sunil Ambekar tells ThePrint in an exclusive interview ahead of Bengal polls that 'it's a very serious threat'.

Bihar, Rajasthan ministers’ health tips for kids—buffalo milk makes you ‘bhrasht’, meat ‘violent’

Bihar govt to ban open sale of meat near educational institutes, religious places, crowded areas for 'social harmony, hygiene'. Rajasthan minister says cow milk makes kids intelligent.

2 neighbouring states allow Muslims to leave work early for Ramzan. 1 faces ‘anti-secularist’ barb

Islamic scholars in Telangana & Andhra Pradesh have decided that the 40-day festival will be observed starting 19 February.

Nitin Nabin’s appointment as the BJP President is a selection, not an election

Nitin Nabin’s appointment shows that BJP is like other political parties, where party elites decide the head of the party organisation by strictly controlling the election process.

‘Why talk only about Umar Khalid?’ RSS leader flags ‘quick bail’ to Mohammed Zubair at interfaith meet

Addressing a programme organised by the Harmony Foundation of India in New Delhi, RSS outreach wing head Ramlal says Congress has made the BJP the Sangh’s only option.

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.

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Tamil Nadu’s elections are fought on delivery—ideology appears only when needed

Electoral competition now appears dominated by welfare delivery and governance metrics, but ideology has not disappeared in Tamil Nadu. Instead, it has become strategic.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

How Indian Army has tweaked its war game strategy as enemy lines on nuclear, conventional deterrence blur

Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan says India’s nuclear capability will not be considered a separate domain, but part of cognitive war in multi domain operations.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.