The surge in BJP donations are in 2016-17, show ADR and New Election Watch reports. The figure is over 10 times the declared amount by the Congress, which is second on the list
BJP hopes to better equip them to talk about central and state governments' achievements across sectors in the run-up to 2019 general and assembly polls.
Sambhaji Bhide is a religious leader with all-party support, while Milind Ekbote is an ex-BJP corporator who grabs headlines for pushing a Hindutva agenda.
Crowded cities are rich because there is greater division of labour. The extent of the division of labour depends on the size of the market, wrote Sauvik Chakraverti in 2002.
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
This is interesting. The change of status on Sabarimala was clearly an act of the state. The courts ordered it, the state government is enforcing it, but it is out of bounds for political discussion? That is as ridiculous an interpretation of the separation of religion and state as I have seen in a long while. Of course, the problem has arisen because both the Supreme Court and the government erred in getting into a religious matter in the first place. But once it has arisen, how can a political solution for it be outlawed?
This is interesting. The change of status on Sabarimala was clearly an act of the state. The courts ordered it, the state government is enforcing it, but it is out of bounds for political discussion? That is as ridiculous an interpretation of the separation of religion and state as I have seen in a long while. Of course, the problem has arisen because both the Supreme Court and the government erred in getting into a religious matter in the first place. But once it has arisen, how can a political solution for it be outlawed?