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Poll punch: Politicians aiming at creating new vote bank by mixing wine and womenFrom Bihar to Tamil Nadu, politicos are desperately trying to mix wine and women to brew a new electoral elixir that will bring them power.
Is Organiser anything more than a mouthpiece of RSS?The question arose after the Organiser published an editorial lauding Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s trip to China.
Vote-bank politics: BJP seeks 'caste' details of new members to crack Bihar pollsCaste data in a particular constituency can help the BJP decide which candidate should be fielded in states like Bihar where the electorate...
Arvind Kejriwal wins hands down, not Aam Aadmi Party: TNS India surveyHe is the most popular choice for chief minister in Delhi as per the TNS India survey but his personal standing hasn't lifted AAP's prospec...
Delhi unlikely to give second chance to Aam Aadmi PartyThe party has even toned down its defensive rhetoric and has no qualms in admitting it erred in quitting power in Delhi.
Decline in number of iftar parties is a loss for BJP govt, says sociologist Shiv VishwanathanAccording to sociologist Shiv Vishwanathan, the decline in the number of iftar parties in the political circles is a loss for the BJP gover...
Election 2014 results: Red star fades out, CPI-M faces total eclipseThe Left stands decimated. CPI-M, recorded its worst electoral performance since its formation in 1964, winning just nine seats.
General Elections 2014: Only IMF worried, politicians don't care about the economyWith the campaign entering crunch phases, and even as the first phase got underway in the NE, the economy has all but disappeared from fier...
Despite opinion polls, AAP still confident of winning 30 to 50 LS seatsParty leader Prashant Bhushan attributes the party’s optimism to the fact that AAP is yet to kick-start its national campaign.
2014 general elections: BJP plans to hold 250 Narendra Modi ralliesThe party will also try to focus on states like West Bengal, Kerala, Odisha and in the northeast where it does not have a presence.
AAP’s success is based on unique model, but can it be applied nationally?The 28 seats won by AAP in the national capital have the potential to question some long-held assumptions of Indian politics
Uttarakhand flash floods: An unlikely arena for a faceoff between Narendra Modi and Rahul GandhiThe floods in Uttarakhand have become an unlikely arena for a faceoff between Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi.
Arvind Kejriwal's continues to fast against "inflated" power billsArvind Kejriwal's indefinite fast against what he termed "inflated" power bills in Delhi entered its sixth day, in an unusually low profile.
Image of reluctant inheritor risky for Rahul GandhiTo display disinterest in the top job when Modi has barely disguised his desire for it could make for an interesting contrast, but it could...
- Jan Lokpal Bill: Does the fear of space loss make public intellectuals and unsuccessful leaders oppose the Anna Hazare's anti-corruption movement
Arundhati Roy castigated the movement as an 'awful crisis' that has stemmed from 'the utter failure of India's representative democracy'.
- LN Mittal, Ratan Tata, Narayana Murthy get Padma Vibhushan
The three corporate giants join Pranab Mukherjee, Sachin Tendulkar in being awarded the country’s second highest civilian award. Ways to be...
- Mittal, Tata get Padma Vibhushan
The world’s richest Indian and ArcelorMittal president and CEO, Lakshmi Narayan Mittal, Tata Sons chairman Ratan Tata, who recently launche...