How BJP beats Congress in turning votes into seatsWhile the duo did lead BJP to a sweeping majority in 2014, the ground for that may have been laid much before their time.
29 Mar, 2019, 11.43 AM IST
Why the outcome doesn’t matter for these poll candidatesA total of 31,154 candidates (party-affiliated and others) contested in the past five Lok Sabha elections.
21 Mar, 2019, 11.00 AM IST
ET Magazine Analysis: What Indian Youth WantDelhi, 23 April 2017 The Indian youth is complex, many-layered, varied, often carrying the remains of the past and clinging to traditions, ...
22 Apr, 2017, 05.50 PM IST
Meet Devendra Fadnavis: The Mr Clean of Maharashtra politicsFadnavis became the youngest corporator when he was 21 and the second youngest mayor in 1997, at 27. He likes to read books and is an avid ...
29 Oct, 2014, 12.11 PM IST
Maharashtra polls: Sharad Pawar rejects talks of sugar cooperatives losing their grip over politicsThese factories, about 170, were the lifelines of village economy in the entire sugar belt comprising primarily 13 districts helping farmer...
10 Oct, 2014, 04.37 AM IST
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat slams India’s ‘lust for Chinese goods'Bhagwat’s address this year was being especially watched for his observations on the BJP govt’s performance and also cues on its future pol...
04 Oct, 2014, 06.39 AM IST
Doordarshan faces criticism for broadcasting RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's speech"It was just like a news event to us. So we covered it," DD’s director-general (news) Archana Dutta said. BJP general secretary Ram Madhav ...
04 Oct, 2014, 03.45 AM IST
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.
27 Jan, 2014, 08.28 AM IST
Artists backing politicians should return awards: Janardan ChandurkarWhile Janardan Chandurkar did not name Narendra Modi or Lata Mangeshkar, the reference to the two was clear.
13 Nov, 2013, 09.11 AM IST
Artists backing politicians should surrender Padma awards, demands Congressman Janardan ChandurkarThe Congress leader demanded that artists who publicly praise and back political leaders should first surrender their Padma awards.
12 Nov, 2013, 08.15 PM IST
Narendra Modi finds BJP's influence much lower than Sena’s in party strongholdsThe number of booths where Sena dominated over BJP was as high as 21,321 in 76 assembly seats which BJP won, while the party’s own presence...
02 Jul, 2013, 06.13 AM IST
- Academics question Thorat Committee report on cartoons in textbooks
Ahead of meeting of the national textbook monitoring committee of NCERT, academics have expressed concern over the Thorat Committee report.
04 Jul, 2012, 02.42 AM IST
- NCERT cartoon row: Panel says not all toons should be removed
A committee set up to examine the cartoons in NCERT textbooks is understood to have recommended removal of some "objectionable" toons.
29 Jun, 2012, 06.11 PM IST
Ambedkar cartoon row: An act of cowardly populism, says Shiv VisvanathanTwo professionals were abandoned by the education minister in another knee-jerk display of populist politics. The event needs to be analyse...
15 May, 2012, 09.29 AM IST
- Cartoon row: Four accused sent to police custody
Four persons allegedly involved in the ransacking of the office of former NCERT advisor in the wake of the row over B R Ambedkar's cartoon ...
14 May, 2012, 12.33 PM IST
- Sena moves to protect rural base as Raj closes in
The recent assembly poll results showed the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) fast closing in on its chief rival Shiv Sena in major urban ce...
02 Nov, 2009, 02.55 AM IST
- Women leaders will call the shots in 2009 polls
Unlike in the past, women leaders are expected to set the agenda for the electoral battle in 2009.
29 Jul, 2007, 01.30 PM IST