UK PM Sunak's Conservatives set for heavy election defeat, polls forecastThree opinion polls are predicting a significant defeat for British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservatives in the upcoming July 4 elect...
20 Jun, 2024, 08.16 AM IST
UK polls point to 'electoral extinction' for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's ConservativesThree British opinion polls released late on Saturday painted a challenging picture for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party ahe...
16 Jun, 2024, 07.52 AM IST
Corruption rises when Congress comes to power; party now looking like 'Bigg Boss' house: Rajnath SinghRajnath Singh criticises Congress for corruption, predicts its extinction post-Lok Sabha polls. Supports 'one nation, one election' idea, p...
13 Apr, 2024, 08.10 PM IST
The Maratha warrior Sharad Pawar’s third resurgence in 40 yearsAfter stitching the once unimaginable Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance and turning BJP’s counter-plots on its head, Sharad Pawar has demonst...
27 Nov, 2019, 04.28 PM IST
India's storied Gandhi family in crisis after Modi's big winThere are doubts among the rank and file over whether the Gandhi family should continue to lead the party.
30 May, 2019, 12.09 PM IST
Appointment of election commissioners: What's Canada's contribution in Indian politicsSC’s referral for hearing by a 5 judge Constitutional Bench of a petition on appointment of Election Commissioners throws light on an inter...
03 Nov, 2018, 07.14 AM IST
Current laws inadequate to check abuse of money in polls: CECRawat, speaking on 'challenges to India electoral democracy' at a symposium, said democracy does not run on whims and it requires traits su...
15 Sep, 2018, 04.34 PM IST
Are oppositions' EVM attacks an anticipatory bail against political extinction?All sensible Indians should hope that the bench finds for the status quo, with perhaps a direction on a greater degree of second order veri...
30 Aug, 2018, 10.52 AM IST
Prakash Karat's win is Narendra Modi's win; CPM must partner Congress: Somnath ChatterjeeUnder the previous general secretary (Karat), the party was on the course of extinction. All his decisions and policies cost the party a lo...
23 Jan, 2018, 03.10 PM IST
Despite the odds, it's still advantage BJPApart from promoting younger leaders and plugging a talent gap, Modi's recent cabinet rejig has emphasised a low tolerance for ministerial ...
26 Sep, 2017, 10.38 PM IST
View: In the new India proclaimed by PM Modi how BJP is the new CongressThe way BJP rushed in to form governments in Goa and Manipur, despite being well short of a majority, was reminiscent of the Congress of yo...
18 Mar, 2017, 11.32 AM IST
Big lesson from Maharashtra: Congress in danger of extinctionThe grand old party is third in the maximum city and has been knocked out of contention in almost every major city in the state.
23 Feb, 2017, 05.17 PM IST
The Dadri effect: Killing beef-eaters will not win electionsBJP theorists will claim that the cultural popularity and mobilizing power of the anti-cow-slaughter movement will eclipse any economic sid...
11 Oct, 2015, 10.58 AM IST
Polls 2014: Andhra votes tomorrow for 25 Lok Sabha, 175 Assembly seatsThe stakes are very high as these elections are a do-or-die battle for Telugu Desam Party and possibly a now-or-never chance for YSRC.
06 May, 2014, 12.26 PM IST
LS polls 2014: Aam Aadmi Party's revolution missing in the quiet Indian countrysideThe ballyhoo rising out of AAP's helter-skelter agitation hasn't travelled well to a Bharat possessed by an unruffled idyllic calm.
31 Mar, 2014, 10.20 AM IST
Another party sprouts in Andhra Pradesh ahead of Lok Sabha pollsIf it was Telangana Rashtra Samiti in 2004 and Praja Rajyam Party in 2009, it would be Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress (YSRC) in 2014.
07 Mar, 2014, 10.03 PM IST
Another party sprouts in AP ahead of Lok Sabha pollsAdding to this now will be the yet-to-be-named political party being launched by former Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy.
07 Mar, 2014, 04.01 PM IST