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Polls, strategies centre on Ladki Bahin YojanaMaharashtra's 'Ladki Bahin Yojana', providing monthly financial aid to poor women, is making waves in the state elections. While the ruling...
MVA readies Maharashtra handouts to counter Mahayuti freebiesThe Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in Maharashtra plans to introduce welfarist schemes in its assembly election manifesto. These plans include pay...
Trust Congress 'hand' to better your life: Sonia Gandhi to womenSonia Gandhi promises women welfare schemes like the 'Mahalakshmi' guarantee in an election appeal. She highlights women's historical role,...
Why Congress’ promise of a welfarist utopia may not sway votersTo counter the BJP’s brand of polarisation in the general election, the Congress has come up with a please-all manifesto. This looks like t...
PM Modi says he works towards "deadlines, not headlines", highlights initiatives "media rarely covers"PM Modi, in a speech at the India Today Conclave, emphasized working for deadlines, not headlines, setting the tone for a potential third t...
For retaining two WB sitting seats, we don’t need alliance: Bengal leaders tell AICC panelThe Congress gears up for the Lok Sabha elections, initiating discussions with INDIA bloc allies and planning Rahul Gandhi's North-West yat...
What sealed BJP's victory in the Hindi heartlandBJP’s victories were secured mainly due to its high-octane campaign. The Congress effort, in contrast, was marked by complacency and disarr...
Modi government made false promises to farmers: Mallikarjun KhargeIn a series of tweets and addressing the press in Delhi, Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge has talked about the false promises...
Political parties can't be prevented from making poll promises, says Supreme Court"There has to be a distinction between the offer of ornaments, television sets, consumer electronics free of cost and real welfarist offers...
AAP's Delhi Budget seeks to tap new constituencies ahead of next electionsUnlike other manufacturing states, Delhi has been a service sector-driven economy. This has made it challenging for successive governments ...
Justice Bhushan's verdicts stand testimony of his welfarist & humanist approach: CJIThe CJI, while bidding farewell to Justice Bhushan, said that he will be remembered and thanked for his judicial contributions and he has b...
Is Delhi Victim Compensation Scheme applicable if Delhite killed outside city, HC asks DSLSAThe order came on a plea for compensation by the son of a Delhi-based taxi driver who lost his life in September last year after being stab...
Reduce widow pension age from 40 to 18, experts panel tells governmentThe expert panel headed by former finance secretary Sumit Bose also recommended that widows be eligible for waivers in education fees and s...
Budget 2014: Long on words, but short on radical reformThe Budget also showed quite clearly that the Modi government prefers a somethingfor-everyone kind of approach, at least for the moment.
Jyotiraditya Scindia, the 'Maharaj' who gave late jitters to Shivraj Singh Chouhan"Scindia sometimes answers his phone saying Maharaj here", says a MP Congress leader, adding, "that doesn’t always go down well".
Decoding Narendra Modi's speech: News channels hope to dig in crisp soundbitesEvery speech Modi makes is covered live and in lingering detail by almost all channels and talking heads dissect his words.
The Sonia years: Is it welfare or farewell to India’s growth?History’s verdict on her will depend largely on how the 4 “Sonia laws” — RTI, RTE, Rural Employment Guarantee & Food Security pan out.