The Congress contests the Rajya Sabha polls even as the BJP, with the central machinery at its disposal, undermines it at every step
Fri, Jun 08 2018. 03 37 AM IST
BJP president Amit Shah has met disgruntled NDA ally Shiv Sena’s chief Uddhav Thackeray to work on a pre-poll alliance for 2019 Lok Sabha and Maharashtra elections
Thu, May 10 2018. 10 53 PM IST
As Karnataka goes to polls on Saturday, chief minister Siddaramaiah will be hoping to retain his post while Congress president Rahul Gandhi will be eyeing the PM’s post based on the party’s electoral success in the southern state.
Fri, Apr 13 2018. 02 06 AM IST
Black flag demonstrations over the non-formation of the Cauvery Management Baord marked Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Chennai for the DefExpo 2018
Fri, Apr 06 2018. 04 31 AM IST
China is levying reciprocal tariffs on $50 billion-worth US imports, including soybeans, pork, automobiles and aircraft, in response to Donald Trump’s proposed tariff on Chinese goods
Fri, Mar 30 2018. 02 57 AM IST
Opposition parties are coming together in fits and starts to give shape to an anti-BJP alliance in 2019 Lok Sabha elections
Thu, Mar 22 2018. 11 53 PM IST
Cambridge Analytica, under now suspended CEO Alexander Nix, allegedly accessed Facebook user information that was used to help elect US President Donald Trump in 2016
Fri, Mar 16 2018. 12 00 AM IST
The BJP’s loss in the UP and Bihar Lok Sabha bypolls has triggered the prospect of a united opposition for the 2019 elections
Fri, Mar 09 2018. 12 00 AM IST
Statues of Lenin in Tripura, Periyar in Tamil Nadu, Syama Prasad Mookerjee in Kolkata and B.R. Ambedkar in Meerut have been vandalised, turning into a political flashpoint
Thu, Feb 22 2018. 11 56 PM IST
With Maldives President Abdulla Yameen seen by some as close to China, the ongoing crisis in the country has foreign policy implications for India.
Thu, Jan 18 2018. 11 53 PM IST
The government’s Aadhaar unique identification scheme has been facing criticism in the wake of concerns over data security and privacy
Fri, Dec 29 2017. 03 35 AM IST
Pakistani authorities have claimed that the shoes worn by wife of Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav during a meeting with his family at the Foreign Office in Islamabad had a chip, or a camera or a recorder in them. Meanwhile, India has responded, saying ‘nothing can be more absurd.’
Fri, Dec 15 2017. 09 43 AM IST
All exit polls predicted a win for the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Gujarat assembly polls. The BJP played up PM Narendra Modi’s so-called “Gujarat model” during campaigning, among other issues. The results will be declared on 18 December.
