Politics

Salil Tripathi brings together many strands from the country's history and politics to explain why it looks as it does today: A new nation, still looking to find closure on its blood-soaked past

Sonia Gandhi "always disliked" politics and was at war with herself over whether she should take the plunge into the political world after her husband Rajiv Gandhi's assassination, but the Bhagavad Gita helped resolve her doubts and showed her the path forward. The former Congress chief, while talking about the internal conflict and turmoil she went through in the years before her active foray into politics, says in her new book that as the party was facing a challenging time in the late 1990s, each time she walked past Rajiv's picture and that of her mother-in-law Indira Gandhi's, a mixture of pain and guilt would seize her. She recalled how her children, Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi, "argued fiercely" with her as they feared she might allow herself to get drawn into politics and "they didn't want to lose me, too". "I was caught in a war with myself: part of me recoiled at the world of politics, of the ambition and greed, hypocrisy and treachery that goes inescapably with the game of

Targeting political opponents, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said armed Maoists have been eliminated, but "dimagi Naxals" have infiltrated several political parties and organisations and are instigating people against the Constitution and democracy. "We must identify and defeat such elements and secure the country," Modi said, while celebrating Diwali with security personnel at a CRPF camp in Chhattisgarh's Bastar, continuing his tradition of spending the festival with India's brave men and women in uniform. The government declared the country free of Naxalism on March 31 this year. The threat of Naxalism has not ended. The government took decisions that "dealt very big blows to the funding of Naxals and secessionists," said Modi, dressed in a military-style camouflage uniform and a hat. He said the Maoist terror elimination was a victory of the country's right policies and strong political will. "Amid the successes, we must remember one more thing. Naxalites have been ..

Student poll gains have lifted Odisha's ruling party morale ahead of next year's panchayat elections, but the regional outfit too has strong grassroots organisation

On this episode of Macro Matters, host Ankur Bhardwaj is joined by A K Bhattacharya, Sanjeeb Mukherjee and Archis Mohan to unpack some of the biggest developments shaping India’s economy and politics.

Protests against the CEC are likely to continue in the coming week as they did on Sunday for the third consecutive day

Sangh Parivar outfits are increasingly seeking to raise women's representation in their decision-making bodies

In the last 12 months, India and Switzerland have held discussions on issues such as regulatory cooperation, addressing non-tariff barriers

There are two versions of Khalid here - the endlessly discussed activist and the rarely acknowledged scholar who spent years researching and writing

Four decades ago when Delhi University students came together to fight for justice, they faced the same questions that now confront the CJP

From cartoons and songs to viral memes, ridicule can become a potent political weapon, damaging reputations in ways that carefully crafted campaigns often cannot

BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Monday said he has resigned from all positions and primary membership of the party. Poonawalla said he has submitted his resignation letter to BJP national president Nitin Nabin, requesting him to accept it. He also posted his resignation letter on X, which stated that he had written to Nabin, offering "to resign unconditionally" from all positions and primary membership of the BJP on July 30 due to "pressing financial and personal circumstances." In his letter to Nabin, Poonawalla expressed how moved he was by the party's reluctance to accept his resignation promptly, as they requested him to reconsider his decision. "But after long and hard contemplation, I have arrived at a final decision that I would like to press for relieving me from my role as National Spokesperson and active primary membership of the BJP. The events of the last few days, courtesy certain individuals about whom I have told you in great detail, have forced me to

Andy Burnham is Britain's newest prime minister, becoming the country's seventh leader in just a decade. But who is he, how did he rise to the top

Andy Burnham said politicians had failed to bring the stability needed to raise living standards, something he said he would change with immediate policies, a longer term plan to be drawn up later

Sujata Rout Karthikeyan's entry into the BJD signals the party's bid for renewal but also revives questions over V K Pandian's influence and its post-2024 strategy

Julia Eckert's outstanding study on the Shiv Sena explores how the organisation grew via arbitrage in areas that the state could not/did not reach

As global tensions rise, governments are turning to AI to analyse data, model negotiation outcomes and identify compromise options, reshaping modern diplomacy

TMC's split after its poll defeat has weakened Bengal's Opposition, potentially giving the BJP greater political space and a freer hand to push its agenda

From Bengal to Tamil Nadu, shifting political equations signal turbulence ahead, with opposition battles, new leadership tests, and economic challenges shaping state agendas

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday sought to calm concerns over the upcoming delimitation exercise, assuring the Lok Sabha that “no injustice” will be done to any state.