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Election later this year in MP could change a lot of equations in the BJP

The BJP has been in power in MP for nearly two decades (barring a gap in 2018-20), but the strain of anti-incumbency is beginning to show

Story in numbers: PMLA registrations up four-fold, higher than a decade ago

According to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) data on PMLA, 5,422 cases are under investigation, 400 have been arrested and 25 convicted until March 31, 2022

Kejriwal, Murmu and Kharge: The three faces that defined politics this year

It was the Punjab election that launched the first face of 2022: the apparently unstoppable rise of Arvind Kejriwal, chief minister of Delhi, leader of AAP and disruptionist extraordinaire

Third force: The tightrope walk that awaits Prachanda, Nepal's new PM

On Christmas day, Dahal became prime minister of Nepal for the third time - with Oli's assistance. The story of how he achieved this is a riveting one

2022: The year when three faces defined politics with an eye on elections

Kejriwal, Murmu, Kharge: A vote against 'establishment' politics; a new definition of tribal identity; a leadership shift that wasn't quite

Declining demand for jobs under MGNREGA, but workers await pending payments

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while addressing the Lower House of Parliament on December 14 this year, claimed that the demand for work under MGNREGA is on the wane

Polls in 3 NE states crucial for BJP's dreams, Cong survival, Oppn unity

Amid internal rifts in parties, changing equations, and shifting demands, the key issue for Nagaland, Meghalaya, and Tripura - which go to polls next year - revolves around development

A useful man to know

The Chief Minister of Assam might be in the BJP today. But he has skills he learnt at the feet of top Congress leaders like Tarun Gogoi, with whom he worked for many years

OPS adoption may benefit current generation at cost of future generations

Pension payments as a percentage of revenue receipts of states increased from 2 per cent in 1980-81 to 11 per cent in 1999-2000

Nitish Kumar needs glue that holds a divided Opposition together in Bihar

He has got the backing of his party to push ahead with Opposition unity. But that may not be enough

Meet Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, a watchman once and now at the gates of glory

Having risen through the ranks, Sukhu marks a generational change in the Congress

AAP has to address both organisational, ideological questions: Rahul Verma

'Any political party that wants to be a national party, in the long run, needs to have a vision of India'

The Aam Aadmi Party: From nothing to something, but what exactly?

It has announced that it now qualifies as a national party. Aditi Phadnis reviews the rise of the 'great disruptor'

Kejriwal reaches out to PM Modi after AAP's massive win in MCD polls

Says AAP corporators will work with BJP, all other parties to 'make Delhi clean and corruption free'; services of colleagues who had lost would also be utilised

A more interesting election ahead

Both the Congress and BJP have huge political investments in Karnataka, but the lines between their supporters have blurred over the years

Election results 2022: BJP breaks records in Gujarat, Cong wins Himachal

AAP becomes national party after winning 13% vote share, 5 seats in Gujarat

Himachal election results: Cong wins battle of tradition, faces CM hurdle

Locals say two factors played an invisible role in the BJP's defeat: one, the turnout of women in this time was 17% higher; second, the Agnivir scheme in a state that sends a large number of soldiers

Gujarat election result 2022: Bhupendra Patel firmly in the saddle

Patel's work was hyper-local - which left leaders like Narendra Modi and Amit Shah to emphasise how the BJP had managed to propel India to the centre stage globally

Understand pain of new MPs: PM Modi on Day 1 of Parliament winter session

Urges MPs to make winter session productive, provide more opportunities to young parliamentarians

Winter session: Oppn demands discussion on border issue with China

Matters will be taken up in keeping with House norms: Centre at all-party meet