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Mandavia to be pivotal in govt plans to manage Covid, lift country's image

Mandaviya is also seen as industrious and resourceful in his home state

Modi Cabinet 2.0, with 77 ministers, is all about politics and governance

Mandavia gets Health portfolio; Scindia gets aviation; Puri gets additional charge of petroleum

Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank: Confusion over board exams may've led to his exit

It was during Nishank's tenure that the government adopted the New Education Policy

Pushkar Singh Dhami: Uttarakhand gets new CM, but old challenges remain

While Uttarakhand struggles to manage the Covid-19 outbreak with a decrepit health infrastructure, BJP's choice of chief minister is a novice in government work

20% Muslims voted for BJP in 2019 general elections, says Pew survey

Nearly three quarters of Indians, who feel religion is very important in their lives (74%), say having Indian ancestry is very important to being truly Indian

To close 'dil ki doori' with Jammu and Kashmir, govt on welfare road

It looks to consolidate gains in Jammu and Kashmir and act fast while Pakistan is focused on Afghan developments

BJP wrests initiative in Puducherry

Puducherry is the only new government BJP has been able to snag in recently held Assembly elections

Big-ticket stake: Tamil Nadu's Thiagarajan sets out to fix state finances

From banking in the US to politics in India, Thiagarajan's journey has been eventful.

Committed to restoring J&K statehood, says PM Modi at all-party meet

Farooq Abdullah overtly flagged a return to the pre-5 August 2019 status of J&K when Article 370 was written down. In an emotional speech he spoke about the loss of trust

PM Modi's all-party meet on J&K: No big expectations, say experts

"It is a sequel to the democratic process of elections already on in the region and should be seen as just that: nothing more, nothing less," say top government sources

Now, Rashtra Manch to invite leaders from the Congress to next meet

Samajwadi Party leader Ghanshyam Tiwari told Business Standard that a 'decision' not to invite the Congress party to the meeting was just a "rumour"

Sharad Pawar calls opposition meeting on Tuesday, excludes Congress

While the move is not without its internal political contradictions, "much more than Narendra Modi, it is the Congress that needs to worry", said a former Congress chief minister

Meet LJP leader Pashupati Kumar Paras, who led coup against Chirag Paswan

Paras is Chirag's uncle and Lok Janshakti Party founder Ram Vilas Paswan's younger brother

Churn in Bihar politics: Chirag Paswan removed as LJP's national president

His uncle, Pashupati Paras, took control of the LJP, ousted Chirag from the presidentship of the party and decamped with five MPs to the Janta Dal United (JDU), the very target of Chirag's attack

Crisis in Punjab Congress: Mallikarjun Kharge panel stumped for now

The Kharge-led panel is understood to have recommended that Amarinder Singh be retained. But the CM's supporters say that the constant attrition and humiliation of the CM must stop

Congress battles growing restlessness ahead of Assembly elections

Around this time the party was to hold elections to the post of party president. Amid Covid-19, the exercise was cancelled indefinitely after the CWC put its seal of approval on the cancellation

Shaky moments for Yediyurappa

No one in the party disagrees that of all BJP leaders, it is only Mr Yediyurappa who has a presence all over the state. But there are critics aplenty

Congress leader Jitin Prasada joins BJP ahead of Uttar Pradesh elections

The BJP sees value in Prasada as a means to get Brahmins to return to the party

ECI gets North Indian thrust with Anup Chandra Pandey's appointment

In terms of conducting elections, Pandey's task will not be very onerous. The UP Assembly elections will be the most challenging event

Explained: How politics, Covid-19 pandemic are taking a toll on Nepal

A survey showed 65.5% Nepalese people don't trust political leaders: Of whom 44.9% didn't trust Oli