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No poor should be excluded from subsidies due to Aadhaar: R Chandrasekhar

Rajeev Chandrasekhar tells about representing Bengaluru, his views on Aadhaar, and issues that could dominate the assembly elections in Karnataka

If my party wants, I'll fight polls: Former footballer Bhaichung Bhutia

I am passionate about India and about making it a better place, said Bhutia

Newsmaker: N Gopalaswami justifies his stance on Jio University

The former home secretary is known to be a stickler for rules and justifies his unexpected recommendation on Jio University on those grounds

How Maharashtra-based Jio University fit the 'Institute of Eminence' tag

Reliance set up a new company to apply for it

We will see a lot more of Oommen Chandy

So far, Chandy has maintained a distance from the Congress High Command. But as party general secretary, he will be pushed into the hurly-burly of Delhi politics

Karnataka Assembly polls: Every region is different, holds a key to power

Ahead of the Karnataka polls 2018, Aditi Phadnis looks at where the major political parties stand in different regions of the state. Catch latest updates on Karnataka assembly elections 2018.

Kamal Nath's rise in MP: Congress has a lot riding on its safe choice

Recently named MP Congress chief, Nath is not considered a threat by the other two top party leaders of the state, Jyotiraditya Scindia and Digvijaya Singh

Challenge for BJP, Congress in battleground Karnataka: Fighting their own

In both BJP and Congress camps, aspirant MLAs are miffed that their claims for party nomination in the Karnataka Assembly election 2018 is being ignored, perhaps in the interest of 'winnability'

Why Karnataka polls 2018 will be no repeat of 2013 success for Siddaramaiah

Once called 'Sleepy Ramaiah' by many in his own party, Siddaramaiah transformed Congress with a combination of social justice and distributive justice tools and ideas he begged, borrowed or stole

Meet HRD minister Prakash Javadekar, Parivar's practical 'shishya'

In granting 62 universities autonomy, the minister has demonstrated his ability to achieve policy objectives against the odds

Renuka Chowdhury, 'Rajini of Rajya Sabha' unlikely to make a return

It will be tough for her to return to the Upper House from either Telangana or Andhra Pradesh, where the Congress' presence has dwindled

Maldives dilemma: Will going to war with China serve India's interests?

India has frozen Maldives out after reminding it of its India First commitment

Budget 2018: Of too many 'poors', pakodas and yellow lawmakers

If a Budget has a colour, this one was yellow

Terms like 'womb on rent' censor commercial surrogacy: Anindita Majumdar

Anindita Majumdar, explores the world of commercial surrogacy and discusses her latest book on the subject in this interview with Aditi Phadnis

Ball in NCP court?

Shiv Sena's early warning to the BJP is a beacon for the NCP in Maharashtra's choppy political waters

How Pravin Togadia escaped is a matter that needs significant investigation

VHP supporters used to flaunt their connections with the Gujarat government and offer their services to investors in Gujarat for a small fee

New foreign secy Vijay Gokhale likely to play no politics, work to a script

Gokhale's two-year tenure will ensure lines of succession in the Ministry of External Affairs are not disturbed

Tassaduq Hussain Mufti: Blood is, ultimately, thicker than water

In most Indian political families, the son is taken as heir to the father's political legacy

A new Cold War in the Indian Ocean

China settles its border with other countries when it needs strategic advantage. And they cannot separate China's border policies from its domestic policies and its regional, global ambitions

The Robin Hood Army of India

Once a week, a group of volunteers feeds the hungry, enabling hotels and restaurants to prevent waste