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Aditi Phadnis: Going the extra mile for the national capital

With the Aam Aadmi Party fighting for survival, Congress struggling for an identity and the BJP seeking to hold on to its political capital, these elections will be one of the most interesting India h

BJP first in 14 years to form single-party govt in Jharkhand

The party fell badly short of 44, the seats needed in the 87-member Kashmir Assembly to form a govt

As Omar Abdullah bows out, the Twitter-friendly CM has reasons for introspection

How will history judge Omar Abdullah's chief ministership?

My father's politics was about loyalty. So is mine...: Milind Deora

Interview with Former Congress union minister

Aditi Phadnis: From heyday to Mayday

The handling of SpiceJet shows that political power is one thing, business acumen is quite another

Al Qaeda and ISIS in India: The size of the problem

Security agencies feel the Zawahiri video could be an attempt by Al Qaeda to carry out fresh recruitments in the sub-continent

Aditi Phadnis: Why Modi won't give up Niranjan Jyoti

Modi has had a hate-hate relationship with the VHP. But it is so much easier to manage it by having a VHP minister in the government, especially as she serves a political purpose as well

Newsmaker: Anil Kumar Sinha

Sinha's greatest quality as he takes up command of CBI is that he fears no one

The Antulay papers

Antulay kept Indira's Congress going till the media busted the bribery racket in Maharashtra

Niranjan Jyoti: Getting more castes on board

The 47-year-old 'Katha Vachak' is part of BJP's project to widen its appeal across castes

An epic handshake that salvaged the Kathmandu Saarc summit

Much was made of the handshake between the prime ministers of India and Pakistan on the final day of the summit, causing the Kathmandu town hall, the venue of the meeting, to break into applause

No insurance Bill in winter session as politics overtakes

Aditi Phadnis: Suresh Prabhu's two-track challenge

Revamping the railways is only one of the new minister's challenges: it's the politics in and of his ministry that he must learn to parry too

BJP in quest of a breakthrough in the Valley

After landslide victories in the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, BJP is hoping to crest the tide in Jammu and Kashmir, confident of both Hindu and Muslim votes

The isolation of Sajjad Lone

Tragic, that he cannot meet the PM of his own country without being branded as selling out by the people of his state and as a traitor by the people of his country

Aditi Phadnis: Parrikar - The odd man in

The Goa chief minister does not fit the paradigm of a standard politician yet he can be relied on to add a new dynamic to proceedings at the Centre

Congress signals support for three key reform legislation

Opposition party unlikely to block Bills for GST, insurance and e-auction of coal mines

TN Congress at sixes and sevens

Party members in the state are upset over a diktat that no picture other than that of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi be shown on Congress identity cards, publicity posters, etc.

Governance at the state level needs attention: N C Saxena

Interview with Former secretary, rural development ministry and former member of the National Advisory Council

Aditi Phadnis: Shiv Sena needs to go the 'rural' mile

If Uddhav Thackeray and the Shiv Sena want to hold on to their new base, they will have to listen to the voices coming from rural Maharashtra much more carefully