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Swamy, Sidhu, Mary Kom among six nominated to Rajya Sabha

A nominated member is allowed six months to decide whether to join a political party after having taken the seat

Pankaja Munde-Palve took a selfie in the time of drought

Govt aims to remove poverty by 2032

Grand plan: 10% GDP growth; 175 million jobs; $10-trillion economy

High court quashes President's rule in Uttarakhand

Harish Rawat asked to face floor test on April 29; Centre could move SC

Pro-RSS bodies lend voice to stop deal

RSS-backed outfits join trade & farmer unions on concerns about impact of deal on access to medicines, investor rights and farmers' access to seeds

Strategic sales plan faces many red lights

Govt bosses in no hurry to exit from PSUs; many agencies, long process likely hurdles

Some in BJP may stifle Modi's reform agenda: Ashley J Tellis

Interview with senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

BJP picks OBC, dalit leaders to head key state units

Amit Shah's social engineering for UP polls has 'tea seller' OBC leader Keshav Maurya as new state unit chief

Pakistan envoy's comments embarrass Modi government

But with Islamabad to host SAARC Summit later and Modi to attend it, relations are unlikely to escalate into a war of words

Modi govt's Dalit, peasant and agrarian push over next three weeks

One of these events would include celebrating the centenary of Mahatma Gandhi's Champaran Satyagraha in Bihar in a big way

Punjab opens its heart - and purse - to farmers

Instead of addressing systemic problems in agriculture, farm politics in the state is about how much money the government can offer the farmer as a dole

To put Rohith Vemula behind, BJP plans Dalit outreach for UP elections

With eye on UP elections, party head Amit Shah is likely to recast his team to include more Dalit faces after national executive meet over the weekend

The Left's dilemma on Kanhaiya, and his dilemma with the Left

The Left is wary of pitching him at Kerala and Bengal campaigns as its main rival in neither of the states is BJP

BJP flays MPs for missing House panel meetings

The party finds Uttar Pradesh members of Parliament unaware of govt schemes

Opposition prepares to recommend amendments to Aadhaar Bill

BJP asks MPs to ensure their presence in Lok Sabha until midnight

Three reasons why RSS is changing, but more in words than deeds

RSS is keen to showcase that it can be modernist in its outlook. But can it?

Govt eyes re-election in its tilt to farms

Promises gas connection to below poverty line families, power and road connectivity to all villages by 2018-19

PM in India for 46 days and counting

Modi set to break his record of spending most days in the country without travelling abroad; in 2014, he had spent 30 days outside India

When the NDA took over, NREGA was in a shambles: Chaudhary Birender Singh

Interview with Cabinet minister for rural development, panchayati raj, drinking water and sanitation

How Sushma Swaraj helped Modi get his Pak groove back

External affairs minister's suave moves helped Narendra Modi pull off a diplomatic coup, helping regain her standing