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As Covid-19 takes centre stage, crucial political matters await resolution

Even if the pandemic's curve flattens out, governments are in for a long haul because the economic and social costs are far too enormous to be recompensed in the short run

When Yeddyurappa spoke against faith profiling and earned kudos from Oppn

Shobha Karandlaje, Yediyurappa's political confidante and Udupi-Chikmagalur MP, led the anti-Muslim chorus

Kapil Mishra to Bagga, polarising faces take centre stage in Delhi BJP

The next significant change in the population composition was brought about by migrants, largely from undivided Uttar Pradesh and Bihar

Yediyurappa reigns supreme in Karnataka with missing second-rung leadership

The optics that leapt up during his birthday jamboree revealed one major problem and that was his younger son, B Y Vijayendra

Balancing act: West Bengal BJP looks to blend ideology, governance agenda

The BJP in West Bengal is looking for a perfect blend of ideology and credible governance agenda

How Modi, Shah recast BJP's membership drive into a political juggernaut

In the Narendra Modi-Shah masterminded regime, organisational elections have acquired the gravity, authority and colour of a national or state poll

From Left of the centre to Right, Asom Gana Parishad has seen it all

The AGP returned to power in 1996 but it never touched the heights it soared to a decade earlier

AGP in the bind over citizenship law after voting for it in Parliament

The AGP, which aligned with the BJP in the last Assembly polls in 2016, voted for the Bill in the Rajya Sabha, where it has one lone member, Birendra Prasad Baishya

A problem of plenty: Cong, NCP leaders deserting parties for BJP, Shiv Sena

Congress and NCP leaders are deserting their parties for the BJP and the Shiv Sena, but old-timers aren't happy, writes Radhika Ramaseshan

BJP's 'back-up' triumvirate comes to the fore in Maharashtra elections

Pankaja Munde, Girish Mahajan, Chandrakant Patil share the political frame with Fadnavis

BJP working hard to emerge as first alternative to TRS in Telangana

The cross-party movement towards the BJP, visible in other states, has begun in Hyderabad

BJP makes ambitious plans in Tamil Nadu, but has little ground presence

Given the sway that Dravidian ideology still held over swathes of the electorate, does the BJP expect the RSS's world view to impact voters?

In Jharkhand, BJP poised to gain by default as Opposition is in disarray

The Opposition is in disarray but the ruling party faces its share of challenges, writes Radhika Ramaseshan

Adityanath's leadership as much on test in UP as charisma of PM Modi, Shah

The conduct of Adityanath's two-year dispensation was as intense a subject of discussion with UP voters as the Centre's

Elections 2019: In Rohilkhand, BJP pushes 'vikas' with some polarisation

As it faces SP-BSP alliance's strong caste arithmetic, BJP tries some tactical social engineering with polarisation

Elections 2019: In UP, parties try to shore up their flanks before phase 2

The principal players are trying to fine tune their complex and complicated caste equations to ensure victory

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Stronghold Meerut now looks wobbly for the BJP

There's no wave discernible yet for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, even as it was from this city that he kicked off his campaign on March 28

Baghpat test case for strength of Uttar Pradesh's Opposition 'gathbandhan'

Ostensibly, what finally cemented the coalition was the outcome of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections in Baghpat: All of the Opposition put together polled only 131,393 more votes than BJP's Satya Pal Singh

Elections 2019: In Assam, Prafulla Mahanta finds himself at the crossroads

As his party AGP, joins hands with the ruling BJP once again, former Chief Minister Mahanta stands isolated

Federal front can become a reality, Congress should help: Akhilesh Yadav

Yadav at his Lucknow office and spoke about the prospects of this gathbandhan and whether the Congress could be a part of it in the future