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Fitness challenge: How PM Modi can politically gain from the exercise

The orchestrated exercise is not about a self-indulgent PM's exercise but has political objectives: it packages him as healthy at 67 and showcases him someone rooted in ancient Hindu traditions

If big business is miffed with Mr Modi, then it only suits him electorally

There is no doubt that Mr Modi has guided his policy away from one that India Inc expected to be openly and substantively pro-business

Why BJP ditched PDP? To gain lost ground before 2019, say political parties

BJP on Tuesday ended its alliance with the PDP in Jammu and Kashmir, forcing chief minister Mehbooba Mufti to resign

UP Congress dissolves key panels to revamp organisation ahead of 2019 polls

Senior leaders Satish Ajmani, Hanuman Tripathi, R P Tripathi and Harish Bajpai form the interim team that UPCC has formed to look after the organisation till a new team takes over

Why Opposition unity may not work as well in 2019 as it did in 1977

Back then, people weren't voting for an alliance, but against Congress and Indira Gandhi. This time, while BJP has taken a beating, its leader still stands tall, writes T N Ninan

Seat-sharing for LS polls in Bihar: Trouble grows in BJP-JD(U) alliance

The outcome of the last Assembly election that all but wiped out the BJP has taken away the sheen the party was coated in after the 2014 Lok Sabha polls

Mahagathbandhan against BJP before 2019 polls not practical: Sharad Pawar

The former Union minister said he was "confident" of "these forces" coming together after the 2019 elections but saw no possibility of a "Mahagathbandhan" prior to the polls."

In the politics of 'vikas', the technocrat is taking centre stage in India

Indian politics has seen remarkable change in last four years but the trends represent a continuum from the past

I-T to examine poll candidates' finances ahead of state, general elections

Until now, the CBDT, according to its arrangement with the EC, only scrutinised cases that were being referred to it by the EC, from now on, it will look into the financial details of all candidates

2019 in sight, PM Narendra Modi wants to know India's 'mann ki baat'

Stepping up the poll momentum, the survey poses a direct query

Need a fighting front, not federal: NCP National General Secretary

If Modi had credibility, he wouldn't have lost nearly all the by-elections, and you'll see in 2019, or even if he advances the Lok Sabha elections, Modi is not going to be the PM, says D P Tripathi

Mission 2019: Centre allocates medical care purse of Rs 100 bn to UP

The state, which has been a laggard in health parameters over the past decades, had sought liberal allocation for 2018-19 under the Centre's flagship National Health Mission (NHM) programme

BJP and Opposition battle it out for the affections of the rural voter

Hiking paddy MSP by almost Rs 200 per quintal, as against Rs 80 per quintal last year, is of electoral value in major parts of eastern India

I am not a Shahenshah, can't remain unaffected by people's warmth: Modi

The prime minister was answering a question on apprehension in the minds of his well wishers about his personal security during road shows

Northeast rejig: Rahul Gandhi reconstitutes party's co-ordination committee

Assembly polls are scheduled in Mizoram in November-December

Farm loan waivers in India to touch $40 bn by 2019 elections: Report

The report further noted that farm loan waivers, along with minimum support price (MSP) hikes, will support rural demand at a time of stress

Narendra Modi will win 2019 elections as there is no alternative. Really?

Though the BJP is touting that there is no alternative to the Modi team in 2019, India's political history proves a different story

Is a total party revamp on the cards for BJP ahead of 2019 elections?

Insiders say out of the 273 Lok Sabha Members of Parliament (MPs) from the party, nearly 50 per cent are going to be dropped in favour of new faces

No question of alliance with RJD, will contest 2019 polls with BJP: JD(U)

The JD(U) National Executive also authorised Nitish Kumar to take decisions on the 2019 Lok Sabha elections

Govt exhausts deposits; expenditure would be on rise before elections

Government exhausts deposits; experts say expenditure would be on the rise before elections