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BJP leaders to meet officials, economists to talk growth, demand slowdown

Former chief economic advisor Arvind Virmani and State Bank of India's group chief economic advisor Soumya Kanti Ghosh are likely to attend the event

Yogi Adityanath rejigs cabinet for the first time; 23 ministers take oath

Six ministers of state with independent charge were inducted. The two-and-a-half-year-old BJP ministry will also have 11 new ministers of state

Yediyurappa to expand K'taka Cabinet tomorrow; 14 ministers to be inducted

Speaking to reporters here, Yediyurappa said after the expansion, a cabinet meeting will be held

From gaffe to split views: Cong's internal battle over Article 370

Jaiveer Shergill supported the abrogation of the provisions of Article 370 while criticising the BJP for how it was done

Equal rule of law in interest of Kashmiris must apply to J&K: Arun Jaitley

Article 35A, which is constitutionally vulnerable, is used as a political shield by many but it hurt the common citizen of the State the most, wrote Jaitley

Shielding the govt: The use and abuse of intellectual storm troopers

The Modi govt doesn't address critics directly and lets an outsourced army take them on. This keeps the govt at an arm's length from any debate about its policies

Four more BJP MLAs in MP want to back Congress govt: Computer Baba

The Madhya Pradesh government has a slim majority with the support of the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party

Govt may extend ongoing Parliament session by 10 days till August 6th

If the session is extended by 10 sittings, then it will be extended by two weeks

Congress needs a president and drastic spring cleaning of party structure

Forget finding a president with pan-India appeal, soon the party may not even have state level leaders of any consequence

BJP: An incomplete party

The BJP has surmounted many political and social problems, says the author

0.3 million complaints are pending in Madhya Pradesh CM helpline: Report

The revenue department has the maximum number of pending complaints - 45,000

Mutilated body of BJP worker found in Malda

The mutilated body of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker was found here on Wednesday.The body of Anil Singh was found in English Bazar police station limits. He was allegedly murdered and later, his body was burnt by the accused, BJP Malda unit chief Sanjit Mishra claimed.Expressing anger over the gruesome murder, the BJP West Bengal unit blamed Trinamool Congress (TMC) goons for the crime."Why are the chest thumping liberals of award wapasi fame silent now? Is it because West Bengal is not ruled by the BJP, yet?" the party wrote on Twitter.The incident took place a day after another BJP worker was killed by unknown assailants here on Sunday night.The deceased, identified as Samtul Doloi, worked at a cycle repair shop.The incident took place on Tuesday night when Doloi was closing his shop. Doloi's brother had also alleged that he was murdered by workers of Trinamool Congress.

Caste-based voting is alive in Haryana, may help BJP in Assembly polls

The BJP swept all the 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana. If the results are extrapolated, the party emerged victorious in 79 of the state's 90 Assembly segments

Shivraj Chouhan to head BJP's membership drive, party to select new chief

BJP won 303 Lok Sabha seats in elections but it still has to peak, says Amit Shah.

Big fight ahead but Opposition is in disarray

Sulking and moping is not political action. The Opposition has its task cut out to create the army necessary for the imminent big battle of ideas

Conversations with friends

If the mood in the BJP before Pulwama was not particularly cheerful, now party leaders say all losses have been offset

BJP appoints Shivraj, Vasundhara, Raman as party vice presidents

Party president Amit Shah made the appointments on the eve of the BJP's two-day national council meeting

Ex-Union minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy appointed BJP's national spokesperson

A party statement said Rudy's appointment will take place with immediate effect

RSS, inside out

The BJP's abstention had substantially to do with the bitter memories of party leaders, who felt targeted in the erstwhile Janata Party due to its association with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

NDA will retain power in 2019 polls, may form alliances: BJP general secy

Naidu is expected to move closer to Congress and the Left and the BJP might join hands with other players