Chatterbox

Elections to BJP, the biggest political party are near: what to look for ?

The most contentious part of the election will be the election of a state president

Chatterbox: What worked in Gehlot's favour

The party high command has noted all this and it seems Pilot will be rewarded in the future

The back story: What really led to M J Akbar's resignation?

The government believes Menaka Gandhi was acting in league with an Opposition party

Rahul Gandhi may visit more temples in MP: They impact 109 seats directly

Temple is the centre of political chatter and going there gives politicians a certain cachet

Chatterbox: Relooking at state leaders

Estranged Shivpal Yadav also said that his new party will contest all the seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections

Chatterbox: What is cooking in Odisha?

If this is the start of a new beautiful friendship that will extend into 2019, Pradhan's (and Panda's) campaign against the BJD, might have been aborted before it has even begun

In Bihar unit of Bhartiya Janata Party, it is rise of second generation

Union Minister Sanjay Paswan has shifted to Patna after working with the BJP-allied think-tank

Chatterbox: Interesting politics in the offing

Both YSR Congress and Telugu Desam Party will fight tooth and nail to get the seats. After Naidu pulled out of the National Democratic Alliance, YSR Congress is looking to claim that spot

Chatterbox: Exploring options

Manoj Tiwari, the Bhojpuri singer and Member of Parliament was brought in with an eye on the purvanchali vote in Delhi that has emerged as the single biggest chunk of voters

Chatterbox: BJP MLA questions protocol of Goa govt in Parrikar's absence

The ruling BJP has not pulled up Nilesh Cabral so far

Chatterbox: Split in Bihar Congress unit; the party in a mess

The party does not have a president in the state and might not have one till 2019 as it is too divided to elect one and does not want more defections ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections

Chatterbox: Dharna in progress

The Prasar Bharati (PB) board and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting are locked in a battle

Chatterbox: Back story to SC judges' press conference; Rahul's foreign trip

Rahul Gandhi is planning overseas trips to other countries in the Middle East, Singapore Canada and Europe

Chatterbox: Battle for Amethi and Rae Bareli

Sonia Gandhi is not going to be in a position to campaign and contest 2019 general elections

Chatterbox: Indira-nising the Mahila Congress

The first official engagement Rahul Gandhi attended after becoming party president was a Mahila Congress event

Going down memory lane

When I was in primary school, a maulvi sahab, who was our physical education teacher, used to cane students if they were indisciplined or did not behave, says Rajnath Singh

Congress may need Ajit Yogi to win Chhattisgarh

Recently, Jogi announced the names of 22 candidates the party will field in the coming Assembly elections

Chatterbox: Marandi looking for 'ghar wapsi' in BJP

Babulal Marandi, a tribal leader from Jharkhand who left the BJP in 2006, is keen to return to party

Chatterbox: Frugal time at Rashtrapati Bhavan

President Ram Nath Kovind is a frugal eater and a pure vegetarian

All's well between Manish Tewari and Rahul Gandhi

Tewari and Gandhi had fallen out: It didn't appear so at the luncheon