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Public sounds poll bugle for Modi, says PM ahead of Lok Sabha elections

PM Modi's remark came at the BJP event in Bulandshahr, which was meant to kickstart the saffron party's 2024 Lok Sabha campaign from western Uttar Pradesh

Lok Sabha polls: After Cong-TMC fallout, AAP hints at lone battle in Punjab

The developments followed after the Congress-TMC had a fallout over seat sharing proposal in West Bengal as Banerjee announced her party's decision to fight the polls alone

Lok Sabha elections 2024: TMC to go solo in West Bengal; jolt to INDIA bloc

The Congress and the TMC are a part of the Opposition's INDIA bloc, a group of 28-non BJP parties, which aims to oust the Narendra Modi government in the Lok Sabha elections

Assam CM asks police to file case against Rahul Gandhi over Guwahati row

The development followed after clashes broke out between Congress workers and Assam police on Guwahati border earlier today. Police resorted to lathi-charge to disperse the workers from the site

Happy birthday to Bal Thackeray: Lesser known facts about Shiv Sena leader

In 1966, Bal Thackeray established the Shiv Sena, a political association with the essential target of advocating for the rights and welfare of the Marathi-speaking population in Maharashtra

'Darte nahi hain': Rahul Gandhi to Assam CM over Guwahati clashes row

The development followed in the wake of clashes that broke out earlier today on Guwahati border, while the Rahul Gandhi-led 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' was attempting to enter Assam

Battleground 2024: Schisms in two alliances cloud Maharashtra poll outcome

Assembly Speaker Narwekar to issue order on the NCP split on January 31

LIVE: Rahul Gandhi reaches Nagaland with Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra

'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' updates: Rahul Gandhi's Yatra will cover 110 districts in 67 days, before reaching its conclusion in Mumbai. Catch all the latest updates on 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' here

Congress should focus on livelihood issues: DesignBoxed's Naresh Arora

Naresh Arora unveils how his team introduced the term "guarantees" to India's political lexicon, sheds light on the shifting voter behaviour

Hinduism: The past in the present

Political discourse on religion has been tainted by extreme views from all sides, both those praising its virtues and those condemning its faults, writes veteran politician Karan Singh in his book

State scan: Is Haryana caste arithmetic in BJP's favour in upcoming polls?

Haryana CM is ready for simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in the state. Is caste arithmetic in BJP's favour? Aditi Phadnis explains

Political consultants gear up for poll season with strategic campaigns

Before the onset of the poll season, political consultants are busy strategising party campaigns and manifestos. Archis Mohan gives insights into their plans

Farmers plan Delhi march on Feb 13 to press for minimum support price

The agitation, which comes weeks before the country enters into the 2024 General Elections mode, could have major political ramifications

Cong resurrection improbable in near future if not impossible, claims book

The India of the last decade has left the Congress-run India so far behind that it has become an existential crisis for the party to resurrect itself enough to even remain as principal opposition, let alone return to power, claims a new book. In "What If There Was No Congress: The Uncensored History of Independent India", political communicator Priyam Gandhi-Mody takes a look at how different India would have been, if there was no Congress at the helm for the most part of the last 80 years. The book, published by Rupa, revisits some of the key events that shaped India's political history over the last 80 years - Partition, Kashmir, governance, scams, democracy and its interruptions, economic policy, intellectual colonisation and foreign policy - and also seeks to provide a roadmap to the India of tomorrow. "The people of the country continue to choose progress over corruption, truth over manufactured lies, security over terrorism and growth over stagnation. In my opinion, the ...

INDIA bloc faces Trinamool Congress test over chairperson, convenor posts

According to sources in the Congress and other constituents of the Indian National Development Inclusive Alliance (INDIA), the discussions on seat sharing have been smoother than expected

Happy 69th Birthday to Mamata Banerjee: All about her political journey

On January 5, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee celebrated her 69th birthday. The TMC chief is broadly addressed to as 'Didi' (elder sister) and 'Bengal's tigress' by her fans and supporters

AAP's Sanjay Singh fined in defamation case involving ex-UP minister

The court said that AAP leader Sanjay Singh levelled these false allegations only to demean and slander the image of Mahendra Kumar Singh

Meet Y S Sharmila, Andhra Pradesh CM's sister who is set to join Congress

YS Sharmila, the younger sister of Andhra CM Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, had been in close talks with the Congress over the merger with her party. The brother-sister parted ways politically in July 2021

Ram Temple inauguration and Rahul Gandhi's own pilgrimage

The initial apprehensions of announcing a walk so close to the elections, instead of working on campaign strategy and candidate selection seem to have brought about a redefinition of Bharat Nyay Yatra

After setback in assembly polls, Cong braces for make-or-break in 2024

Fresh from the setbacks in the assembly elections of Hindi heartland states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, the Congress is bracing for a make-or-break 2024, the year of the 18th Lok Sabha election. As Prime Minister Narendra Modi hopes to equal Jawaharlal Nehru's record of returning to the PMO thrice in a row, the new year is also being seen by many as one of the toughest periods for the Congress in its 138-year journey. It will also mark 40 years since Congress scaled its electoral peak in 1984 winning a record 414 Lok Sabha seats. With just 48 seats in the Lower House of Parliament now, the party has experienced a steady decline in the last 10 years. In 2024, as Congress hopes to arrest this slide, it will face multiple challenges, the topmost being finalizing seat-sharing deals with constituents of the anti-BJP INDIA bloc which is yet to make any electoral impact. The Congress will begin these negotiations on a weak footing, having lost the Hindi heartland states