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Petition urges PM Modi to make Azim Premji next President of India, but is he good enough?

Premji's election as President of India may be unlikely, because the BJP has several other candidates better suited to its agenda waiting in the wings.

Mar 17, 2017

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Putin, Erdogan... Modi? Tracking the BJP's impending PR calamity

PM Narendra Modi has been delivering one election win after another, thanks to his development platform. But minorities still fear what he allegedly represents, and come the inevitable downturn, this could hurt him and the party.

Mar 17, 2017

Uttarakhand: A look at Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat and past CMs

Before Trivendra Singh Rawat, Uttarakhand was ruled by seven chief ministers of the BJP and Congress.

Mar 17, 2017

Not happy with your politicians? Here's a step-by-step guide to launching your own political party

If you think neither the BJP nor the Congress is fit to get your votes, why not start your own political party? Here is a guide on how to set up a party and get it registered with the Election Commission.

Mar 17, 2017

More trouble for Mamata, Trinamool as Calcutta High Court orders CBI to probe Narada case

Several Trinamool Congress leaders were caught on tape accepting bribes in a sting operation by Narada News.

Mar 17, 2017

BJP's victory in UP: Ravi Shastri gets a dose of his own medicine on Twitter from PM Narendra Modi

Modi's reply to Ravi Shastri shows that the politician follows his commentary quite closely.

Mar 17, 2017

Congress still has one trump card to play, but does its leadership even know it exists?

Though the Congress has been routed by Narendra Modi's BJP at the Centre and in several states, the party still has a substantial vote-share in the country. Will its top brass work on this only remaining hope to make a comeback?

Mar 17, 2017

Two Indian Sufi clerics go missing in Pakistan; Indian govt takes up matter with Islamabad

Two Indian clerics, including the head priest of New Delhi's Nizamuddin Dargah, have gone missing in Pakistan. The other missing person is the priest's nephew Nazim Nizami.

Mar 17, 2017

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Theresa May: Now is not the time for a second Scottish referendum

British Prime Minister Theresa May says Now is not the time, for a second referendum on Scottish Independence, saying she will block any attempt to hold one.

Mar 16, 2017

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Conservative Party fined £70,000 for misreporting election expenses

The Electoral Commission found that there were significant failures by the Tories in 2014 and 2015, during the Newark, Rochester and Strood, and Clacton by-elections and the general election.

Mar 16, 2017

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Maharashtra opposition wants SBI chief Arundhati Bhattarcharya to apologise

Opposition parties protested against SBI chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya's comments on farm-loan waiver.

Mar 16, 2017

RK Nagar By-Polls: Panneerselvam fields Madhusudhanan to repeat 1991 success

Madhusudhanan was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative Assembly as an AIADMK candidate from RK Nagar constituency in the 1991 elections.

Mar 16, 2017

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Dutch PM Mark Rutte wins election: Netherlands says no to ‘wrong kind of populism

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said his VVD party was on course for victory in Dutch parliamentary elections in a result he declared represented a rejection of the wrong kind of populism.

Mar 16, 2017

The case of missing Congress MLA Vishwajit Rane, or how Manohar Parrikar won the Goa floor test with only 16 opposing votes

Congress MLA Vishwajit Rane was incommunicado the entire time the floor test was taking place in the Goa Assembly. He later resigned.

Mar 16, 2017

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UP BJP president Keshav Prasad Maurya admitted to the ICU ward of RML Hospital in Delhi

Maurya was one of the names being considered for the post of the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, where the BJP won a whopping 312 seats in the 403-seat Assembly.

Mar 16, 2017

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