Bharatiya Janata Party
Shifting sands in Indian politics
June 7, 2018
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decimated the Congress party across the country, except in three states. But the recent by-poll results do not augur well for the saffron party ahead of the 2019 general elections.
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Copper for Sterlite, Cancer for People
May 28, 2018
The turmoil in Tuticorin is symbolic of India’s high-decibel development at all costs that threatens the ecological, economic and health security of its people. After a month-long protest for the closure of Vedanta’s Sterlite Copper unit in Thoothukudi (Tuticorin) of T...
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Saffron surge in Tripura
March 6, 2018
Except for Congress-ruled Mizoram, which goes to election by end of this year, all the seven out of eight states are currently under BJP rule.
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Union Budget 2018: a policy prescription or an election manifesto?
February 2, 2018
With its popularity dwindling among the rural voters the Modi government has offered a new deal in India’s annual federal budget 2018. It looks pro-poor and pro-farmers to uplift rural India towards prosperity. One wonders whether it is too late as the General Election 2019 is ...
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To celebrate or not to celebrate?
December 21, 2017
Gujarat handed the sixth consecutive victory to the ruling BharatiyaJanata Party. At the same time, it has become the launching pad for Rahul Gandhi into the political arena pulsating with renewed vigour. Yet, there is no room for complacency either for Modi or Gandhi. The roa...
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Can the tiger tame the dragon?
August 18, 2017
Can India afford an economic boycott of China in view of the current stalemate in Doklam?
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Stepping towards resilience
August 9, 2017
The BJP-led NDA is all set to consolidate its position in the Rajya Sabha to push its legislative agenda aggressively.
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BJP’s Ram set to enter Raisina
June 21, 2017
Ram Nath Kovind, the Bihar Governor, is all set to be elected as the next President of India. With the selection of Kovind as India's top constitutional head, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah have played a political masterstroke on opposition parties in mo...
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Bollywood film ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ caught in controversy
October 21, 2016
The terrorist attack in Uri, Jammu and Kashmir in September 2016, has affected a lot of dimensions in both India and Pakistan. And now, Bollywood suffers too as an Indian nationalist party protest the release of the Hindi movie ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ as it stars a Pakistani act...
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Red carpet for foreign funds
June 21, 2016
The Government of India announced liberalisation of the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) system by easing norms for a couple of important sectors including defence, food retail, aviation and pharmaceuticals.
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Anti-government sect ‘Netaji’ eviction provokes a huge controversy
June 5, 2016
A huge political controversy has erupted in Uttar Pradesh after 26 people were killed and hundreds were arrested in Mathura, where violence broke when the police tried to dismiss the sectarian illegal occupants in a land owned by the government.
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Assembly election results in India
May 20, 2016
As BJP overpowers Congress in Assam, the erstwhile government of West Bengal and Tamil Nadu receive faithful reactions from the assembly election results. Do we see an ominous future for the All India National Congress? The recent assembly election results in Assam, Kerala, Pondi...
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