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- India
- December 22, 2020, 14:32 IST
Big Switch: What Suvendu Adhikari May Have Learnt from Nitish Kumar, Himanta Biswa Sarma & Others
Former Trinamool Congress leader Adhikari is not the first politician to sacrifice ideology on the altar of political ambition. While some have ended up with a raw deal, others have had more success.
- India
- November 11, 2020, 08:08 IST
The 'WOW' Factor That Pulled the Mahagathbandhan Just Short of Half-way Mark
The memories of 15 years of RJD rule seems to have had a lingering undertone, just enough to hold back the aged and the elderly in endorsing the children seeking 'badlav'.
- India
- November 11, 2020, 07:16 IST
Deliberately or Inadvertently, Chirag Started a Fire in Bihar that May Alter State Politics for Yrs to Come
The young LJP president has sought to disrupt the status quo. He can emerge as a key player in state politics only if the old order makes way for the new.
- India
- October 19, 2020, 20:58 IST
Many Candidates See Bihar Polls as Stepping Stone, But History Shows Successful Leaders Know Not to Wait
A lot can change in the next five years. A new Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar may emerge to challenge the established players.
- India
- October 15, 2020, 09:48 IST
Governor Koshyari's 'Pop Test' in a Political Lab That's Already Experimenting with 'Unnatural' Tie-up
A career politician from the RSS stable, with five decades and more of experience under his belt, Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has seen real politics from close quarters during his days as sangh pracharak and thereafter. Precisely the reason he was chosen to head the gubernatorial position in a crucial state like Maharashtra.
- India
- October 09, 2020, 14:07 IST
Ram Vilas Paswan: A National Leader Whose Political Playing Field Could Never Breach Bihar Border
Despite his national ambitions, Ram Vilas Paswan could since the Janata Dal days and thereafter never really emerge out of Bihar politics. The closest he came to becoming the CM of the state was in February 2005 when his party LJP won more than two dozen seats in a fractured polity. The stalemate continued for a month and more and finally snap polls had to be called.
- India
- October 05, 2020, 11:02 IST
With Son Tejaswi at Forefront, Lalu Desperate to Hit Bullseye Before Bihar Politics Enters New Paradigm
By keeping the Mahagathbandhan less congested, Lalu wants to contest more than 60% seats in the state assembly. His main rivals — BJP and JD(U) in alliance — will be contesting far lesser number of seats.
- India
- September 27, 2020, 13:06 IST
The One Regret Jaswant Singh Continued to Hold After He was Expelled from BJP Over Jinnah Book
Jaswant Singh's expulsion was swift and without any glitches, and everyone agreed to it, including LK Advani, who was his close friend.
- India
- September 02, 2020, 14:19 IST
Lest We Forget: Lessons from Three Epidemics
In the second week of January this year, Beijing reported the first death in an outbreak of a pneumonia-like disease caused by an unknown virus in the central Chinese city of Wuhan.
- India
- August 31, 2020, 19:30 IST
How Pranab Da, Perpetual No.2 in Many Congress Govts, Finally Stepped Ahead of PM in Protocol
Inadvertently or otherwise, Mamata Banerjee’s pronouncements forced Congress’ hands in endorsing Pranab Mukherjee for the top constitutional post.
- India
- August 25, 2020, 07:48 IST
Did RS Appointments Set Stage for Unrest in Cong? Questions Abound as Party Battles for Survival
Key organisational appointments in the last 6 months have firmly borne Rahul Gandhi’s seal of approval.
- India
- August 24, 2020, 08:35 IST
As Sonia Gandhi Faces Challenge Within Ranks, A Look at Congress and the Behemoth's Power Play
After being the undisputed leader of the Congress for the last quarter of a century, a section has openly questioned the current state of affairs in the party, including some who stood by Sonia Gandhi and played key roles in the last transition of power in 1998.
- India
- August 17, 2020, 16:59 IST
Shanti Dhariwal of Kota: The Man on CM Gehlot's Right Side who Steps in When Things Go Wrong
The urban development minister in Ashok Gehlot's government herded Congress MLAs to the safety of Jaisalmer before the trust vote in the face of Sachin Pilot's revolt.
- India
- August 13, 2020, 08:52 IST
Numbers Game: Why Emerging as the Single-Largest Party is Crucial in This Year's Bihar Elections
In the upcoming assembly polls, the equations and stakes have altered. The contest will be both within and outside the ruling NDA.
- India
- August 11, 2020, 08:57 IST
Why Gehlot, Raje Remain at the Helm of Rajasthan Politics as Pilot Lands in Delhi
The government in Rajasthan has survived because of Gehlot’s ability to hold on to his MLAs in a protracted battle of nerves.

- India
- September 14, 2017, 11:40 IST
As BJP Takes Pole Position, Regional Satraps Rely on Sub-Nationalism
If BJP was establishing itself as the dominant pole in the national polity, the counter pole could well be soft sub-nationalism. It could manifest itself in so many different forms — separate state flag, hegemonic dominance of Hindi over Kannada.

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