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Poll eve defections in largest state jolt BJP

17 Jan 2022

After Narendra Modi led it to a sensational victory in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party grew rapidly in several states by organising defections from the Congress...

Omicron wave surges but elections to go on

10 Jan 2022

The Election Commission of India last week announced dates for Assembly elections in five states despite the rapid rise in Omicron cases across the country. The poll-bound states include...

Squeeze on funds cripples NGO sector

03 Jan 2022

Robust non-governmental organisations are an essential part of healthy modern societies. They perform useful functions such as supplementing governmental efforts on the social front and raising the red flag when...

Omicron casts shadow over economy and elections

27 Dec 2021

India is gearing up to meet the threat posed by the fast-spreading Omicron variant of the coronavirus which is already playing havoc in some other countries. By last weekend...

Congress’s comeback chances slimming

20 Dec 2021

Seven and a half years after the Bharatiya Janata Party, led by Narendra Modi, replaced it as the country’s premier political party, the Indian National Congress is still not in...

Economy picks up but it has a long way to go

13 Dec 2021

As the third quarter of the 2021-22 financial year draws to a close, India’s economy is showing signs of recovery after the hard hit it took during the extremely...

Opposition works at cross purposes as polls near

06 Dec 2021

Five states, all of them except one currently under Bharatiya Janata Party rule, go to the polls within the next three months. The results of these elections may give an...

How farmers made PM Modi eat humble pie

22 Nov 2021

When word spread early on Friday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation in a couple of hours, many citizens braced up to receive some bad news. ...

India-Pakistan rivalry casts shadow on Afghanistan

15 Nov 2021

Heads of governments of all member-states of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation were present at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s swearing-in on May 2014. He had reportedly invited...

Modi in damage control mode after reverses

08 Nov 2021

India’s Election Commission held by-elections in three Lok Sabha constituencies and 26 Assembly constituencies in a dozen states last month. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party suffered defeat in...

BRP Bhaskar

Indian journalist with over 50 years of newspaper, news agency and television experience.

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