Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

Unimportance of awards

This charge will remain because the selection is done by people who are nominated by the government. You can include the opposition leader in the selection panel, but he or she would be in the minority.
21 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Jammu and Kashmir to get first woman chief minister

Chief of People's Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti is chosen as the next Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.
7 January 2016, 15:14 PM

BJP thrashed in Bihar

The Grand Alliance called Mahagatbandhan of three parties led by Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad Yadav humiliated the BJP-led NDA in the Bihar...
15 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Has Modi's magic waned?

Whether or not the Narendra Modi magic has waned or whether the strategy of campaigning has been faulty, the fact remains that the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) has been routed in Bihar.
11 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Modi’s BJP defeated in Bihar polls

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party has been defeated in a stunning outcome to the electoral battle in the country's third-most populous state Bihar where a coalition of regional parties led by Nitish Kumar swept back to power.
8 November 2015, 08:13 AM

DON'T GIVE HATE A CHANCE

India's religious pluralism is looking less secure every day. It's a turning point for India, a country that has taken pride in being a secular democracy where citizens...
4 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Why the humble cow is India's most polarising animal

This is not the first time the cow has become mixed up with politics. Conflicts over cow slaughter sparked religious riots in India.
15 October 2015, 06:18 AM

WHEN THE TAIL WAGS THE DOG - MODI'S RSS CHALLENGE

The news of a mob in Dadri, a UP village in India of beating to death an individual suspected of cow slaughter would have been normally viewed just as another communal incident.
14 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Saffornising the institutions

Understandably, there is a sense of horror over the Bhartiya Janata Party government's decision to 'modernise' the Jawaharlal Nehru Museum at Tin Murti in New Delhi.
11 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Story of two travel documents

India's major political parties, the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have rendered parliament a place of tamasha.
26 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Modi greets Rahul on his birthday

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi extends birthday greetings to Rahul, the scion of the Nehru-Gandhi family who turned 45 today.
19 June 2015, 06:58 AM

Honour to Vajpayee great pride for India: Modi

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says it is a matter of great pride for India to receive BJP leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s award for his contribution in Bangladesh’s Liberation War.
7 June 2015, 06:38 AM