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By Nitya Chakraborty Prime Minister Narendra Modi has lost his mojo after the devastating reverses faced by the BJP in the three of its ruling states- Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan. The Modi magic is gone and ominous signals have been given to the BJP by the people...
By Arun Srivastava The police of Narendra Modi and Rajnath Singh has succeeded to eliminate a good number of Maoist cadres, but they could not quite break the backbone of Maoists in Chhattisgarh, despite severe repression using the state machinery and putting a number of innocent people in...
By Ben Chacko It’s my deal or no deal is the unwelcome message that Theresa May’s little helpers have been carrying to the far corners of Torydom over this weekend. Gin and tonic-fuelled discussions in the bars of Conservative clubs up and down the shires is perhaps not...
By L.S. Herdenia BHOPAL: Both the major parties, Congress and BJP, are suspecting that attempts may be made to disrupt the counting tomorrow. Surprisingly, no less a person than Chief Minister Shiv Raj Singh Chouhan has asked party men to remain alert. Expressing confidence that BJP will be able...
RBI Governor Urjit Patel stepped down Monday citing personal reasons, but was earlier in a conflict with Union finance ministry related to monetary policy. Patel said, “On account of personal reasons, I have decided to step down from my current position effective immediately. It has been my privilege and...
By Arun Srivastava The BJP has a running grudge that the exit polls have been consistently under-projecting its tally in all elections since 2014. It is worth recalling the exit polls had forecast a BJP government in the 2015 assembly elections, but when the actual counting began the...
By Nantoo Banerjee If the world’s top ranking economies by per capita GDP and expenditure, education level, financial inclusion and digital penetration are not keen to go cashless in the face of resistance from their citizens, India’s bid to build a cashless society may be described as highly...
By Aditya Aamir ‘Can Mandir and Vikas go together?’ is the question gaining traction after the VHP rally the other day in Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan, which was less a ‘Dharam Sansad’ and more a ‘Dharam (in) Sankat’ congregation. If the BJP loses Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh besides Rajasthan,...
Amid no clear prediction by exit polls about who will form government in Madhya Pradesh a confident comment by chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan declares his party party will emerge as the next ruler in the state. Chouhan was on a three-day vacation in Bandhavgarh and while leaving for...
Aditya Aamir Evening of December 7, post-5 pm, BJP stood for ‘Bhag Ja Party’, with most of the exit polls predicting a hammering at the hustings. There were glum BJP faces and put-up brave BJP faces on television. At 11 pm, when the anchors signed off for the night,...