5 states that contribute just under a fifth of the Lok Sabha's seats will go to the polls early this year.

Prepare to be surprised in Tamil Nadu

The BJP has not really put up any defence for Rijiju who is mostly defending himself.

8,121 people were arrested in 2015 for cybercrimes, a 41% increase from 2014.

Sasikala's name is doing the rounds for the general secretary's job, but it is one thing for Sasikala to acquire power under Jayalalithaa's wing and quite another when the CM is somebody else, says Aditi Phadnis.

Can Mamata Banerjee unite the Opposition?

Despite the indisputable facts demonetisation and its pain is yet to have a quantifiable political backlash. But this is provided the government can limit the damage to the next one week.

According to a recent RTI query, UP tops the list for most jailbreaks.

If Muslims back Mayawati, nothing can stop her from forming the next government in UP.

'Akhilesh's plan is simple.' 'He wants to lead the party on the strength of the infrastructural development his government has done, capitalise on the massive sympathy wave of young people in the state who dream of doing what he has managed to do -- defy a feudal, greying orthodoxy that occupies and sits on posts and positions never to leave.'

The 'surgical strikes' by India have made the army in Pakistan look unprepared. To prove itself the army will need to hit back: It could be in Kashmir or outside

Will Amar Singh be the go-between between the SP and Congress, asks Aditi Phadnis.

If 'Raja' Amarinder Singh can address the issues of health and education, he is certain to coast to victory.

Nawaz Sharif's appointment of a new army chief will influence India-Pakistan relations

It doesn't matter that the man who has been given charge of Jayalalithaa's portfolios today started out opposing her.

'Theirs is not a campaign for diffused issues like social justice and equity. They have three clearly articulated demands.'

A simple explainer to the Indus Water Treaty.

The current crisis Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is facing is a cumulative effect of inattention to water management and the fiscal burden of populist promises, says Aditi Phadnis.

Siddaramaiah seems overwhelmed by problems coming at him from every direction, reports Aditi Phadnis.

For the first time in 67 years, after the Narendra Modi government came to power, the National Crime Records Bureau added 'sedition' as a head under which data on crime were collected.