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Is Trouble Brewing For Modi In BJP?

As the 240-seater prime minister attempts to moderate his image of hardline hero, he has made room for others to elbow in and that is what is happening. And that it what will continue to happen......

Revealed! Mo-Shah's 370 MPs Plans

The BJP's top leadership will drop its MPs found to be facing anti-incumbency, according to its internal surveys -- a pivotal tactic to ensure the party achieves its target of winning 370 seats.......

Contest One Direct Poll: Modi Tells RS MPs

The BJP could ask at least a dozen of its 92 Rajya Sabha MPs, particularly those who have served more than one term, to contest the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party supremo......

Veteran BJP leader defends Sisodia, blames system

Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Shanta Kumar on Wednesday lauded Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia for his 'clean image' but suggested that he......

Ever Seen Shivraj Chouhan Batting?

What some of our leaders were up to on Wednesday, January 4, 2023.   IMAGE: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan -- who will turn 64 on March 5 -- shows us an unfamiliar side......

Agri Bills: Why Punjab and Haryana farmers are leading the protests

Data shows that the current system of decentralised marketing and centralised procurement helps Punjab and Haryana farmers the most, while its efficacy in other states has been poor. Experts and......

'The Modi government has given farmers freedom'

'The farm bills will not bring in corporate zamindari.'   IMAGE: Farmers in Bengaluru protest against the Farmers Bill 2020 passed by Parliament, September 21, 2020. Photograph: Shashidhar......

When Modi thumped the desk once too often

The prime minister was often seen vigorously thumping the desk, prompting his Cabinet colleagues and NDA MPs to follow suit.  Image: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Rajnath......

Cut down wasteful subsidies that do not reach the poor

The savings would be better spent and might actually reach the poor, says Rahul Khullar, in the second of two articles.  Simple proposals to reform subsidies and redirect expenditure can yield......

Few pointers that suggest Modi's Bharat is away from major reforms

To better understand what is going on, it may be useful to break up the problem into four different (but related) parts: setbacks to major reform efforts; slowdown in other reforms; inaction or......

'Saira was more beautiful than I thought'

'I can still recall my eyes falling on Saira, looking breathtakingly beautiful in a brocade sari.''She had indeed grown to full womanhood and was in reality more beautiful than I thought she was.'A......

5 roles that define Waheeda Rehman

Subhash K Jha gives us the very best of Waheeda Rehman. I have not seen Waheeda Rehman step out of her comfort zone to display the staggering range of Madhubala, Geeta Bali, Nutan or Sridevi, says......

Kanika Kapoor, Gauahar Khan, Ayushmann at Mirchi Music Awards

It was time for the music industry to take over the red carpet! The music industry made sure to make its presence felt at the Mirchi Music Awards, held over the weekend in Mumbai. Quite a few......

PIX: Kangna, Neil Nitin Mukesh, David Dhawan attend a prayer meet

Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar's mother Shanta passed away over the weekend following a heart attack. She was 79. Several film industry folks turned up to attend the prayer meet, held in Mumbai......

1st Test vs Bangladesh: Test of Rahul's captaincy

IMAGE: KL Rahul hasn't been exactly exceptional in terms of cricketing smarts as far as captaincy is concerned and this series where he is likely to get two games will be an acid test as far as......

World Jr Athletics: Anju's protege Shaili storms into long jump final

IMAGE: Long jumper Shaili Singh topped the qualification round with an effort of 6.40m in the Under-20 World Athletics Championships in Nairobi on Friday. Photograph: SAI Media/Twitter Young long......

Stalemate over Indo-Pak World T20 match in Dharamsala continues...

IMAGE: India's captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni shakes hands with his Pakistan counterpart Shahid Afridi at the end of their Asia Cup match. Photograph: Solaris Images. Uncertanity over the marque......

Sehwag dropped, Pujara picked for England ODIs

Virender Sehwag was on Sunday expectedly dropped from the Indian squad as the national selection committee decided to include in-form Cheteshwar Pujara for the One-Day International series against......

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