A BJP candidate in West Bengal has asked the central forces to shoot people in the chest if they tried to capture booths on the polling day, prompting the EC to seek a report A BJP candidate... Read more
Wrong candidate for wrong constituency has spoiled BJP’s poll calculations in Odisha Five years ago, the Modi ‘wave’ which swept large parts of the country was stopped in its tracks by a Nav... Read more
Lawyer-activist Prashant Bhushan sits down with NH’s Ashlin Mathew for a freewheeling discussion on election 2019. He blames the Modi govt for dismantling and misusing the anti-corruption ar... Read more
RJD-Congress-CPI(ML) combine giving up seats to smaller allies may turn the tide in favour of the Mahagathbandhan In politics, two plus two does not always add up to four. It sometimes may a... Read more
Universal basic income, until Rahul Gandhi’s promise of it on Monday, is a concept which has so far had little traction in our part of the world. Even though the rate of unemployment i... Read more
Supporters of BJP leaders, Ravi Shankar Prasad and Rajya Sabha member RK Sinha, clashed outside the Patna airport on Tuesday after the party decided to field Prasad from the Patna Sahib LS s... Read more
In India, every Lok Sabha election has its own share of hotly contested ‘high-profile’ seats. While some nondescript constituencies hit the popular imagination because a ‘stalwart’ or a big... Read more
Union Minister Giriraj Singh’s “reluctance” to contest Lok Sabha polls from Begusarai was comparable to a kid’s refusal to attend school in the event of failing to complete his h... Read more
India’s reform-myopic and opportunistic politicians have an easy solution to end poverty and unemployment — simply throw taxpayers’ money at poor households and expect this to work wonders t... Read more
Actor-turned-politician Jaya Prada joined the BJP on Tuesday, two weeks before the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections. Media reports said that the BJP is mulling to field her from Uttar Pradesh... Read more
