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More than 81 per cent polling was recorded in the Narayankhed by-election held on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

State of play: When you say Nothing at all

Indians, are probably the canniest, smartest people on the planet, and I say this only because if there's one thing...

28 Jan 2018 4:34 AM IST

Its happening! The revolving door is here. And post the February vote-on-account budget, when the trio of parties sit down and decide on tickets, will be when all doors will slam shut.

State of play: Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door

Rumours are flying thick and fast. Five prominent Congressmen will join the BJP in February.

21 Jan 2018 3:16 AM IST

Maldives president Abdulla Yameen

Pax Indica: Maldives - Act swiftly to keep China contained

A similar ban on meeting the Indian diplomat was issued to members of the ruling Progressive Party of the Maldives.

19 Jan 2018 12:31 AM IST

Bhupendrasinh Khant, who was with the Congress before the polls, had contested as an Independent after the party offered the seat to its ally Bharatiya Tribal Party as part of a seat-sharing agreement. (Photo: PTI)

In Congress, it's a crab eat crab world

The Hindutva-Hindu tirade. Terrorists, cries the Congress. Corrupt, says the BJP.

14 Jan 2018 3:47 AM IST

$So my government will write to the EC to do away with them for the 2018 poll, \ Mr Siddaramaiah. (Photo: DC)$ Nation

State of play: Mahadayi, Lingayat row Siddaramaiah battle ready

Within a day of the canny campaign strategist Amit Shah closing the books on Gujarat, he turned his attention to...

24 Dec 2017 4:08 AM IST

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and her husband Robert Vadra along with other Congress workers at newly elect Congress president Rahul Gandhis elevation ceremony in New Delhi on Saturday (Photo: PTI )

State of Play: There's a new Gandhi in the house

He's clearly thumbing his nose at all the critics who've turned the Pappu story into a minor cottage industry.

17 Dec 2017 7:54 AM IST

Voters show their inked fingers at a polling booth during Gujarat Assembly election, in Surat on Saturday (Photo: PTI)

State of Play: Gujarat polls Burning some, burnishing some

The doubts eating away at the BJP's innards stem from the fact that nobody but nobody saw even this tiny little hiccup...

10 Dec 2017 6:49 AM IST

Rahul Gandhi will be becoming Congress president next month.

State of play: Losing My Religion

The NextGen Gandhis that Rahul, Priyanka and Varun part Sikh reflect the polyglot, melting pot that is Indian society...

3 Dec 2017 6:55 AM IST

Despite Gujarat being flagged as this do or die battle for months now, theres little question that Rahul Gandhi and the rest of the Congress - has been asleep on the job, coming awake to the exigencies of what it means to be leading the opposition charge when it could be too late.

State of play: It all boils down to December

The Hindus, once divided, finally came together and voted solidly for the BJP.

26 Nov 2017 7:34 AM IST

Baloch Republican Party (BRP) founding chief Brahumdagh Bugti. (Photo: Facebook)

Baloch leader Brahumdagh Bugti: Hafiz Saeed a free man, why not I?

Outburst after Swiss deny asylum, Will India take him in?

24 Nov 2017 2:37 AM IST

Afghan National Army soldiers in thwe Sangin district of Kandahar province in Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)

Pax Indica: Kabul's new Great Game Delhi must play to win

The Narendra Modi government must know that this is a great game that Delhi must play to win.

22 Nov 2017 3:11 AM IST

Yashwant Sinha was finance minister during earlier NDA rule. (Photo: PTI)

State of Play: Untested The alchemy of the voter

Come November 18, we will know whether Yashwant Sinha set off the wave, the unexpected deluge or whether it will be just...

12 Nov 2017 2:57 AM IST