Will Sachin Pilot topple the Gehlot govt in Rajasthan?

Rajasthan Congress leader Sachin Pilot has once again set the cat among Congress ranks after hanging fire for a year.

Is there a rift between PM Modi and UP CM Yogi Adityanath?

The reason behind the alleged rift between the two leaders is claimed to be the prime minister's insistence on inducting his nominee into the Yogi's Cabinet.

Tamil Nadu & Kerala polls 2021: Biggest winners and losers

A look at how heavyweight candidates across multiple political parties fared in Tamil nadu and Kerala polls.

West Bengal & Assam polls 2021: Biggest winners and losers

A look at how prominent candidates from different political parties fared in West Bengal and Assam polls.

Why backward castes have remained politically enfeebled in Bengal

Because the Left regime and their cadre stemmed the assertion of lower castes in Bengal, they have remained at the periphery of political and cultural circles.

Sourav Ganguly, realpolitik and his penchant for power

With Bengal elections just round the corner and the BJP leaving no stone unturned to topple the Trinamool Congress and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, it is speculated that Ganguly might soon be inducted into the saffron party fold.

10 biggest ever Box Office superstars of Bollywood - Part 1

With 7 HGOTY (Dil, Raja Hindustani, Ghajini, 3 idiots, Dhoom 3, PK, Dangal), he's only behind Salman Khan and Dilip Kumar in an all-time list. Here is the 1st part of the series '10 biggest ever Box Office superstars of Bollywood'.

The most-awaited Bollywood films of 2021

How Anil Kapoor has stayed relevant for more than 30 years

It is a testimony to his discipline, diligence, acting finesse and gumption that in the long run he has outclassed all his contemporaries who in their prime were considered bigger Box Office draws than him.

Top 10 viral stories that made waves in India in 2020

Here is a list of viral news items which were fervently circulated, watched and discussed in 2020.

Is Sonia Gandhi an insecure mother?

In August, the group of 23 Congress leaders in August wrote a scathing letter to the interim Congress president - Sonia Gandhi - seeking full-time and active leadership and introspection behind the steady decline of the Grand Old Party.

How NDA emerged victorious in Bihar: Five key takeaways

The insiders suggested that LJP was acting at the behest of Modi to undercut his ally Nitish's stature and tally of seats.

Bihar polls: Biggest winners and losers

Here is how the prominent politicians across various parties fared in Bihar elections 2020.

Neither malignant nor miraculous, farm bills are an exercise in status quo

In the wake of fervent protests by farmers and a host of organisations, the Congress government in Punjab last week passed three farm amendment bills in a bid to repudiate and remove Punjab from the purview of the recently-passed farm legislations by the Narendra Modi government at the Centre. While some experts hailed it as a revolutionary step to unshackle the farming community, many were displeased.

Bihar polls: Modi's master plan to cut his 'ally' Nitish to size

One can fault Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India, for many things but not for not being ambitious enough. Since 2014, when Modi became the prime minister, the BJP has expanded its footprint considerably across India. From winning many states where it had been relegated to the wilderness for years to even capturing states such as Assam and Tripura, where it had negligible presence, the BJP's massive expanse bears the imprimatur of Modi's ambition, audacity and unremitting popularity.

Top headlines of the day: September 3, 2020

Facebook bans BJP MLA for hate speech, a coronavirus case detected in the BCCI team in Dubai and more, in today’s news wrap

Top headlines of the day: September 2, 2020

India bans 118 Chinese apps, including PUBG; active COVID-19 cases in India continue to surge,

The story behind mini-revolt against Sonia Gandhi in Congress

On May 25, 2019, a day after the Congress copped another abject drubbing at the hustings in the general elections at the hands of incumbent Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party, then party president Rahul Gandhi resigned from the post and recommended that a non-Gandhi should occupy the top post in the Grand Old Party. While a section of Congress leaders and supporters, tacitly or in private, applauded his statement, many were of the opinion that he should continue as the president. After a couple of months of rumblings within the party, Sonia Gandhi, who had earlier been the party president from 1998 to 2017, took over as the interim president in August 2019 at the fervid beseeching of her loyalists.

Ram Janmabhoomi: Congress's role, hypocrisy and U-turns

In the dead of a dark, cold night in Ayodhya, the idol of Lord Ram appears in the structure called Babri Masjid. It creates a sensation in the twin cities of Ayodhya and Faizabad, and the ripples are felt across the then United Province (UP). No one had anticipated that more than half-a-century later, the stone foundation ceremony for a grand Ram Temple would take place at the same spot after enormous political churning and long-standing legal wrangles.

Ashok Gehlot: a 'magical' rags to riches story

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has once again emerged triumphant even as the Congress washes its dirty linen in public with the removal of Sachin Pilot as the state’s deputy chief minister. The fact that the Congress ’high command flatly refused to entertain Pilot’s demand to replace Gehlot with him as the Rajasthan chief minister speaks volumes about the latter’s strong ties with Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.