PM appeals for peace, Advani talks consensus

Sunday 3 June '07

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today appealed for peace in a bid to end the caste violence in Rajasthan and neighbouring states...

Bring peace back, talk to communities: BJP brass to Raje

Saturday 2 June '07

With caste violence in Rajasthan refusing to die down, pressure is building up on Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje to restore normalcy.

Rajnath’s new team has Jaitley manning UP

Wednesday 30 May '07

Making large-scale changes in an organisational revamp ahead of the series of state elections leading up to the Lok Sabha polls

Keep House informed about n-deal progress, says Vajpayee

Tuesday 29 May '07

Four days before a critical Indo-US meeting to tie up loose ends in the 123 bilateral agreement...

BJP tries to woo back allies

Monday 28 May '07

Anxious to revive its fortunes after a dismal performance in the Uttar Pradesh polls, the BJP has started to reach out to its former NDA allies to make a serious bid to come to power...

A drop of saffron in Mayawati’s rainbow? Her Maharashtra Brahmin face at VHP meeting

Friday 25 May '07

Mayawati’s rainbow coalition may just get a saffron tinge. On the eve of his meeting with the BSP chief for a formal entry into the party, Sudhirdas Maharaj, the Mahant of Nashik’s...

No left turn

Wednesday 23 May '07

In a commentary, People’s Democracy says “The UP results are an assertion that the multi-party system is a reality and parliamentary democracy in India cannot...

Worried ally BJP dials Badal, Cong calls Hooda

Friday 18 May '07

Keen to gain the middle ground after the Dera Sacha Sauda row threatened to spin out of control, both the Congress and BJP went into an overdrive today

BJP’s fact-finding teams head for UP

Thursday 17 May '07

After its worst showing in Uttar Pradesh in two decades, the BJP has decided to send fact-finding teams to each region of the state to understand what went wrong in the just concluded Assembly polls.

Sonia to broach President issue with new CM

Monday 14 May '07

The BSP’s spectacular victory in Uttar Pradesh has narrowed the race for the presidential polls, putting the focus on a consensus candidate from the UPA..

BJP failed to play caste card, RSS didn’t bridge gap

Saturday 12 May '07

Did the BJP miss one big tactic that could have helped it put up a better show in caste-ridden Uttar Pradesh?

Polls over, BJP considers Oppn option after SP, BSP

Wednesday 9 May '07

The optimism at the BJP parliamentary board meeting on Tuesday regarding the Uttar Pradesh poll results was dampened by what the party believes has been a poor show by Yogi Adityanath.

Clerics try to keep weavers’ vote intact

Thursday 3 May '07

For over a fortnight now, as leaders representing the single biggest group of Muslims in Varanasi—weavers—met regularly to prevent a split in the community’s vote, a top Muslim religious leader has made it clear that the primary aim will be to defeat the BJP.

Taking on Naxals and benefiting from it

Wednesday 25 April '07

UP’s Red Corridor has the best roads, is incident-free thanks to funds for tackling Left extremism

Eternal City’s eternal truth: bijli, sadak, paani are key, not caste

Monday 23 April '07

Varanasi candidates know this, so even SP talks development; voters say no lack of resources, only political will

For the Mallas of Varanasi, it’s politics that defines lives

Saturday 21 April '07

On the ghats of Varanasi today, there was nothing of the frenzy of the Abhihek-Aishwarya wedding.

BJP backs Govt on OBC quota but says do homework before going to SC

Tuesday 10 April '07

The BJP has given Prime Minister Manmohan Singh a clear indication that it is backing the Centre on implementing the OBC quota this year and seeking vacation of the Supreme Court stay on the OBC quota law.

CD: Rajnath will court arrest

Sunday 8 April '07

Shortly after the BJP had routed the Congress in the MCD polls, top leaders of the party gathered at L K Advani’s house

Rajnath takes on SP, BSP but steers clear of minority, terror

Friday 6 April '07

Aiming to be a lead player and not just a balancing factor in UP politics in the post poll scenario

BJP thinks beyond UP, to target UPA security slip

Thursday 5 April '07

Driving against the UPA’s approach to internal security with the Uttar Pradesh elections in mind and a long-term plan for the next general elections

Before campaign trail, BJP hits drawing board

Monday 19 March '07

With the launch of its Uttar Pradesh campaign just a week away, senior BJP leaders are hard at work on slogans and campaign advertisements...

To Advani demand for end to terror panel, PM says no diplomacy in public

Thursday 15 March '07

Following the deadlock at the recent meeting of the Indo-Pak joint mechanism on counter-terrorism, the BJP has targeted one of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s cherished concepts by asking for the set-up to be scrapped.

Many BCs, but sole Muslim in BJP list

Thursday 15 March '07

Seeking to poach into the backward caste voter base of the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samajwadi Party in the coming Uttar Pradesh elections beginning next month

India can help resist US influence in West Asia: Hizbollah

Wednesday 14 March '07

Regardless of the delicate balance that India has maintained on all issues involving the United States and Israel, the Left-supported conference on West Asia

Bofors recoil: Atal said don’t touch the gun file, says George

Sunday 11 March '07

Former defence minister George Fernandes said today that then Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee had actually stopped him from looking into the Bofors files...