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

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

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

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

BJP tries to woo back allies

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

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 M

No left turn

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 Indi

Worried ally BJP dials Badal, Cong calls Hooda

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 toda

BJP’s fact-finding teams head for UP

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

Sonia to broach President issue with new CM

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 U

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

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

The optimism at the BJP parliamentary board meeting on Tuesday regarding the Uttar Pradesh poll results was dampened by what the party believes has be

Clerics try to keep weavers’ vote intact

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 comm

Taking on Naxals and benefiting from it

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

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

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

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 v

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

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

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

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

Many BCs, but sole Muslim in BJP list

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

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

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

India can help resist US influence in West Asia: Hizbollah

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

After Badal threat to Rajasthan, BJP and Akalis begin water diplomacy

Worried that the issue of sharing river water with Punjab would hit BJP-ruled Rajasthan and give ammunition to the Congress to attack the state govern

UP: BJP gears up to play Hindu card

Against the backdrop of what is says are repeated instances of ‘minority appeasement’ by the UPA and its partners

Beginning of the end for UPA: BJP

After an exceptional performance in the Punjab polls that showed the party had won back its urban vote base and had made best use of the Centre’s fail
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