The signs are clear: Maya is marching on

Friday 18 April '08

The replicas of Parliament and India Gate at her recent rally, her slogans, her attack on Rahul—Mayawati makes no attempt to hide her national ambitions

‘Political power only way to empower Dalits’

Wednesday 16 April '08

Addressing a large gathering of supporters from a specially-constructed wooden platform with a large replica of the Parliament in the backdrop...

The ageing lion’s roar is weaker, but he is not done yet

Friday 4 April '08

That stern, weather-worn visage is still there. It once marked an eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation with Rajiv Gandhi at Delhi’s Boat Club lawns.

Tikait says sorry but in this Dalit colony, that’s of little comfort

Thursday 3 April '08

Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Mahendra Singh Tikait may have apologised for his alleged derogatory and casteist remarks against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BSP chief Mayawati...

Tikait admits ‘mistake’, surrenders but gets bail

Thursday 3 April '08

Bharatiya Kisan Union chief Mahendra Singh Tikait on Wednesday admitted that his caste-based remarks against Mayawati were a mistake...

Tikait refuses to surrender as security forces surround village, supporters gear up for battle

Wednesday 2 April '08

Having avoided public appearance all through the day, Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Mahendra Singh Tikait made a surprise appearance...

Sena splits, north chief forms new party

Thursday 27 March '08

The political reverberations of attacks on north Indians in Maharashtra have begun to be felt in Delhi. Resigning from the Shiv Sena, Jai Bhagwan Goyal...

‘BSP will give Haryana non-Jat CM’

Monday 3 March '08

Addressing a huge rally at Karnal in Haryana, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati made a strong attempt to strike an emotional chord...

Maya set to gain most from trifurcation

Tuesday 12 February '08

After the success of Sarv Samaj rhetoric — during the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections in 2007 — that increased Bahujan Samaj Party’s...

Make me PM and you’ll get Bundelkhand, promises Maya

Wednesday 30 January '08

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Tuesday promised to carve out a separate state of Bundelkhand if she became Prime Minister...

Modi’s new mantra for governance

Wednesday 23 January '08

The Sangh Parivar may soon have a brand new ideologue in Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

HC seeks govt reply on plea against Sachar report

Monday 21 January '08

The Delhi High Court has asked the Union Government to file its reply by February 7 on a PIL seeking a direction...

Valmikis say ‘creamy’ SCs cornering all benefits

Monday 14 January '08

The present Scheduled Caste reservation regime comprising 1,206 castes is facing a challenge within. Some intellectuals of the Valmiki caste...

BJYM membership drive draws 25 lakh youths

Saturday 12 January '08

The Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha’s first-ever membership drive, which began last September, has ended successfully...

BJP hits the election road, rolls out its raths

Friday 11 January '08

If the yatras — a unique feature of BJP’s election campaigns — are anything to go by, the party is already in election mode.

UPA under attack at Sethu rally

Monday 31 December '07

A huge rally organised by the Sangh Parivar in New Delhi on Sunday to protest the alleged destruction of Ram Sethu...

‘Once Sonia’s remark shifted focus to Modi, his agenda, there was no way out for Congress’

Sunday 30 December '07

Former union minister and BJP general-secretary Arun Jaitley was in charge of the party’s successful election campaign in Gujarat. In an interaction with Express staff, moderated by Contributing Editor Coomi Kapoor, Jaitley speaks about how the media and pollsters read the trends wrong, what he thinks went wrong with the Congress campaign, and the dominant factor in the election — Chief Minister Narendra Modi

At Vajpayee’s b’day show, party hails Advani as his successor

Wednesday 26 December '07

With former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee unable to attend a programme...