According to a recent RTI query, UP tops the list for most jailbreaks.
If Muslims back Mayawati, nothing can stop her from forming the next government in UP.
'Akhilesh's plan is simple.' 'He wants to lead the party on the strength of the infrastructural development his government has done, capitalise on the massive sympathy wave of young people in the state who dream of doing what he has managed to do -- defy a feudal, greying orthodoxy that occupies and sits on posts and positions never to leave.'
The 'surgical strikes' by India have made the army in Pakistan look unprepared. To prove itself the army will need to hit back: It could be in Kashmir or outside
Will Amar Singh be the go-between between the SP and Congress, asks Aditi Phadnis.
If 'Raja' Amarinder Singh can address the issues of health and education, he is certain to coast to victory.
Nawaz Sharif's appointment of a new army chief will influence India-Pakistan relations
It doesn't matter that the man who has been given charge of Jayalalithaa's portfolios today started out opposing her.
'Theirs is not a campaign for diffused issues like social justice and equity. They have three clearly articulated demands.'
A simple explainer to the Indus Water Treaty.
The current crisis Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is facing is a cumulative effect of inattention to water management and the fiscal burden of populist promises, says Aditi Phadnis.
Siddaramaiah seems overwhelmed by problems coming at him from every direction, reports Aditi Phadnis.
The central government has drafted a law to restrict wombs for hire, and there is much to be said on all sides.
For the first time in 67 years, after the Narendra Modi government came to power, the National Crime Records Bureau added 'sedition' as a head under which data on crime were collected.
The Modi PMO is like none other: It is staffed by people who are so low profile that the only dominant personality is the Prime Minister's.
The Congress, however, said it wanted to see the final print on the wording of the dispute resolution mechanism before committing its support to the Bill
'It should be of concern that some youth in Kashmir have started raising Daesh flags along with those of Pakistan.'
Top Congress sources said they would not hold up the Bill.
'I realised we are not doing scavenging because we are illiterate or poor. We are doing it because of the way society is organised.'
The party desperately needs another state where, unfettered by the Centre, it can fly its flag.
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