Archis Mohan & Satyavrat Mishra take a look at the silent strategists in the two rival alliances
The leadership styles of the two Gandhis being different, the party appears to be pulling in different ways. While Sonia Gandhi, the longest-serving Congress president, seems more predisposed to holding the government accountable on issues of probity, the younger Gandhi is more keen on taking up battles that ensure immediate victories.
In India, Sartaj Azizis respected as a man of grace, wit and patience. He is a wizened soldier of many diplomatic battles between the two neighbouring nations
A victory will consolidate the position of not just the PM but also of his lieutenant BJP President Amit Shah, says Archis Mohan.
Niti Aayog has come out with an initiative to improve governance in states.
The complaint is against Nestle's 'unfair trade practices'.
Consensus building is likely to be the biggest casualty.
The NITI Aayog will now assimilate the views of states and then present a report to the PM.
Bhim denotes Dalit icon Bhimrao Ambedkar, while Mim denotes the letter 'M' in the Urdu alphabet; the party used the slogan effectively in the 2014 Maharashtra assembly elections
Prime Minister Narendra Modi seems to have secured a rare concession from Pakistan that 'terrorism' and not the issue of Kashmir be the central theme of the India-Pakistan dialogue.
The rains have so far been four per cent below normal.
Even as Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje faces the worst crises in her political career, son Dushyant Singh is vacationing with his wife and children at an undisclosed location abroad
Narendra Modi government's reform agenda is under threat of washout.
According to data culled by PRS Legislative Research, Singh has asked 13 questions in the Lok Sabha in its proceedings up to the last budget session, while the average is 69.
The IMD on its part is sticking to its forecast of July rainfall.
Status to enable Arvind Panagariya to attend Cabinet meetings.
'We have done what we needed to do on behalf of the consumers'.
However, it's too soon to see any trend; July rain is key.
Rain for the central and northwestern parts a concern.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's success at courting Indians abroad have been as much a result of his old contacts as efforts by a dedicated arm of the BJP abroad. Archis Mohan reports
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