Delhi doesn't want Modi to invest his substantial political capital to help Trump without the visit yielding positive results for India.
The BJP's win in the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls has emboldened the top leadership to pursue a pro-woman agenda.
Behind the BJP's astounding electoral success is a small army of dedicated lieutenants marshalled by Amit Shah.
'There will be some issues of contention, especially on H1B visa and on trade policy.'
The challenges authorities face in cleaning Ganga and other holy rivers in Varanasi.
Keeping an eye on the 2019 elections, the PM has asked leaders to connect with the youth and hold events in each panchayat and municipal ward across the country.
The reshuffle is likely to take place after the ongoing Budget session ends on April 12, reports Archis Mohan.
'We need to further catalyse economic growth and the government needs to increase revenue,' says G K Agarwal, BJP's national spokesperson on economic affairs.
UP is an important state to roll out the government's agrarian reforms and job growth policies.
Except drubbing in Delhi and Bihar, the BJP president has had a good record since he took over the reins of the party in June 2014, says Archis Mohan.
Muslim voters in Uttar Pradesh could have voted in significant numbers for the BJP, endorsing its stand on issues like women's rights.
After building a subscriber base of nearly 50 million in about eight chequered years, it finally gave up as it saw itself up against a 600-pound gorilla that breezed through double that many subscribers in a fraction of that time, says N Sundaresha Subramanian.
Archis Mohan decodes Bharatiya Janata Party's pre-presidential poll manoeuvres.
Faceless Ambedkarite groups from across the country are running BSP's election war rooms, writes Archis Mohan.
Amit Shah's sustained campaigning against slaughterhouses has unnerved UP's leather and meat export industry.
The December 1996 raid came following a complaint by BJP's Subramaniam Swamy naming late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa.
A defeat in UP will, therefore, dent the Modi government's efforts to win more seats in the Rajya Sabha.
Under the scheme coming into effect from April 1, 2018, a donor could purchase bonds from authorised banks against cheques or digital payments. These would be redeemed only in the designated account of a registered political party.
The Association for Democratic Reforms slams the Budget proposals on political funding, says they lack teeth and show the "lack of political will" in proposing real reforms.
A united Opposition is expected to move amendments to the motion of thanks for the President's address on how note ban was a mess.
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