As long as he enjoys the PM's blessings, the BJP president's position is safe.
The BJP's defeat in Bihar dents its hopes of improving its RS tally but the grand alliance victory could also present the first signs of tension when five JD-U members retire next year.
The double-line pilot section will be commissioned with an investment of Rs 1,000 crore.
The railways ministry has a capex target of Rs 1 lakh crore for the financial year.
The party is counting on women voters and caste calculus, among others, to swing the crucial polls in its favour
The Bharatiya Janata Party claims it has over six lakh committed workers in Bihar, a team of 10 deployed for each of the 62,200 polling booths.
The Bharatiya Janata Party's vision document for Bihar promises to shower freebies on all sections of society if comes to power.
Grand alliance leaders accuse their rivals of having engineered electoral tactics to confuse its voters.
Archis Mohan & Satyavrat Mishra take a look at the silent strategists in the two rival alliances
The year 2015 has seen eight accidents because of derailments.
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.
The federation is now busy sending letters to the prime minister.
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Mayank Ashar talks about India's business environment.
Chinese stock markets suffered their biggest single-day drop since the global financial crisis.
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.
Indian basket at 6-month low of $49.11 a bbl
Has the rail ministry taken care to draw up a transparent framework?
The Indian basket represents the price of Oman and Dubai sour grade crude.
Consensus building is likely to be the biggest casualty.
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