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HYDERABAD ,TELANGANA, 18/04/2018: CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury felicitating M. Shankaraiah (right), veteran party leader who was among the founders of the party, along with another founder member V.S. Achutanandan (centre) during the inaugural of the party's 22nd national congress in Hyderabad on Wednesday. -- Photo: G. Ramakrishna

Clear agenda

The five-day-long party congress of the CPI(M) in Hyderabad witnesses an intense debate on the draft political resolution even as it reaffirms the par

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LUCKNOW, UTTAR PRADESH,14/04/2018:SENGAR UNNAO RAPE ACCUSED-CBI COURT :: Unnao rape case accused BJP MLA, Kuldeep Singh Sengar is being produced at CBI Court in Lucknow on Saturday. He is allegedly involved in rape of a 17-year-old girl and custodial death of her father in Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh. Crime branch arrested Atul Singh Sengar, his brother , for allegedly beating the father. He has been sent to 7 days CBI custody for interrogation. . Photo: Rajeev Bhatt

Hall of shame

The way the Yogi Adityanath government has dealt with the Unnao rape case has caused a setback for itself and the BJP, which came to power in Uttar Pr

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Gwalior: Police personnel lathi charge a protestor during 'Bharat Bandh' against the alleged 'dilution' of Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes act, in Gwalior on Monday. PTI Photo (PTI4_2_2018_000288B)

Sea of troubles

The violent protests by Dalits across north India add to the discomfiture of the Narendra Modi government, which is already rocked by failures on seve

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LUCKNOW, UTTAR PRADESH, 09/03/2018:AKHILESH YADAV-SP BSP TIE UP:: Samajwadi Party president, Akhilesh Yadav interacting with media after his election campaign for bi election in Allahabad, at Lucknow on Friday. He emphasized the need of having a tie up with Bahujan Samaj Party led by Mayawati for 2019 Parliamentary election. Photo: Rajeev Bhatt.

‘There is much more work to do’

Interview with Akhilesh Yadav, national president of the Samajwadi Party.

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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with BJP leaders Amit Shah, Lal Krishna Advani and others as they attend the BJP Parliamentary meeting at party headquarters in New Delhi on Friday. PTI Photo By Manvender Vashist(PTI3_23_2018_000207A)

Ebbing away

The byelection results from the Hindi heartland are the latest signal that the mood is turning among voters who pitched the BJP into power with a huge

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Mumbai: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is weighed against silver during the inauguration of the Diamond Hall at the Mumbai Diamond Merchants Association in Mumbai on Monday. PTI Photo (PTI9_30_2013_000213B)

Feet of clay

The aura of incorruptibility assiduously built around the Narendra Modi government is getting tarnished by the allegations of political linkages to th

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Participants wave saffron flags as 'Ram Rajya Rath Yatra' prepares to leave for Rameswaram from Ayodhya, India, Tuesday, Feb.13, 2018. (AP Photo/Aman Kumar)

Political expedition

The Sangh Parivar projects the Ram Rajya Rath Yatra as a spiritual event, but its political implications are all too obvious in the light of this year

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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with BJP President Amit Shah, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, senior BJP leader L K Advani and other leaders at the BJP parliamentary party meeting, during the Budget session 2018-19 of Parliament in New Delhi on Thursday. PTI Photo by Atul Yadav(PTI2_1_2018_000182B)

Falling stock

Elections in recent times have shown that the BJP is losing ground steadily, and Sangh Parivar constituents believe that Budget 2018 will help advance

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Ahmedabad: Former Gujarat MoS for Home Amit Shah sits in front of Magistrate Ashit Dave (R) after he was taken to Dave's home by CBI officials in connection with the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, in Ahmedabad on Sunday. PTI Photo (PTI7_25_2010_000075B)

Political roots

The silence of the government on the memorandum of procedures finalised by the Supreme Court and the alleged arbitrary assignment of cases is at the c

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NEW DELHI, 05/01/2018: Jignesh Mevani, MLA, Vadgam constituency in Gujarat Legislative Assembly addressing a press conference at Press Club of India in New Delhi on January 05, 2018.
Photo: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar

‘Ambedkarites and the Left should come together ’

Interview with Dalit leader and Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani.

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India's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi gestures during the release of the BJP party manifesto in New Delhi on April 7, 2014, on the opening day of voting in national elections. India's prime ministerial frontrunner Narendra Modi pledged good governance and development as he released his party's delayed manifesto that also included controversial Hindu nationalist policies. Modi and other Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders unveiled their blueprint for government just hours after polls opened in the world's biggest election, which they are widely expected to win. AFP PHOTO/RAVEENDRAN

Silence of the crusaders

The verdict in the 2G spectrum case seems to have undermined the BJP’s propaganda blitz about corruption during the United Progressive Alliance regime

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Indian Prime Minister and head of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Narendra Modi gestures at the start of a speech at the party headquarters in New Delhi on December 18, 2017.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared victory December 18 in two state elections, including a closely-fought race in his stronghold of Gujarat where the charismatic leader fronted the campaign. Modi thanked voters in Gujarat, his home state in India's west, and the northern Himalayan region of Himachal Pradesh, for backing the ruling Hindu national party in the local polls. / AFP PHOTO / SAJJAD HUSSAIN

Close call

The BJP survives an electoral scare in Gujarat by resorting to its time-tested politics of communal polarisation, but the verdict destroys the Modi-Am

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