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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar (right) with RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav at an iftar party, in Patna on April 22.

Twists and turns: BJP and Nitish Kumar joust in Bihar

With the BJP trying to assert its supremacy in Bihar and Nitish Kumar neutralising its attempts with clear anti-Hindutva messaging and overt gestures

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A good Samaritan

In January 2022, the Union Home Ministry under Amit Shah blocked the Catholic religious order and philanthropic organisation founded by Mother Teresa

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Naveen Patnaik addressing party workers in Bhubaneswar on January 23, 2010, after being re-elected as president of the Biju Janata Dal.

Naveen Patnaik: Carrying the legacy forward

Naveen Patnaik was leading a bohemian lifestyle, creating the impression that he was not cut out for politics. By plunging headlong into politics afte

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Naveen Patnaik, Biju Janata Dal president and Odisha Chief Minister, at the closing ceremony of the party’s Prasikhana Sibira (observers’ training) in Bhubaneswar on July 30, 2017.

Naveen Odisha: State witnesses transformation under CM Naveen Patnaik

Under Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s stewardship, Odisha has transitioned from a backward State into a thriving development laboratory with remarkabl

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Bulldozers being used during an ‘anti-encroachment drive’ in the violence-hit Jahangirpuri area of Delhi on April 20. This demolition drive was unapologetically communal.

Bulldozing the idea of India

Hindutva forces are on a full-fledged communal offensive in the run-up to the general election in 2024 and Muslims are bearing the brunt of it.

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Sitaram Yechury, general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).

‘BJP’s defeat imperative to protect democracy’: Sitaram Yechury

Interview with Sitaram Yechury, general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).

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CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury and Kerala Chief MInister Pinarayi Vijayan at the closing function of the party’s 23rd congress at Kannur on April 10.

CPI(M)’s Kannur congress: Rallying forces

The Kannur congress of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) takes a determined stand to fight the forces representing the corporate-communal nexus e

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Vikassheel Insaan Party MLAs Swarna Singh, Raju Singh and Mishri Lal Yadav after joining the BJP, in Patna on March 23, 2022.

The BJP's ‘swallowing’ tactics in Bihar

The BJP poaches all three MLAs of the Vikassheel Insaan Party in Bihar, sending a strong signal that there is no change in its decades-old strategy of

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Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, P. Chidamabaram and other leaders at the Congress Working Committee meeting in New Delhi on March 13.

Congress in crisis following adverse results in Assembly elections

The Congress appears to be facing internal turbulence following the recent debacle in the Assembly elections in five States. Kapil Sibal is the only l

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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath during the victory celebrations, in Lucknow on March 10.

Assembly election results: A tale of saffron spread and regional resistance

The biggest takeaway from the latest round of Assembly elections, which saw the AAP storm Punjab, the BJP retain power in U.P., Uttarakhand, Manipur a

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Chief Minister Adityanath arriving at the BJP headquarters after his party won the Assembly election, in Lucknow on March 10.

Uttar Pradesh Assembly election results: Hard-fought win for the BJP

The BJP combined welfare schemes with Hindutva and nationalism, and perhaps did some back-room manoeuvring of the Dalit vote, to hold on to its sway i

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Akhilesh Yadav, Samajwadi Party president, addresses an election rally in Mau on March 4.

Waiting for the Akhilesh era

The undercurrents of Hindutva and Narendra Modi’s sway over the poor through sops have the potential to help the BJP in Uttar Pradesh, but the Samajwa

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