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Sangma playing the BJP’s game?

Senior BJP leader L.K. Advani and Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee greet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

Even as the former Lok Sabha Speaker P.A.

Presidential polls: Sangma playing into BJP’s hands?

Even as the former Lok Sabha Speaker P.A. Sangma is depending on the support of north-eastern states and tribal votes, the UPA insiders feel that he is playing the BJP game in the presidential electio

BJP waits for ‘3Ms’ to take stand

While the main Opposition BJP is unwilling to reveal its hand on the presidential election before the “three Ms” (Mulayam, Mamata and Mayawati) take a position on it, the BSP is asking why the Congres

BJD, AIADMK want Sangma for President

The presidential election is hotting up with the Biju Janata Dal and AIADMK announcing their support for former Lok Sabha Speaker P.A. Sangma for the top post on Thursday.

Discord in BJP-ruled states buoys Congress

Developments in the BJP-ruled Karnataka and Gujarat and growing dissension in the Rajasthan unit of the saffron party, have enthused the Congress ahead of the Assembly elections.

Divided Opp. gives edge to Congress

Division among the regional players and Opposition is making the Congress confident of evolving consensus on its presidential nominee.

Sonia takes poll position

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Sonia Gandhi, in her first address to Congress Party in Parliament (CPP) after the recent electoral debacles in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Goa, asked MPs to focus on the coming Assembly elections in Op

Sonia: Stop factional activity, expose Opp.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi, in her first address to the Congress Party in Parliament (CPP) after the recent electoral setbacks in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Goa, asked her MPs to focus on the comi

Sonia: setback in Punjab, goa disappointing

Commenting on the results of the recently concluded state Assembly elections, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi said while we can take satisfaction in the fact that we returned to power in Manipur for the t

New President rising over Raisina

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Coming at a time when there is growing uncertainty about the continuation of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) arrangement after the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, not only are regional players within

The crisis facing Europe today is starker and deeper than any it has encountered before.

With the Indian political league hotting up and general elections barely two years away, (or less, as Mamata Banerjee has claimed), it may be a good time to look at where the major players stand.