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It was only under Lal Krishna Advani, and then especially under Narendra Modi, that the BJP became the mass-based electoral force it has become, from the cadre-based party that was the Jan Sangh. (Photo: PTI)

Aakar Patel | BJP has never spelt out what parivartan' it hopes to...

The Jan Sangh said that it would repeal preventive detention laws which it said were absolutely in contradiction to...

16 March 2021 4:14 AM IST

Fair and free elections where citizens vote peacefully and elect their representatives and rulers are one of the seminal pillars of a functioning democracy. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Polls a serious business, spare us all the theatrics

Spectacles and theatrics are essential ingredients of Indian elections and our leaders never fail to deliver them

13 March 2021 4:41 AM IST

Sharing her plans in the video, Ms Banerjee, whose her party postponed its manifesto release which was earlier scheduled during the day, vowed to bounce back in her poll campaign. (Photo: PTI)

Didi shifts blame on her car; wants to return in poll campaign, even...

Her fresh narrative came after many local residents, who witnessed the accident at Birulia of Nandigram, punctured her...

12 March 2021 4:49 AM IST

Rattled by Ms Banerjees complaint, the Election Commission has sought a report about the serious security breach from the district administration. (Photo:PTI)

Didi claims 'attack' on her in Nandigram, admitted to hospital with...

Mamata Banerjee with injuries on her legs and forehead, was later brought to Kolkata in a Green Corridor and was...

11 March 2021 4:39 AM IST

The regional majors the Trinamul Congress, the AIADMK and the DMK will have their bases intact whether they win or lose but power is a major factor that keeps them going. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Stakes high in state polls

The stakes are high for the Congress, whether the party realises it or not

1 March 2021 4:04 AM IST

Relatives and family members perform last rites during mass cremation of COVID-19 victims, at Swar Rekha Ghat cremation ground, in Ranchi. (Photo: PTI)

Karan Thapar | India's grim reality out in the open as myths busted

It wasn't so long ago that we convinced ourselves we are a superpower or, at least, one that's definitely in the making

30 April 2021 4:51 AM IST

Burning pyres of victims who lost their lives due to the Covid-19 coronavirus are seen at a cremation ground in New Delhi. (Photo: AFP)

Aakar Patel | India's health calamity has exposed flaws in Gujarat...

There is no example of a developed nation that had a Third World education and healthcare system

27 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

The Election Commission dismissed the plea by Mamata Banerjee that the eight-phase election was very risky. It seemed to pay more attention to the BJPs jeers that the eight-phase election was necessary to ensure peaceful, free and fair elections. (Photo: PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Mishandling elections in the time of a pandemic

Through super-spreader events and shoddy observance of Covid protocols, Citizens are paying twice over for the EC's...

26 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

Aakar Patel | It's wrong to say Indians have right to choose faith

In 2003, under Narendra Modi, Gujarat passed a law that essentially removed all freedom of religion for Gujaratis

13 April 2021 1:21 AM IST

Alapan Bandyopadhyay got a three-month extension last week from the Narendra Modi government after a request from the Trinamul Congress government for his efficiency in handling the Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo: ANI)

Bengal may defy Centre, not relieve its chief secretary Alapan...

State government has taken a firm stand by not issuing Bandyopadhyay any order for his release

31 May 2021 7:02 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses Virtual Vesak Global Celebrations on Buddha Purnima in Delhi. (Photo: File/PTI)

PM Modi highlights initiatives on national security on BJP govt's 7th...

The country has followed the mantra of 'sabka saath, sabka vikas, sabka vishwas' over these seven year, he said

30 May 2021 2:05 PM IST

Amit Shah at a poll rally before the 2021 Assembly elections in West Bengal. (Photo: PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Asymmetry of power & politics of revenge

The BJP's wizards have created a bigger problem for themselves out of the West Bengal defeat

27 May 2021 12:00 AM IST