Exclusive: When PM Modi asked BJP not to wait for announcement of candidates

Exclusive: When PM Modi asked BJP not to wait for announcement of candidates

In the biggest interview of the election season on India Today TV, Prime Minister Narendra Modi talked about the mantra he shared with BJP leaders to prepare for the Lok Sabha elections. PM Modi said that he had asked the party leadership and workers to begin work for the Lok Sabha elections a year ago … Read more

Ahead of elections, Biden calls India, China, Russia and Japan ‘xenophobic’

Ahead of elections, Biden calls India, China, Russia and Japan ‘xenophobic’

Washington: US President Joe Biden has called two of his QUAD partners – India and Japan – and two of his adversaries – Russia and China – “xenophobic” nations, asserting that none of these countries, unlike the United States, welcome immigrants. “This election is about freedom, America and democracy. That’s why I badly need you. … Read more

Understanding how Muslims get reservations in India

Understanding how Muslims get reservations in India

Addressing a rally in Rajasthan’s Tonk-Sawai Madhopur Lok Sabha constituency, which votes on April 26, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the Congress has tried to reduce the reservations for Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and give it to Muslims in defiance of the Constitution. He made a specific reference to the … Read more

BJP no longer a political party, but a cult worshipping Narendra Modi: P. Chidambaram

BJP no longer a political party, but a cult worshipping Narendra Modi: P. Chidambaram

Former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram. File | Photo Credit: L. Balachandar Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Sunday lashed out at the BJP-led NDA government and said the saffron party is no longer a political party but has become a cult which worships Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Targeting the Modi government, Mr. Chidambaram said … Read more

PM Modi ‘failed’ to protect rights of tribals in Chhattisgarh: Congress

PM Modi ‘failed’ to protect rights of tribals in Chhattisgarh: Congress

Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh addressing the media. File. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Congress on April 8 alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had “failed” to protect the rights of tribal communities in Chhattisgarh and asked whether he will ever meaningfully commit himself to tribal welfare. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh posed … Read more

Mamata Banerjee slams PM Modi over comments on atrocities on Sandeshkhali women

Mamata Banerjee slams PM Modi over comments on atrocities on Sandeshkhali women

Mamata Banerjee. File | Photo Credit: AP Jalpaiguri (West Bengal) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on April 5 hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks about atrocities against women and corruption, asserting that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and her government had taken stern action against the culprits involved in alleged sexual … Read more

India can push growth close to 9 pc by implementing a few more reforms in next 5 years: Arvind Panagariya

India can push growth close to 9 pc by implementing a few more reforms in next 5 years: Arvind Panagariya

New Delhi: India can realistically push its economic growth close to 9 per cent from the current 7 per cent or so, by implementing a few more reforms in the next five years, Chairman of the 16th Finance Commission Arvind Panagariya said on Wednesday. Panagariya said Prime Minister Narendra Modi worked hard over the past … Read more

JPMorgan sees foreign investors flocking to Indian stocks after elections

JPMorgan sees foreign investors flocking to Indian stocks after elections

Indian equities are poised to lure more foreign inflows after the general elections, with the economy’s promising growth prospects and the Federal Reserve’s rate cuts acting as catalysts. That’s the view from Rajiv Batra of JPMorgan Chase & Co., who says global funds’ positioning in India’s $4.3 trillion stock market remains light and investors will … Read more

Modi charisma key factor in BJP’s bid to retain all 26 seats in Gujarat

Modi charisma key factor in BJP’s bid to retain all 26 seats in Gujarat

Ahmedabad: The charisma of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is among the key factors most likely to influence voters in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections in Gujarat, according to political observers. Lok Sabha polls in Gujarat will be held in a single phase on May 7. Counting of votes will be held on June 4. Anti-incumbency, … Read more

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: NDAvs INDIA Central aims subnational strategies

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: NDAvs INDIA Central aims subnational strategies

“In 2024, Tamil Nadu is set to create history as the epicentre of the politics of development in India,” said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing a public meeting in Tirupur, Tamil Nadu on February 27. “There is no bigger question than this [caste census]… There is a ceiling of 50% for reservations right now. When … Read more