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As the BJP inches forward with its seat-sharing exercise with current and potential allies, including its estranged former partners in the NDA, its faultlines, till now given cover by PM Narendra Modi’s authoritarianism, have started coming out into the open. The BJP-BJD alliance talks took a direct hit after an open revolt by the party's state unit. It is the latest hint of greater troubles waiting in the wings for the BJP and the NDA across the country. Lying dormant until now, the troubles will erupt if Modi doesn't rein in his streak of authoritarianism. Discontent within the BJP, and in the NDA, has gone up to ominous levels.

The Rajya Sabha elections have stirred a political commotion, not only because of cross-voting, as has often taken place in the past, but also because the BJP is out to get every seat it can and the defeat of the official Congress candidate in Himachal Pradesh and a Samajwadi Party (SP) nominee in Uttar Pradesh are being viewed as attempts to demoralize a downhearted Opposition on the eve of Lok Sabha polls.

It is the height of irony that a scheme touted as a beacon of transparency in political funding now shrouds itself in secrecy. The electoral bond scheme, which the Bharatiya Janata Party claimed was a tool to bring clarity to political funding, stands accused of obfuscation. At the heart of this paradox lies the State Bank of India (SBI), mandated by legislation to issue the electoral bonds and maintain their records.

Cash-strapped Kerala scored a significant legal-political victory when the Supreme Court directed the Union Government to allow the State additional market borrowing to the tune of Rs 13,608 crore. The apex court’s ruling has come as a big relief for Kerala, which has been struggling to meet its financial commitments, including payment of salaries and pensions. To the acute embarrassment of the Union Government, the SC also came down heavily on the Centre’s insistence that Kerala withdraw the case before the Centre released the funds, which are the State’s legitimate dues.

Ahmedabad: Mohd Azhar of Vikarabad built a two-shot lead at a total score of nine-under 135 after he struck a steady two-under 70 in the third round of the Rs One crore Gujarat Open Golf Championship here today.

New Delhi: Nishant Dev continued his dominant show as he thrashed Georgia’s Madiev Eskerkhan 5-0 to enter the 71kg pre-quarterfinals of the World Olympic Boxing Qualifier in Busto Arsizio, Italy.

New Delhi: Though India is placed in tough pool B in the Paris Olympics Hockey (men) competition along with world and former Olympic champions, Captain and ace drag flicker Harmanpreet Singh, feels that his players are capable enough to beat any team in the world provided they utilize their potential, saying, “by harnessing our full potential, we can beat anyone.”

In early March, the price of Kinnow fruit at Gaddiannaram fruit market, Hyderabad is Rs 40 a Kilogram. While oranges and apples are increasingly dumped in to Indian markets from California or New Zealand, small farmers in Punjab are distressed for not receiving even half the cost of production. Today, WTO has become a major barrier for both crop MSPs and Public Stock Holding (cheap ration under PDS).This is the outcome of India’s entry in to WTO nearly three decades back. After nearly three decades of WTO, our farmers are in distress and over 10,000 died by suicide in 2019 alone (Down to Earth, 2020). That’s why agitating farmers are demanding India to quit WTO.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) have agreed in principle for an alliance on the eve of Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha election 2024 in Andhra Pradesh. Both the BJP and the TDP are in urgent need to ally to protect their political interests at the national and state level respectively, and hence there is every possibility of their proposed alliance becoming a reality.

Just 13 months back, precisely on February 10, 2023, Narendra Modi had made an audacious boast on the floor of Rajya Sabha “ek akela sab par bhari” (he alone was overpowering for all). He had even said "one person is proving too much for so many". He is so confident of his abilities, dexterity and political power that he was heard offering “Modi’s guarantee” to the common people.