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Twenty-Five Years of Governance
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Twenty-five years in public life at the helm of government is an extraordinary milestone in any democracy. For Narendra Modi, the journey began on 7 October 2001, when he took oath as the Chief Minister of Gujarat. Thirteen years later,...
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Pune’s Dissent Test for the BJP
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From the fight over DJ noise to questions over a midnight arrest, two controversies have exposed an uncomfortable gap between the BJP’s rhetoric on citizens’ rights and the conduct of its local establishment
The BJP in Pune is facing mounting...
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Nitin Nabin and the BJP’s Federal Soul
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At forty-six, Nitin Nabin—the chief of the Bharatiya Janata Party—has taken his initial, decisive steps to assert organisational authority. Stepping out from the long shadows cast by the seasoned political heavyweights of the Centre, the Modi-Shah duo, is a formidable...
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Return of the Fighter
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Written off after her 2024 defeat, Smriti Irani’s return underlines the BJP’s continuing faith in one of its most combative political voices.
Smriti Irani’s return to the BJP’s organisational high table is a reminder that in politics, defeat is often...
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Tawde’s journey from exile to UP fortress
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Mumbai: In 2014, when Narendra Modi first ascended to the Prime Minister’s office, he entrusted the politically complex and electorally decisive state of Uttar Pradesh to his closest confidant, Amit Shah. Now, in a move that has sent ripples through...
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Why BJP cannot afford to pull Fadnavis out of Maharashtra
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Mumbai: A recent political skirmish between Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’ wife, Amruta and Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut has inadvertently breathed new life into one of Maharashtra’s longest-running political debates: Is the Chief Minister quietly preparing to shift his base...
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Renaming of Pune mayoral bungalow sparks controversy
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The proposed name change comes nearly 20 years after the bungalow was built
Pune: The recent controversy over renaming the Pune Mayoral bungalow has less to do with a name than with the timing of the proposal. The property built...
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The Economic Engine Behind India@2047
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The Goods and Services Tax (GST) has moved beyond tax reform to become the economic engine of India’s ambition to become a developed nation.
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Nine years ago, the GST replaced a maze of taxes, cesses and state-level...
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Shinde hauls up Shirsat as BJP fumes over controversial visit
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Mumbai: In a glaring display of internal friction within Maharashtra’s ruling Mahayuti alliance, Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has reportedly issued a stern reprimand to Shiv Sena leader and social justice minister Sanjay Shirsat. The dressing-down comes in the wake...
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Capital Chaos
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The shocking violence that occurred during the protests led by the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), which left 118 policemen injured in Delhi, raises an uncomfortable question: why does the national capital repeatedly become the stage for protest movements that cross...
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BJP alleges billing irregularities
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Ambernath: Serious allegations of financial irregularities have surfaced in Ambernath's solid waste management system, with BJP corporators accusing Samiksha Waste Management Infra Pvt. Ltd. of artificially inflating garbage collection weights to generate excess payments. The corporators have demanded an independent...
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Bengal’s Ludwig Erhard
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For decades, Swapan Dasgupta made a career of diagnosing India’s political ailments. As a columnist, editor, author and public intellectual, the erudite and scintillating Dasgupta dissected challenged orthodoxies and defended the intellectual traditions of the Indian Right. However, following his...
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