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Each state election is adding a splash of saffron, turning the BJP-NDA’s saffron wave into—from a myopic lens—a seemingly ...

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The 2026 election results to five state assemblies will be remembered for giant slayers delivering decisive upsets, an ...

Despite a decade of diplomatic notes, two unyielding neighbours have kept returning the territorial dispute to square one.

B S Dara [email protected] The recent electoral developments in West Bengal are not an isolated political event. They reflect ...

Explore the complex interplay of geography and politics in India's Partition through insights from key scholarly works.

From Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh in the west and centre, to Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Uttarakhand in the north, ...

How Prime Minister Narendra Modi is turning India into a one-party nation.

The political map of India underwent a major shift on Monday, with incumbent Chief Ministers M K Stalin in Tamil Nadu and ...