WASHINGTON (TIP): Top US expert on South Asia Stephen Cohen believes that Washington may have to “reconsider its attitude” towards India if Narendra Modi goes on to become the country’s next Prime Minister. As Cohen […]
As the election in India is winding down, the political rhetoric is heating up. Congress, BJP and AAP are attacking each other mainly not on policy matters but rather on personal issues that I believe, […]
The known unknowns about Modi are perfect catalysts for a reset of India-US relations Over the past three years, Washington has also come to believe it did India too big a favor with the nuclear […]
The registration of an FIR may unnerve an ordinary citizen, but not Narendra Modi, the BJP strong man whose single-minded goal in life seems to be to somehow occupy the Prime Minister’s chair. The pursuit […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Thursday said he will formalize his relationship with television journalist Amrita Rai when her divorce comes through, ANI reported. Bringing up the recent controversy surrounding Narendra […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Two Shankaracharyas—Puri Shankaracharya Swami Adhokshjanand Devtirath and Dwarka Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand—have come out openly against Narendra Modi and decided to work for his defeat in Varanasi as they believe he is a […]
GANDHINAGAR (TIP): Narendra Modi invited a strong censure from the Election Commission on Wednesday, April 30, including lodging of FIRs, but his close aides and Bharatiya Janata Party seemed relatively unconcerned over their prime ministerial […]
ALLAHABAD (TIP): The dilemma of not being able to vote is being faced by many stalwarts in 2014 general elections. Prominent leaders like Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Murli Manohar Joshi […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Priyanka Gandhi Vadra of the Congress party on April 25 raised the pitch against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, accusing him of treating Indian voters like primary schoolchildren. […]
MACHILIPATNAM, AP (TIP): Some BJP supporters allegedly hurled eggs at Union Minister and AP Congress election campaign committee chief K Chiranjeevi during a public meeting here on April 25 after his remarks against Narendra Modi […]
PATHANKOT(TIP): Seeking to woo farmers, Bharatiya Janata Party prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on April 25 promised that minimum support price will be fixed to ensure 50% profit for agriculturalists and a major irrigation programme […]
SURAT (TIP): Buddhist Society of India’s Surat chapter on April 25 held a dharna to demand legal action against chief minister Narendra Modi’s younger brother Prahlad Modi for comparing him with Gautam Buddha. Prahlad Modi, […]
GONDA (TIP): It seems that no one can stop Congress leader Beni Prasad Verma from spewing venom against BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. A day after the Election Commission issued a show-cause notice to […]
AMRITSAR (TIP): In a move that has left the Congress redfaced, the BJP on April 25 inducted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s youngest brother Daljit Singh Kohli into the party. This was done at BJP’s prime […]
AHMEDABAD (TIP): BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi has found supporters away from India, as a group of US-based non-resident Indians (NRIs), who had raised funds for Barack Obama during the 2012 US presidential elections, […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Voter turnouts higher than the 2009 poll figures marked the fifth and biggest round of Lok Sabha elections covering 121 seats across 12 states amidst largely peaceful balloting on April 17. A […]
BOKARO/ DUMKA (TIP): Former president of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Nitin Gadkari on April 18 lashed out at Congress and said if there was an Olympic Games to felicitate the most corrupt person in the […]
VADODARA (TIP): The fate of Gujarati flick ‘Namo Saune Gamo’ will be decided by a team of election officials in Vadodara on April 18. The election officials will watch the film that has been released […]
KANPUR (TIP): Prime ministerial candidate of BJP Narendra Modi touched the feet of senior party leader and candidate from Kanpur Lok Sabha seat MM Joshi on the dais to douse any doubt of chasm between […]
In May 2005, as Indian and Pakistani Track I negotiators were reaching a ‘settlement deal’ on the forbidden Siachen Glacier, the then Chief of the Army Staff Joginder Jaswant Singh made an unexpected public statement. […]
“With BJP declaring Modi as its prime ministerial candidate and the nation turning in his favor; US is trying to find an escape route”, says the author. There has been a buzz in the diplomatic […]
Amethi (TIP): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on April 18 criticized Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar for threatening farmers of a village in Baramati. Pawar is reported to have said that he would stop […]
LUCKNOW (TIP): Azam Khan, a senior minister in Uttar Pradesh, on April 19 said he will not apologise for an alleged hate speech that led to him being banned from campaigning by the Election Commission. […]
ETAWAH (TIP): Narendra Modi has attacked Mulayam Singh Yadav on his home turf in Uttar Pradesh, calling him soft on rapists, but tough on Muzaffarnagar riot victims. “Our Netaji (Mulayam) has a problem, where he […]
VARANASI (TIP): Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will file his nomination from the Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency on April 24, party general secretary Amit Shah said Saturday, April 19. “Modi will file […]
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