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 […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Congress party stirred a controversy by putting Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s photo on its official website. The photo was published with a caption that […]
UNJHA (TIP): Away from the world’s gaze, she was leading a quiet life as a retired schoolteacher. But when the spotlight turned to her, Jashodaben Modi, officially accepted by chief minister Narendra Modi, was nowhere […]
LUCKNOW (TIP): It looks like UP cabinet minister Azam Khan’s problems are not over yet. On Thursday, Election Commission (EC) officials said the commission was probing numerous parts of a speech the Samajwadi party (SP) […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Elections, it is said, are about spending big. This despite repeated poll panel efforts to curb candidate expenses. The EC rule book is clear: Each candidate is entitled to spend a maximum […]
Modi’s silence on foreign policy is rather intriguing. “Our most severe external challenges are driven not by economics but politics, relating to territory, terrorism, religious extremism, nuclear blackmail, constraining our strategic options and boxing us […]
Unless the leaders of India, especially from the secular parties show some courage to stand up to fundamentalism that may emanate from any quarters whether it is Hindu, Muslim, Sikh or Christian and stop exploiting […]
UDAIPUR/JHUNJHUNU (TIP): Accusing the BJP of copying his party’s poll manifesto, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on April 10 said its only focus seemed to be on making Narendra Modi the prime minister. “It took […]
After entering a green light mode, India-US relations have slipped into an amber mode. How soon we can get back into smooth circulation will depend largely on the US, as the responsibility for the malaise […]
RANCHI (TIP): India has been ruled by a “black magician” for the past 10 years, BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi said April 10. Quoting Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who said the Bharatiya Janata Party […]
BHUBANESWAR (TIP): Beating the drums for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, yoga guru Baba Ramdev has again promised to bring back Indian currency stashed away in foreign banks within 100 days […]
VADODRA (TIP): Narendra Modi broke silence over wife Jashodaben and mentioned her in his poll affidavit for the first time in 45 years of matrimonial alliance. Modi, who is fighting his fifth election from Gujarat, […]
PUNE (TIP): Unimpressed by Raj Thackeray’s support for its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, the state BJP unit has decided to take on the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) in the Lok Sabha elections. State BJP […]
LUCKNOW (TIP): At a time when BJP candidates are busy invoking the party’s prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi’s name hoping to ride his popular appeal, general secretary Varun Gandhi seems the exception. The young leader, […]
AHMEDABAD/NEW DELHI (TIP): Narendra Modi prefers a light Gujarati meal in the evening, Rahul Gandhi gorges on chocolates and diabetic Arvind Kejriwal opts for digestive biscuits — amid a gruelling election campaign, politicians cope with […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Congress on April 3 accused Narendra Modi of communalizing the elections by raking up the issue of meat exports and said Gujarat was among the leading exporters of processed meat. “My […]
NEW YORK (TIP): As general elections draw closer in India, global financial major Goldman Sachs has said 40 million new manufacturing jobs can be created in a decade if states follow flexible labor laws like […]
EDISON, NJ (TIP): ” Chai pe Charcha” organized by the BJP worker and community leader Atma Singh on the occasion of his 52nd birthday, attracted a large number of Modi supporters. The event held at […]
According to Credit Suisse, there can be four scenarios post elections, Narendra Modi led NDA government with 2-3 allies; Narendra Modi led NDA government with 5-6 allies; other leader led NDA government with 8-10 allies […]
GAYA (TIP): A few hours prior to the arrival of BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, the Maoist rebels struck terror in the Dumaria- Imamganj area of the district in the wee hours of March […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The attack on A.K. Antony, the Defence Minister of India as a Pakistani agent by Narendra Modi is “mean-spirited and personal”, said George Abraham, Chairman, Indian National Overseas Congress (I) USA, in […]
AMRAVATI (TIP): BSP chief Mayawati on March 27 took on BJP prime ministerial hopeful Narendra Modi, warning voters he would plunge the country into communal and caste strife. “As chief minister of Gujarat in 2002, […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The war of words between BJP and AAP escalated on March 27 with the saffron party accusing Arvind Kejriwal of being an expert in “dumping issues halfway” while AAP retaliated with jeers […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Congress on March 27 lodged a protest with the Election Commission against the use of “Har Har Modi” slogan in Varanasi, from where the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi is […]
AHMEDABAD (TIP): If you didn’t know what Narendra means, a soon-to-belaunched comic book on the early life of possibly the country’s next prime minister explains that it stands for ‘lord of men’. ‘Childhood Stories — […]
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