Politics

So what lies ahead for UP’s freshly-minted chief minister? Uday Rana looks at the strengths and weaknesses of Yogi Adityanath, and the opportunities and threats that await him.

An RSS veteran since 1979, Trivendra Rawat did his post-graduation in journalism. He was appointed as an Uttarakhand organisational secretary for five years in 1970

Several names, including those of Union Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha, Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Lucknow Mayor Dinesh Sharma, have been doing the rounds. UP BJP Chief Keshav Prasad Maurya was effectively out of the race on Thursday after party presid...

Taking a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday began his budget speech of 2017 with a definition of ‘Ram Rajya’.

Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Raj Babbar on Wednesday offered to resign, taking moral responsibility for the poll debacle in the state, amid demands for structural changes and fixing responsibility in the party.

Smarting from the drubbing at the hustings, BSP chief Mayawati on Wednesday decided to move court against the alleged tampering of EVMs and observe a ‘black day’ every month against the “murder of democracy” by the BJP.

Singh, an MLA from Heingang Constituency, has become the BJP's first Chief Minister in the hill state.

From a BPL cardholder to a powerful minister in the Akhilesh Yadav cabinet to a rape accused on the run — life has been a topsy-turvy ride for Gayatri Prajapati over the last five years.

"The win in UP is not a momentary outpour of peoples sentiments for the BJP, but the wind is blowing in favour of the party as the people have faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his pro-people governance.

"Congress was not invited to form the government in Goa and Manipur which is unconstitutional," he said. Earlier in the day, a Congress delegation submitted a memorandum to the Chief Electoral Officer of Madhya Pradesh demanding use of ballot paper in the...

After a poor showing in the recently-concluded Goa Assembly polls, the BJP seems to have snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. The main architect of this coup, BJP’s Manohar Parrikar, will take oath as Goa Chief Minister for the fourth time in his car...

Another son is about to rise on the political horizon of Kashmir. Tasaduq Mufti, the son of the late Mufti Mohammad Sayeed is all set to plunge into active politics.

Four ministers of state also got a thumbs up from the electorate. They are Nitin Agarwal (Hardoi), Shailendra Yadav (Shahganj), Jagdish Sonekar (Machchlishahr) and Omkar Singh Yadav (Sahaswan).

The Congress on Saturday emerged as the single largest party in Goa, relegating the BJP to the second position in Assembly polls which threw up a hung house with both parties hoping to form the new government.

For the Congress this election in UP stood out not just for the alliance with SP but also for the fact that it was a solo show by Rahul Gandhi.

For BJP, coming within the kissing distance of forming a government in Manipur is part of the dramatic turnaround of its fortunes in the North East, coming as it does after the stunning victory in Assam.