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Punjab Politics: Litmus Test for AAP in Sangrur Lok Sabha Bye-Election
Rocked by the gruesome assassination of folk singer-turned politician Sidhu Moose Wala on May 29, the ruling Aam Aadmi faces a litmus test in the Sangrur Lok Sabha seat bye-election scheduled for June 23. The […]






Supreme Court rejects Nawab Malik’s plea in money laundering case
NEW DELHI (TIP)- Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik’s plea to release him from jail in a money laundering case was on Friday rejected by the Supreme Court. “It is too nascent a stage to interfere with […]

Demolition overdrive: Court steps in to stop vindictive action in Jahangirpuri
In a welcome intervention, the Supreme Court halted the anti-encroachment drive initiated by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation in violence-hit Jahangirpuri on Wednesday. Communal clashes during a Hanuman Jayanti procession in the area on Saturday […]

Whipping up a frenzy
Governance has become irrelevant to win a popular mandate “The expanse of the violence, from the east to the west and the north, confirmed three perceptions: it was pre-planned, because in each case, the trajectory […]


Four reasons for the BJP’s triumph in UP
The public discourse in the election campaign and the results have shown that the BJP is not invincible. The significant increase in the Samajwadi Party’s vote-seat share shows the limits of communal politics, which further […]

Home run for BJP in UP
“In the end, it is apparent that the credit for the victory will largely belong in UP’s case to Adityanath. His cheerleaders propagated the view of Yogi’s hard-bitten image as a man who will not […]



Mild Fluctuations in Share of National and Regional Parties
A careful analysis of the election results since 1967 would reveal that the percentage of votes polled by national parties, mainly the Congress, except for 1977 and 1997, has been more than 50. In 1967, […]


An improved protocol for the PM’s travel, and a repurposing of the SPG might be necessary
The lapse in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s security arrangements, which left his convoy stranded on a flyover for around 20 minutes, near Ferozepur in Punjab on Wednesday is indeed a serious one as stated by […]


Sanyukta Kisan Morcha suspends protest aftergovt agrees to most of their demands
Experts call agitation ‘enriching of democracy’, but also term victory as one ‘forced due to political compulsions’ NEW DELHI (TIP): As the leaders of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha on Thursday, December 9, formally announced the […]


Uttar Pradesh all stirred up
Smaller players may hold the key this time in poll-bound state “The mowing down of four protestors, whose only ‘crime’ was to wave black flags before a UP minister signified a low in the ongoing […]


Basavaraj Bommai sworn in as Chief Minister of Karnataka
PM Narendra Modi congratulates new CM, applauds contribution of B.S. Yediyurappa BENGALURU (TIP): Basavaraj Bommai was, on July 28, sworn in by Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot as the 30th chief minister of Karnataka, in the presence […]