With the Samajwadi Party achieving a majority in Uttar Pradesh not only has the Congress game plan to be the kingmaker in the state gone awry, but has also made the party vulnerable to pressure from its allies at the Centre.

If the Congress is looking for an answer to its debacle in three of the five states, the BJP appeared somewhat satisfied with its recent electoral gains.

In a dramatic resurgence, the Samajwadi Party — with its campaign led by Mulayam Singh Yadav’s son Akhilesh Yadav — on Tuesday swept Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party out of power in Uttar Pradesh and le

With the Samajwadi Party achieving a majority in Uttar Pradesh not only has the Congress game plan to be the kingmaker in the state gone awry, but has also made the party vulnerable to pressure from i

A few weeks after a Delhi court threw out Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy’s plea to make Union home minister P. Chidambaram a co-accused in the 2G scam, the Supreme Court’s move on Friday to uphold the government’s decision on Army Chief General V.K. Singh’s age row comes as a major political victory for the Congress-led UPA.

A few weeks after a Delhi court threw out Janata Party president Subramanyam Swamy’s plea to make Union home minister P. Chidambaram a co-accused in the 2G scam, the Supreme Court’s move on Friday to

The BJP’s top leadership, ranging from Sushma Swaraj, Varun Gandhi and Rajnath Singh to Kalraj Mishra, are upset at BJP chief Nitn Gadkari’s move to “promote” saffron sanyasin Uma Bharti in Uttar Pradesh politics.

The anti-Uma Bharti camp claims she was brought in by BJP president Nitin Gadkari to “clip the wings of the established leadership in the state”.

While the Congress said on Tuesday that its ongoing differences with the Trinamul Congress “will be sorted out”, sources indicated that the party was now on the lookout for “alternatives”.

“As far as Uttar Pradesh is concerned, the Congress will now prove a game-changer in the state.