The latest to confirm attendance were the former BJP troika of Arun Shourie, Yashwant Sinha and Shatrughan Sinha, all of who are staunchly opposed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP. read more

The DMK has already formed a strong, secular coalition comprising the Congress, Left, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) and Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK), and believes it is ahead of its rivals in the race for the 2019 Lok Sabha e... read more

This week’s good reads include Yashwant Sinha’s critical look at the government, a book on searching for the Mahabharata, and another that looks at how elections make dictators respectable read more

The question is not whether a coalition will return. That is inevitable. Here is the question for 2019: what will be the balance of power of the next coalition? This question will shape its direction, politics and policy, as a glimpse back at recent... read more

The 4.94 km bridge connects Assam’s Dibrugarh on the south bank to Dhemaji, also in the state but close to the border with Arunachal, in the north and will boost defence logistics along the China border. read more

Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath paid tribute to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Lukcnow, Uttar Pradesh. Governor Ram Naik was also present during the event. Vajapyee was a veteran politician and a BJP leader who served three terms as the Prime Minister of India. Vajpayee passed away on 16 August 2018 due to prolonged illness in Delhi. (Hindustan Times)read more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated the Bogibeel bridge, India’s longest rail and road bridge, connecting Assam’s Dibrugarh on the south bank to Dehamji in the north, bordering Arunachal Pradesh. The bridge over the Brahmaputra will boost defence logistics along the China border and reduce travel time for rail passengers and road users.

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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday said that a statue of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will be erected in Patna and work for the same has already started. Praising the former prime minister, Kumar said that Vajpayee was a great leader and will always be remembered. Kumar said that he has a personal attachment to Vajpayee has he had formerly worked under the latter. (Hindustan Times)read more

Bogibeel bridge, to be inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi on late PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s birth anniversary is India’s longest rail-cum-road bridge. It will reduce the travel time for goods trains by three hours. Follow live updates here: read more

FORMER PM REMEMBERED: Home minister to launch various projects for Lucknow today, series of events lined up by various organisations in memory of the leader read more

PM Narendra Modi will today inaugurate Bogibeel bridge, India’s longest rail cum road bridge and Asia’s second-longest, in Assam’s Dibrugarh. read more

The TRS leader may not make much headway without the support of national parties read more

He would think and plan and strategise as part of the saffron family. But he would feel, empathise with, smile, lament and – most importantly – share the silence of reflection with those outside the saffron family, no less than with those within it read more

For Vajpayee, ‘Country is a temple and we are all its priests. We must sacrifice our lives at the altar of the national god’. In his famous address to the parliament after his government lost the vote of confidence in 1996, Vajpayee exhorted: “These... read more

From providing medical facilities to education and airport, the bridge, whose foundation stone was laid by then PM H D Deve Gowda in 1997 and work commenced under then PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 2002, is expected to be a boon for people of Assam and... read more