Elections

Delusion posing as reality: AAP's biggest challenge is to deliver on its manifesto

There is almost nothing one can disagree with in the AAP manifesto. But any manifesto which is all things to all people is unlikely to mean anything to anybody. Especially when what is promised has no reference to costs.

Delhi defeat means 2015 has to be Modi's year of big reforms. It's now or never

The BJP's defeat in Delhi should spur Modi and Arun Jaitley to fast forward reforms. If they lose momentum now, chances of faster growth will recede.

Spike in 2013-14 GDP could also be the result of Modi wave poll spends

The revised GDP numbers for 2013-14, which should a huge spike in the growth rate when we thought it was a bad year, needs an explanation beyond the obvious. Could it be the huge elections spend on the year?

Polls show AAP gaining: Delhi may be about to overturn old-style politics

Whichever way Delhi finally votes, there is a message coming from the voter that rises above it all. A new politics is emerging from changing voter moods

Jayanthi's letter exposes Congress but won't help BJP in Delhi polls

Jayanthi Natarajan's letter bomb will damage the Congress vice-president's credibility further on the eve of the Delhi polls, but even though the BJP was quick to capitalise on it, it won't benefit much from it.

Why Amit Shah made Delhi election his fight rather than Modi's or Kiran Bedi's

The entry of Amit Shah as the BJP's standard bearer in the Delhi elections shows that the party has finally realised that Delhi is different and it makes no sense to expose the PM directly to its fallout.

Delhi poll strategy: BJP’s five questions to Kejriwal display a poverty of campaign ideas

BJP has betrayed a sense of worry by resorting to a silly game of asking Arvind Kejriwal five questions.

Rebel interrupted: The Delhi Assembly polls are really about Arvind Kejriwal

Just as 2014 was about the Idea of Modi, 2015 February is about testing the idea of Arvind Kejriwal. Is it just a new personality cult, or is the Idea of AAP stronger than the Idea of Kejriwal? We will know on 10 February.

Bedi Vs Kejriwal: Delhi winner may be decided by which way Congress vote splits

Delhi is probably voting by class this time. In this scenario, the Congress is the party under pressure, and which way the party's vote splits between AAP and BJP will determine the winner.

J&K polls: Split mandate means only alliance between PDP-BJP is legitimate

J&K voters gave three different verdicts in its three separate regions: PDP in the valley, BJP in Jammu and Congress-NC in Ladakh. This makes only a PDP-BJP coalition somewhat legitimate.

BJP ecstatic over poll results, can now call the shots with next J&K govt

The BJP is ecstatic that it is now in a position to call the shots with the next J&K government and will form its own government in Jharkhand too.

Assembly elections: Jharkhand swept by Modi wave as BJP and ally set to from govt

The Modi wave and the BJP's drive for a single party majority was close to being achieved in Jharkhand, but the results show that the wave is not strong enough to beat back tribalism and other efforts to consolidate opposition votes

Japan PM delays tax hike, calls for snap poll

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was expected to announce on Tuesday that he will delay an unpopular sales tax rise and call a snap election, a day after data showed the economy had fallen into recession nearly two years after he returned to power.

Will ensure speedy probe in black money issue: SIT chief MB Shah

The Narendra Modi Cabinet at its very first meeting yesterday announced that a SIT headed by Shah will be constituted to unearth black money.<br />