Edited By Suparna Singh

As the government announced that the special status for Kashmir has been done away with, several parties in parliament which are not part of the ruling BJP's coalition commended the move. Jagan Mohan Reddy's party, for example; and Mayawati's.

As Yogi Adityanath's home base, Gorakhpur was always VIP vicinity. This time around, it's even more eminent - as the birthplace of that once unimaginable political proposition, the Mayawati-Akhilesh Yadav combo. In this election, its political weight is off the charts.

This is part of Saurashtra's new vexation as it decides who to choose on Tuesday, torn between its long-standing loyalty to the BJP and its recent shift to the Congress.

Mr Owaisi and Mr Ambedkar have been dubbed the "Viru and Jai" of Maharashtra politics by the local media, in a reference to the two characters in the 1970s Bollywood classic "Sholay", who used their combined strength and cunning to overpower the ruthless dacoit Gabbar Singh. This may not be their moment of convocation "but we are already hungry for...

On social media, the PM's supporters and detractors clash on his trips to Tamil Nadu with hashtags like #GoBackModi feuding with #WelcomeModi. Mr Natarajan's cadres, similarly, try to talk up among voters an alleged 'emotional disconnect' between Tamil Nadu and Delhi since 2014.

Mayawati has always been deeply suspicious of Chandrashekhar, half her age and like her, a Jatav. She has repeatedly accused him of being a BJP agent, funded by its ideological parent, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh or RSS, who should have joined her party instead of founding the Bhim Army if he were serious about Dalit unity and rights.

Dassault, one of the world's most established and experienced defence manufacturers, picked Anil Ambani's debt-ridden firm as a partner in India, "because it was registered with the MCA (Ministry of Corporate Affairs) and had land in Nagpur which provided access to the runway," said top sources at the French firm, speaking to NDTV on the condition ...

Chandrashekhar Azad Ravan, who was imprisoned for a year on controversial charges of endangering national security, has been freed just in time to challenge the Dalit powerhouse status of Mayawati.

What Madhya Pradesh is reaffirming, ahead of the general election, that if alliances will be a major theme of every political gambit that comes into play, the other will be caste.

Ayan was born and raised in Mumbai, and says he always knew his life and career would be movie-driven. Despite that, he spent a year at engineering school before dropping out to get some work experience on the sets of Ashutosh Gowariker's Swades, starring Shah Rukh Khan.

A day after Cyrus Mistry was dumped by India's largest conglomerate as its top boss, sources close to Ratan Tata, who has been brought back as Chairman, accused Mr Mistry of wanting to "sell the family jewels" or the group's steel interests in the UK, and wanting to "throw Ratan Tata under the bus" in the bitter break-up with DoCoMo, which has won ...

In a tone distinctly less rancorous than other opposition leaders have been speaking in, Nitish Kumar today said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has his "full support in each and every step taken against Pakistan", but that last month's surgical strikes must be exempt from political opportunism.

Ali Abbas Zafar was not hot-housed in a family-owned or linked studio. And 600 crores, you will agree, is substantial. Enough to make you wonder how Ali Abbas Zafar does what he does.

Lalu Yadav proclaimed today that he will "sit with Nitish Kumar and sort out issues related to our merger." Apparently to ensure that task is a real challenge, he added, "I have saved the Nitish government twice in the last year... so we all need to be clear about this and about the merger too."

The aggressive hostilities between the Centre and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal show no sign of flaming out.

As the government announced that the special status for Kashmir has been done away with, several parties in parliament which are not part of the ruling BJP's coalition commended the move. Jagan Mohan Reddy's party, for example; and Mayawati's.

As Yogi Adityanath's home base, Gorakhpur was always VIP vicinity. This time around, it's even more eminent - as the birthplace of that once unimaginable political proposition, the Mayawati-Akhilesh Yadav combo. In this election, its political weight is off the charts.

This is part of Saurashtra's new vexation as it decides who to choose on Tuesday, torn between its long-standing loyalty to the BJP and its recent shift to the Congress.

Mr Owaisi and Mr Ambedkar have been dubbed the "Viru and Jai" of Maharashtra politics by the local media, in a reference to the two characters in the 1970s Bollywood classic "Sholay", who used their combined strength and cunning to overpower the ruthless dacoit Gabbar Singh. This may not be their moment of convocation "but we are already hungry for...

On social media, the PM's supporters and detractors clash on his trips to Tamil Nadu with hashtags like #GoBackModi feuding with #WelcomeModi. Mr Natarajan's cadres, similarly, try to talk up among voters an alleged 'emotional disconnect' between Tamil Nadu and Delhi since 2014.

Mayawati has always been deeply suspicious of Chandrashekhar, half her age and like her, a Jatav. She has repeatedly accused him of being a BJP agent, funded by its ideological parent, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh or RSS, who should have joined her party instead of founding the Bhim Army if he were serious about Dalit unity and rights.

Dassault, one of the world's most established and experienced defence manufacturers, picked Anil Ambani's debt-ridden firm as a partner in India, "because it was registered with the MCA (Ministry of Corporate Affairs) and had land in Nagpur which provided access to the runway," said top sources at the French firm, speaking to NDTV on the condition ...

Chandrashekhar Azad Ravan, who was imprisoned for a year on controversial charges of endangering national security, has been freed just in time to challenge the Dalit powerhouse status of Mayawati.

What Madhya Pradesh is reaffirming, ahead of the general election, that if alliances will be a major theme of every political gambit that comes into play, the other will be caste.

Ayan was born and raised in Mumbai, and says he always knew his life and career would be movie-driven. Despite that, he spent a year at engineering school before dropping out to get some work experience on the sets of Ashutosh Gowariker's Swades, starring Shah Rukh Khan.

A day after Cyrus Mistry was dumped by India's largest conglomerate as its top boss, sources close to Ratan Tata, who has been brought back as Chairman, accused Mr Mistry of wanting to "sell the family jewels" or the group's steel interests in the UK, and wanting to "throw Ratan Tata under the bus" in the bitter break-up with DoCoMo, which has won ...

In a tone distinctly less rancorous than other opposition leaders have been speaking in, Nitish Kumar today said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has his "full support in each and every step taken against Pakistan", but that last month's surgical strikes must be exempt from political opportunism.

Ali Abbas Zafar was not hot-housed in a family-owned or linked studio. And 600 crores, you will agree, is substantial. Enough to make you wonder how Ali Abbas Zafar does what he does.

Lalu Yadav proclaimed today that he will "sit with Nitish Kumar and sort out issues related to our merger." Apparently to ensure that task is a real challenge, he added, "I have saved the Nitish government twice in the last year... so we all need to be clear about this and about the merger too."

The aggressive hostilities between the Centre and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal show no sign of flaming out.