Sreenivasan Jain With Inputs From Manas Pratap Singh

While the BJP (and its famed IT cell) have always strenuously denied the suggestion that its social media dominance is powered by paid supporters, increasingly, evidence is mounting of a party - and government - taking recourse to cut-and-paste tweets and manufactured trends to firefight crises and counter its critics.

Over the past three days, raids on the headquarters of Dera Sacha Sauda, the base of self-styled godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, have underscored his extravagant lifestyle - buildings shaped like the Seven Wonders, luxury interiors and a fleet of heavily modified cars.

The violence has uncovered the BJP's dilemma - while Rajputs constitute a loyal base, the party cannot afford to antagonise Dalits, whose increasing support played a key role in delivering a massive mandate to the party.

Lalu Yadav's son, Tejashwi Yadav, appears to have the sort of good luck for which most entrepreneurs seek astrological intervention. A series of deals starting with 2008 - when Lalu was union Railways Minister - have climaxed with Tejashwi, Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar, becoming part owner of companies that own valuable real estate. It is through...

Soon after the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) issued a notification making Aadhaar card mandatory for accessing mid-day meals, it released data claiming that thanks to Aadhar, four lakh 'ghost' or duplicate students enrolled with the state education department had been detected.

Indian officials are scrambling to respond to the latest setback in their attempts to bring to justice Lalit Modi, the fallen cricket mogul wanted for a raft of corruption charges.

While the BJP (and its famed IT cell) have always strenuously denied the suggestion that its social media dominance is powered by paid supporters, increasingly, evidence is mounting of a party - and government - taking recourse to cut-and-paste tweets and manufactured trends to firefight crises and counter its critics.

Over the past three days, raids on the headquarters of Dera Sacha Sauda, the base of self-styled godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, have underscored his extravagant lifestyle - buildings shaped like the Seven Wonders, luxury interiors and a fleet of heavily modified cars.

The violence has uncovered the BJP's dilemma - while Rajputs constitute a loyal base, the party cannot afford to antagonise Dalits, whose increasing support played a key role in delivering a massive mandate to the party.

Lalu Yadav's son, Tejashwi Yadav, appears to have the sort of good luck for which most entrepreneurs seek astrological intervention. A series of deals starting with 2008 - when Lalu was union Railways Minister - have climaxed with Tejashwi, Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar, becoming part owner of companies that own valuable real estate. It is through...

Soon after the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) issued a notification making Aadhaar card mandatory for accessing mid-day meals, it released data claiming that thanks to Aadhar, four lakh 'ghost' or duplicate students enrolled with the state education department had been detected.

Indian officials are scrambling to respond to the latest setback in their attempts to bring to justice Lalit Modi, the fallen cricket mogul wanted for a raft of corruption charges.