Badar Bashir, Author at The Sunday Guardian Live

Varun Gandhi could contest from RLD or SP in Lok Sabha elections

‘Contesting on SP or RLD ticket will give his vote share a big boost’. NEW DELHI: Varun Sanjay Gandhi, a three-term Member of Parliament for...

Maharashtra likely to witness a larger Mahagathbandhan against BJP

Erstwhile MVA may rope in the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi, founded by Prakash Ambedkar, grandson of B.R. Ambedkar. The erstwhile Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA), that had...

Congress reviewing its performance in Gujarat

Party insiders say that the state leadership was unable to bring the accountability factor into play. NEW DELHI: After a shocking defeat in the recently...

Tharoor magic quells opposition within Kerala Congress

NEW DELHI: Over the past few weeks, Congress leader and Member Parliament for Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor had been embroiled in controversies within the Kerala...

Gehlot, Pilot tussle resolution is with Gandhis

‘Choices and likings of Sonia, Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra are different’. NEW DELHI: Months after the Ashok Gehlot-led crisis in Rajasthan Congress, the leadership...

Piccadily Group unveils Camikara, India’s first cane juice rum

NEW DELHI: On Friday evening this week, Venod Sharma, chairman Piccadily Group revealed Camikara, a one-of-a-kind rum from the house of Piccadily Distilleries, in...

Tharoor looks to become Congress’ CM face in Kerala

NEW DELHI: After Congress’ own presidential election, in which Shashi Tharoor was a losing contestant, politics in Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) is gaining...

Is Congress chief in J&K working against the party?

NEW DELHI: Months after Vikar Rasool Wani was nominated by the Congress high command as the PCC chief in Jammu & Kashmir, the party...

J&K stakeholders for Snow Festivals to attract tourists for winter

SRINAGAR: The J&K Tourism Department held a two-day Houseboat Festival last week on the banks of Dal Lake and adjacent Nigeen Lake, to promote...

Is Sonia Gandhi angry with Gehlot, Maken?

‘Her behaviour towards Ashok Gehlot and Ajay Maken in the recent steering panel meet was marked by a lack of interest’. NEW DELHI: In the...

Will Gajendra Shekhawat be BJP’s Rajasthan CM face?

There is speculation that he may give up his Lok Sabha seat to contest the 2023 Assembly elections. NEW DELHI: Kuldeep Bishnoi, a Congress MLA...

Gehlot-Pilot tussle keeps Rajasthan Congress on edge

NEW DELHI: The feud between Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot in Rajasthan Congress has been resonating in the Bharat Jodo Yatra. The Pilot camp...

Will KCR give tickets to all sitting MLAs in Assembly polls?

After winning against the BJP in the Munugode bypolls, Bharat Rashtra Samiti (name yet to be formalised) is finding itself in a tight corner....

Telangana HC allows fifth leg of Bandi Sanjay’s yatra

BJP leaders have termed the TRS moves as high-handed. NEW DELHI: Telangana Rashtra Samiti, led by K. Chandrasekhar Rao, who is also the Chief Minister...

‘Centre may hold polls in J&K after 2024 Lok Sabha elections’

NEW DELHI: As the Election Commission of India is yet to announce any date for the Assembly elections in the Union Territory of Jammu...

AAP’s manpower divided between Gujarat, MCD polls

Party insiders claim that the division in its strategic manpower will dent AAP’s prospects in both states. NEW DEHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in...

Will Shivpal Yadav get an official position in SP?

Akhilesh will give tickets to family members in 2024 LS polls, including to Shivpal’s son, Aditya Singh Yadav, sources said. New Delhi: The meeting between...

Confusion persists among Rajasthan Congress leaders

NEW DELHI: When Ashok Gehlot engineered a “soft rebellion” against the Gandhis a month ago, it was in order to avert being moved away...

J&K Congress leadership accused of indulging in corruption

NEW DELHI: The top leadership of the Congress in Jammu and Kashmir is being accused by party leaders of indulging in corrupt practices. “The...

Stone pelting stopped in J&K: Dr Jitendra Singh

The exodus of Kashmiri Pandits was an unfortunate event, says the Union Minister. NEW DELHI: Capital Dialogue, with Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh, an event...

Modern School wins U-16 Basketball Championship 2022

NEW DELHI: The final match of Delhi State Youth U-16 Boys Basketball Championship 2022, organised by the Delhi Basketball Association, was won by Modern...

Gehlot-Gandhi divide widens in Congress

‘Gehlot is currently going through uncertainty over whether he will be allowed to continue as CM or not’. NEW DELHI: After Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok...

Are cracks re-emerging between Akhilesh and Shivpal?

NEW DELHI: As the Lok Sabha seat of Mianpuri went vacant after the death of Mulayam Singh Yadav, it was widely believed by Samajwadi...

Kharge tells Karnataka Congress leaders to start poll preparations

NEW DELHI: Ahead of the Karnataka Assembly elections, which will be held early next year, Mallikarjun Kharge, the new AICC president, has conveyed to...

BJP hoping for a big win in Rajasthan

Ahead of Assembly elections in Rajasthan, the BJP has started to deep-diagnose the deficiencies in the working of its cadre in the state. According...

Samajwadi Party to focus on national politics

NEW DELHI: Keeping in view the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the Samajwadi Party (SP), the main opposition party in Uttar Pradesh, is planning to...

Karnataka Congress may see the rise of a ‘Kharge faction’

Speculation is that there could be a third group emerging within the Karnataka unit, besides those of D.K. Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah. NEW DELHI: With a...

Will PAGD parties contest elections separately?

NEW DELHI: The visit to Jammu and Kashmir by Amit Shah recently had created a buzz among political observers that the Assembly elections in...

Congress to give tickets to over 40% first-timers in Gujarat

‘Apart from a few, almost all sitting MLAs will get tickets to contest the Assembly polls’. NEW DELHI: The Congress in Gujarat has completed the...

Systematic problem in media at multiple levels: Kartikeya Sharma

New Delhi: The first edition of the event, focused on the theme ‘Future of News’ and to realise the opportunities and challenges associated with...

Ex-Vice President Venkaiah Naidu launches the biggest news event

New Delhi: The largest and most democratic industry body of top pan-India television news organisations and digital publishers, the News Broadcasters Federation (NBF) National...

Will Pilot be back as Rajasthan Pradesh president?

A source close to the top leadership in the state suggested that a change in the state unit president is on the cards. NEW DELHI:...

KCR eyes neighbouring states for 2024 poll battle

KCR is believed to have identified Karnataka, Maharashtra as regions that could strengthen his national ambitions. NEW DELHI: Though the Telangana Rashtriya Samiti (TRS) is...

Ahead of polls, AAP woos minorities in Gujarat

NEW DELHI: With the Gujarat Assembly polls a couple of months away, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has increased its space in the state...

Bad advisors ‘destroying’ Congress in Uttar Pradesh

NEW DELHI: After a long wait, the Congress has appointed its state head and regional heads to lead its cadre in Uttar Pradesh. However,...

Congress set to declare more than 50 candidates in Gujarat

During the 2017 Assembly polls, Gujarat Congress received over 1,200 applications for 182 seats. NEW DELHI: The Congress in Gujarat has completed the screening process...

Delhi Congress woos Dalits, minorities for MCD polls

‘Congress has eroded in a way that it is very difficult for the party to make a comeback’. NEW DELHI: The Congress in Delhi is...

Does Gehlot’s ‘plot’ signal his coming downfall in Congress?

NEW DELHI: When Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot sensed that the Gandhis are adamant on placing Sachin Pilot, his bitter adversary, as the CM...

‘Kishor to focus on his own political formation’

Kishor, sources said, has refused to be part of any Opposition preparations for 2024 polls. NEW DELHI: Since the politics in Bihar heated up after...

AAP will focus on Gujarat, not so much on HP

Party has been unable to find suitable leaders in Himachal to take on BJP and Congress candidates in their Assembly seats. NEW DELHI: The Aam...

‘TRS, Congress alliance possible for LS polls’

At a recent meet, Amit Shah had warned the BJP cadre of TRS warming up to Congress before the LS polls. NEW DELHI: Though the...

AAP to focus on 125 seats in Lok Sabha polls‘

‘The slogan Make India no 1, launched recently, has been released by the party in view of the general elections’. NEW DELHI: With an aim...

‘Congress knew about Goa defections, couldn’t do much to stop MLAs’

‘Goa president Amit Patkar did talk to the MLAs, what more could he have done?’ NEW DELHI: It was widely speculated before the elections that...

Assam Congress fears exodus of leaders to BJP

‘The state leadership has identified those MLAs hobnobbing with the BJP, but is unable to act against them’. NEW DELHI: The Congress in Assam is...

Congress facing leadership crisis in Uttar Pradesh

There has been an exodus of established and ground level leaders in the past two years, and this has impacted the party. NEW DELHI: The...

KCR preparing for state, national elections

NEW DELHI: Almost a year ahead of Assembly elections in Telangana, state Chief Minister and Telangana Rashtriya Samiti (TRS) supremo, K. Chandrashekhar Rao told...

Congress working on plan to retake seats lost in 2019 general elections

NEW DELHI: The Congress is trying to reclaim its “lost glory” through its “Bharat Jodo Yatra” from Kanyakumari to Kashmir, covering 12 states in...

Azad’s exit leaves J&K Congress in tatters

Congress sees a flurry of exits with members joining the Azad camp. NEW DELHI: After veteran leader Ghulam Nabi Azad left the Congress last week,...

G-23 of the congress is active: P.J. Kurien

‘Too much expectation from the group was unrealistic.’ NEW DELHI: In August 2020, around two dozen Congress leaders came together and wrote a letter to...

Isudhan Gadhvi may be AAP’s Gujarat CM face, shows party survey

The internal survey shows that Isudhan Gadhvi has around 70% support to be the CM face of AAP. NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)...

‘Rahul wants Uddhav as Maharashtra Chief Minister’

Meena’s lawyer criticises police for not presenting him in court

India’s exports surge 19% in October

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