Grass roots anger over price rise, factional frictions hurt BJP while Congress gains by exploiting incumbency and focussing on local discontent.
It will take more than the Bihar chief minister’s enthusiasm to ensure opposition unity
BJP takes calculated risks to retain its coastal stronghold. Reports from Dakshina Kannada
As BS Yediyurappa bows out of electoral politics, Open hits the campaign trail with the Lingayat leader
On the eve of a high-stakes finale, BJP hopes to retain its only Southern bastion by pitching development against the opposition’s caste calculus
Targeted violence during festivals like Ram Navami has a long history going back to the Mughal era
The strategies being devised for the elections are geared to cut of the driftwood and provide a new impetus to BJP's bid to return to office with a clear majority