A few days back I was watching ‘UpFront,’ a programme of interview by Karan Thapar on Tiranga TV channel. For me, among all the TV interviewers of politicians, it is one and only interviewer Karan Thapar that I like and enjoy the best. It is also the only TV interview I watch till the end…
Now that the Parliamentary elections are over and the result is before us, it is time to introspect and recall the words and conduct of our politicians, specially all those who contested and won or lost. There was hardly anyone who did not spit fire and brimstone against his or her opponent. If the 2014…
By T.J.S. George Here is an oddity that has not received the attention it deserves: In last month’s voting, the South broke from the rest of India — and Karnataka broke from the rest of the South. What made Karnataka go out of step with Telangana, Andhra, Tamil Nadu and Kerala? Dravidian roots are common…
By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, former Head, Department of Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Mysore In ancient times, election was a divine affair particularly in theology which meant chosen by God. Thus it was a selection by the clergy who represented God. In Latin, it was ligerilect which meant pick. In ancient times, a…
HDK’s son fuels speculation with poll-ready advice to JD(S) party cadre Bengaluru/ Mandya: Is Nikhil Kumaraswamy inclined to contest the next Assembly elections from Mandya? This question is doing the rounds in Mandya political circles and is being actively discussed at villages and street corners. And as if to give credence to such a question,…
Bengaluru: BJP General Secretary P. Muralidhar Rao on Wednesday predicted that the JD(S)-Congress Coalition Government in the State was set to collapse any moment, leading to fresh Assembly polls. Rao was addressing the party workers at a programme organised by the BJP to felicitate its newly elected MPs from the State at Palace Grounds in…
D.V. Sadananda Gowda, Pralhad Joshi, Suresh Angadi and Nirmala Sitharaman from Karnataka to make it to Modi Ministry New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take his oath of office and secrecy this evening along with his Ministers, for the second consecutive term at the Rashtrapati Bhavan after his party BJP witnessed a massive victory…
A resurgent India that is essentially Hindu is finding its identity with BJP I am inspired, nay provoked, to write this Abracadabra after reading one of the most popular Weekly columns Point of View by T.J.S. George. A veteran journalist, author and highly regarded political commentator, George is honoured with Padma Bhushan. The title of…
Narendra Damodardas Modi, India’s first Prime Minister to be born in Independent India, on May 23rd also became the first Prime Minister since 1971 to secure a single party majority twice in a row. The BJP patriarch, L.K. Advani in 2014, after being relegated to the Margdarshak Mandal, while congratulating Modi, turned it into a…
New Delhi: Two-time BJP MP C.R. Patil Thursday surpassed the all-time victory margin in Lok Sabha polls as he won the Navsari seat in Gujarat by garnering 6.89 lakh more votes than his rival — the highest margin in 2019 polls. So far, the highest victory margin of 6.96 lakh votes in Lok Sabha polls…
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