Mysore/Mysuru: The written exam of NDA (National Defence Academy) and CDS (Combined Defence Services) conducted by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) was held today at 4 centres in city. While CDS exam was held at one centre — Maharaja PU College on JLB Road, the NDA exam was held at 3 centres — Government PU…
Most exit polls predict over 350 seats for BJP-led NDA
June 2, 2024New Delhi: After a marathon Lok Sabha election 2024, spread over six weeks, the second longest general election since 1951-52, a big win for the ruling BJP-led NDA has been predicted by twelve exit polls. The BJP and its allies are expected to breach the 300-seat mark once again, with major gains in the southern…
Nitish resigns as Bihar CM
January 28, 2024New Delhi: In a major jolt to I.N.D.I.A alliance ahead of forthcoming Lok Sabha polls, Janata Dal (United) stalwart Nitish Kumar resigned as the Chief Minister of Bihar this morning. Shortly after submitting his resignation to Governor Rajendra Arlekar at Patna in Bihar, Nitish Kumar also staked claim to form the new State Government in…
PM’s NDA counter to I.N.D.I.A
July 19, 2023New India, Developed Nation, Aspiration of People of India New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday coined a new expression for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) —New India, Developed Nation, Aspiration of People of India. This came hours after the Opposition alliance named itself I.N.D.I.A — Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance. Addressing the NDA…
Musings on 2024 Parliamentary election
July 19, 2023I.N.D.I.A Vs BHARAT, Howzat? Indian Democracy seems like a paradox. The first paradox is that we got it in darkness of the midnight. Pandit Nehru in his first Independence Day speech, in great flourish and rhetoric, declared that ‘when the whole world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.’ I had read that Napoleon…
UPA Vs NDA meet today
July 18, 2023New Delhi/Bengaluru: The race is heating up as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced the confirmation of 38 National Democratic Alliance (NDA) partners for a meeting in New Delhi today. This meeting coincides with a gathering of 26 like-minded Opposition parties in Bengaluru, who are strategising for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in 2024. The…
It’s a victory of India, victory of Democracy, says PM Modi
May 24, 2019“In the last five years, people have realised that the taxes they are paying has been put to nation-building” New Delhi: Registering a mandate bigger than the 2014 polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA returned to power for a second straight term. The BJP maintained its hold over its core vote base — the Hindi…
Barely 14 hours after resigning: Nitish Kumar back as Bihar CM
July 27, 2017Patna: Fourteen hours after he resigned as the Chief Minister of Bihar stating he could no longer continue amid allegations of corruption in his government, Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar came back as Chief Minister when he took oath of office this morning. Nitish resigned over a CBI FIR against his Deputy and ally…
Governance Vs administration
April 20, 2017An oft-heard comment is that India is the world’s best administered country, although with the rider that it is so only on paper. On the home front, voices have been aired in the circles of State Legislature that the present administration in Karnataka is the worst in its six-plus decades of history. While the incumbent…
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