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Amit Shah blasts Mamata Banerjee govt over attack on Nadda's convoy

He alleged Banerjee had failed to control the law and order situation in the state, which was rapidly falling on all development indices

BJP focusing on social, religious bodies to breach Mamata's Bengal bastion

The organisations are believed to have great influence among Hindu voters in Bengal

Governance vs popularity: Modi may be popular but India seems to be sliding

Modi's popular, BJP's winning elections but India has slipped on many key development indices. This will begin to hurt soon

More Trinamool Congress leaders quit ahead of Shah's visit to West Bengal

Speculation rife that Adhikari, 2 other rebel MLAs may join BJP

Why avoiding a nation-wide two-child policy is the right decision

Health ministry has said that it will not implement a mandatory two-child policy by denying government jobs, subsidies and certain rights to larger families

PM Modi set to virtually address farmers' conference in Madhya Pradesh

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address farmers' conferences in Madhya Pradesh through video conferencing on Friday

Best of BS Opinion: Farmers' protests, BJP perfects winning formula & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

BJP perfects its winning formula

Mr Modi has finally managed to weaponise Hinduism and reduce governance to electoral math

Stop 'parallel talks' with other farmer bodies: Protesting farmers to govt

An umbrella body of 40 farmer unions protesting against the new agri laws wrote to the Centre on Wednesday, asking it to stop holding "parallel talks" with other farmer bodies

Congress leader Surjewala questions PM Cares Fund over donations received

Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala posed various questions to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over PM Cares Fund, including the receipt of donations to the fund through Indian Embassies

No proposal from the BJP for Bihar cabinet expansion: CM Nitish Kumar

Expansion of the newly formed cabinet in Bihar to take place in consultation with the BJP and the same is not on cards as of now

For Modi govt, crony capitalists are 'best friends', Rahul Gandhi says

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged that for the Modi government, crony capitalists are "best friends" and protesting farmers are Khalistanis

Gurung slams BJP, iterates support to Mamata in next year's Bengal polls

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) supremo Bimal Gurung iterated his support to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the 2021 state Assembly polls at a public rally in Alipurduar district on Sunday

Assam polls: Conflict of cultures likely to be BJP's political discourse

The BJP realised mid-way that the citizenship package was a double-edged sword that might alienate the Assamese Hindus and tribes

Sharad Pawar's Dalit-OBC outreach is a concern for Shiv Sena & Congress

The NCP is perceived as a Maratha-dominated party, but it is trying to form a social coalition, also comprising Dalits and OBCs

IRCTC sends 20 mn emails in 5 days on PM Modi's ties with Sikh community

IRCTC sent out nearly 20 million emails between Dec 8 and Dec 12 to its customers listing 13 decisions taken by PM Modi to support the Sikh community, amidst farmers' protest against farm laws

In Punjab, Captain Amarinder Singh has hit the sweet spot

With no effective challenge from within his own party and a weak opposition outside, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh is in a sweet spot politically

Mamata govt decides not to send CS, DGP to Delhi despite MHA summons

The MHA had summoned Chief Secretary and DGP Virendra asking them to present themselves on December 14 for an explanation on the law and order situation in the state

Maharashtra's House of Cards

Book review of Trading Power: The Inside Story of How the People's Mandate was betrayed in the 2019 Maharashtra Election

West Bengal Guv dubs attack on Nadda's convoy a slur on democratic fabric

The Governor also took a serious note of the CM's statement where she had said the attack on BJP's convoy was nothing but a staged drama