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Presidential poll: BJP's 14-member panel to manage NDA candidate' campaign

The BJP formed a 14-member committee for next month's Presidential poll. Minister for Water Resources Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has been made convener and Vinod Tawde and C T Ravi are co-conveners

Cracks in Mamata Banerjee-led 'opposition meet' for Presidential polls

TMC supremo and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee will hold a meeting with several Opposition leaders to discuss presidential polls and put up a united fight against the ruling BJP-led NDA

BJP vs who? The contest for India's First Citizen, and what it entails

The electoral college for the presidential election comprises MPs from both Houses of Parliament and MLAs from all Assemblies

Fresh special status demand for Bihar sets off war of words in NDA

Bihar has been demanding the special status for more than a decade

Best of BS Opinion: 30 years after 1991, NDA's Bermuda Triangle & more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Saturday

NDA's Bermuda Triangle

The government has to generate a huge amount of employment without giving an upward push to inflation, while keeping subsistence spending intact

Meet LJP leader Pashupati Kumar Paras, who led coup against Chirag Paswan

Paras is Chirag's uncle and Lok Janshakti Party founder Ram Vilas Paswan's younger brother

Himanta Biswa Sarma: Key BJP strategist behind NDA's victory in Assam

Himanta Biswa Sarma has risen in prominence in BJP since he joined the party in 2015 and has played a key role in the party's growing footprint in Assam as also other states of northeast

Vote for NDA means more investment, development in Tamil Nadu: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing a public rally in Tamil Nadu's Madurai, said a vote for National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is a vote for more investment and development in the region

PC Thomas-led Kerala Congress quits NDA, to merge with Joseph faction

The Kerala Congress headed by former Union Minister PC Thomas quit the NDA alleging that his party was neglected by the BJP-led alliance when the seats were allocated for the April 6 polls

Best of BS Opinion: Time for statesmanship, Make in America, and more

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

Democracy without safeguards

India is facing a considerable diminution of its soft power

The trust deficit

Transparency and consultation are vital to governance

Nitish under pressure in NDA, should return to Grand Alliance: Congress

The Congress claimed that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar appeared to be under "a lot of pressure" in the BJP-led NDA

CM Nitish can't sleep without counting 100-150 corpses in Bihar: Tejashwi

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav hit out at the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government in Bihar over deteriorating law and order, saying that the CM cannot go to sleep without counting 100 to 150 corpses every day

BJP systematically spreading rumours that JDS will join NDA: HD Kumaraswamy

Former Karnataka chief minister and Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Kumaraswamy said that the BJP is systematically spreading rumours that JDS will join the National Democratic Alliance (NDA)

NDA committed to serving people of Northeast, says PM Narendra Modi

With the BJP set to rule the Bodoland Territorial Council with its new ally United People's Party Liberal, PM Modi asserted that NDA is committed to serving the people of the Northeast

Governance at close quarters

Book review of Portraits of Power: Half a Century of Being at Ringside

Bihar elections: NDA crosses halfway mark while leading on 125 seats

The National Democratic Alliance has crossed halfway mark as per the Election Commission of India's latest trends for 238 of 243 seats at around 11

Bihar polls: In early trends, NDA leads in 15 seats, Grand Alliance in 9

The NDA is leading in 15 seats, while the Grand Alliance is ahead in nine constituencies, as per the early trends of counting in Bihar assembly polls