As Andhra Pradesh’s ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) gears up for the Rajya Sabha elections to be held on March 16, a probable’s name seems to be on the list of every senior party leader: Rajesh Kilaru. While Kilaru holds the relatively minor post of state executive secretary in the TDP, his role in the…
(Each week, the National Political Bureau of The Indian Express examines a political party and a leader, tracking their moves and explaining why they matter.) After sparking a row with his remarks that he is a “Gandhian”, “Nehruvian” and a “Rajivian”, but not a “Rahulian” as Rahul Gandhi “is far too much younger than me…
From why a crackdown against Rohingya and Bangladeshis living illegally in the state is necessary to the dangers of Chinese manjha and mobile phone addiction among children, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has returned to an old-school tool to reach out to the public — an open letter. Titled ‘Yogi ki Pati (Letters from…
From AI-generated Electors’ Photo Identity Card (EPIC) to submission of Integrated Child Development Services scheme (ICDS) certificates for verification of male voters’ credentials, the “super checking” carried out by the Election Commission (EC) to weed out non-genuine electors in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal has thrown up a…
While the Congress-led government in Karnataka has proposed to revoke a ban on student union elections in colleges and universities, which has been in place for about three decades, the trend of stalled elections for student bodies in the higher education institutions (HEIs) has been seen in a slew of states across the country. The…
4 min readNew DelhiFeb 21, 2026 07:07 AM IST First published on: Feb 21, 2026 at 07:07 AM IST In a first, the Union government’s recently-approved Rs 1-lakh crore Urban Challenge Fund will likely allow Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) to work with local bodies to propose projects, secure funding for them and run the services…
Former Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha, who quit the party led by her father and ex-Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao or KCR amid discord within the political family last September, has announced that she is going to float her own party in May. Kavitha, who has built up her own political identity…
A group of Youth Congress workers breached the security ring at the Bharat Mandapam during the ongoing AI Impact Summit Friday to stage a “shirtless protest” while chanting slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, drawing fire from the ruling BJP which accused the Congress of tarnishing India’s reputation globally. The Delhi police arrested four workers…
(As Kerala gears up for the Assembly polls, every week, Shaju Philip decodes the electoral trends, political signals, and campaign moves shaping the contest.) The Christian community in Kerala is set to play a pivotal role in determining the outcome of the elections to the 140-member state Assembly slated for April. The community’s long-standing bonds…
Amid intensified political mobilisation around the Brahmin community in Uttar Pradesh, BJP ally Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) is the latest to enter the race to woo them in the run-up to the 2027 Assembly elections. Announcing a major outreach programme, the party has invited over 10,000 “prominent/ intellectual Brahmins” for its social harmony rally…