The BJP is eyeing a new caste combination in Uttar Pradesh after failing to get a political mileage from the baniya-thakur-brahmin combination.

It is not just the seat-sharing formula that the BJP needs to sort out with its alliance partner JD(U).

A “token” contest or a “real” one: that is the dilemma facing the BJP-led NDA, reflected at its Sunday meeting to chalk out strategy for next month’s presidential election.

The BJP appears reluctant to be seen on the same side as the UPA by supporting Mr Pranab Mukherjee given that Lok Sabha elections are due in 2014.

Perturbed over the growing crisis in the BJP, including the manner in which it tried to expel its leader Sanjay Joshi and the controversy created by senior leader L.K.

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi has once again flexed his muscles, forcing the BJP to virtually throw his arch-rival Sanjay Joshi out of the party.

Officially, the BJP tried to put the onus on

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi has once again flexed his muscles, forcing the BJP to virtually throw his arch-rival Sanjay Joshi out of the party.

Trouble for Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi continues to brew as his detractors, led by former CM Keshubhai Patel, have invited his bête noire Sanjay Joshi to the Modi-ruled state.

With the RSS signalling the marginalisation of 85-year-old L.K. Advani, the saffron brigade is set to witness the rise of three leaders — Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, Leader of the Opposition

With the RSS signalling the marginalisation of 85-year-old L.K.