India Decides 2014

R Sridhar, who was India's fielding coach from 2014 to 2021, has revealed in his book that MS Dhoni had decided to retire from international cricket during the 2019 ODI World Cup. He eventually hung his boots in 2020.

Sanjay Bangar was with the Indian team from 2014 to 2019 and was replaced by Vikram Rathour at the start of the home season in September.

The Maharashtra government has decided to extend the benefit of reservation in education and jobs to the members of the Maratha community, who had applied under it in 2014.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP has scored a victory bigger than in 2014 - leads suggest the party will cross the 300 mark - besting last time's 282 - to emerge as the single largest party. The party has kept its core states - the Hindi heartland, Gujarat and Maharashtra - while posting fresh victories in West Bengal, Odisha and the northeast. I...

Over 10.17 crore voters will decide the fate of several prominent politicians, including Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, BJP leader Pragya Thakur, Union Minister Harshvardhan and Congress general secretary Jyotiraditya Scindia, as 59 constituencies across six states and the national capital vote in the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections t...

The Hindi heartland, at the heart of the BJP's spectacular win in 2014, is voting in the fourth phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections today. The BJP and its allies had won 56 of the 72 seats up for grabs - an impressive strike rate of 77 per cent but an equally large score to defend. From more than half-a-dozen union ministers to movie stars - t...

As the country woke up to the biggest election since 2014 this morning, and political parties started tweeting to voters asking them to come out in large numbers and choose their government, the Congress also put out a message on its official Twitter handle in big, bold font with its hand election symbol - but with a slight directed at the BJP.

Veterans LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi have been asked by the ruling BJP to decide whether they want to contest the national election, due by May. "The decision is upto them," say sources, asserting that nobody above 75 will get a post.

An inter-department panel formed to look into the modalities of farm loan waiver in Rajasthan has decided to recommend Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot to waive all loans of farmers who have committed suicide between 2014 and 2018.

After their dismal performance as allies in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) parted ways in Maharashtra and contested the assembly elections separately. However, the two parties have decided to sew their alliance back with a common objective - to keep the BJP away.

Union Minister Upendra Kushwaha-led Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) is likely to break ties with the NDA government, theformal announcement of which is likely to be made today, a senior party leader said.

Voters who backed the YSR Congress and Telugu Desam Party in the 2014 elections are likely to be the deciding factor in Huzurnagar constituency, from where Telangana Congress chief Uttam Kumar Reddy is seeking re-election.

Under pressure from activists, women's groups and civil society, the Kerala police decided to summon a Bishop accused of raping a nun for questioning, reported news agency Press Trust of India. The decision was taken after a marathon six-hour meeting. Jalandhar bishop Franco Mulakkal will be questioned on September 19. There have been calls from al...

At the national executive meeting in Delhi, BJP chief Amit Shah, in a point by point rebuttal of the combined opposition's attack on the government said, "Mahagathbandhan is an eyewash, an illusion based on falsehood". The party would win the 2019 Lok Sabha polls with a bigger mandate than 2014, said Mr Shah. The BJP chief however, cautioned...

The decision to stop further inquiry into the death of judge BH Loya will be reviewed by the Supreme Court. The court agreed to take up the matter and revisit its decision of April 19 after a petition was filed by the Bombay Lawyers Association. The court, however, has decided to give the matter a private hearing "in chamber".

R Sridhar, who was India's fielding coach from 2014 to 2021, has revealed in his book that MS Dhoni had decided to retire from international cricket during the 2019 ODI World Cup. He eventually hung his boots in 2020.

Sanjay Bangar was with the Indian team from 2014 to 2019 and was replaced by Vikram Rathour at the start of the home season in September.

The Maharashtra government has decided to extend the benefit of reservation in education and jobs to the members of the Maratha community, who had applied under it in 2014.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP has scored a victory bigger than in 2014 - leads suggest the party will cross the 300 mark - besting last time's 282 - to emerge as the single largest party. The party has kept its core states - the Hindi heartland, Gujarat and Maharashtra - while posting fresh victories in West Bengal, Odisha and the northeast. I...

Over 10.17 crore voters will decide the fate of several prominent politicians, including Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, BJP leader Pragya Thakur, Union Minister Harshvardhan and Congress general secretary Jyotiraditya Scindia, as 59 constituencies across six states and the national capital vote in the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections t...

The Hindi heartland, at the heart of the BJP's spectacular win in 2014, is voting in the fourth phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections today. The BJP and its allies had won 56 of the 72 seats up for grabs - an impressive strike rate of 77 per cent but an equally large score to defend. From more than half-a-dozen union ministers to movie stars - t...

As the country woke up to the biggest election since 2014 this morning, and political parties started tweeting to voters asking them to come out in large numbers and choose their government, the Congress also put out a message on its official Twitter handle in big, bold font with its hand election symbol - but with a slight directed at the BJP.

Veterans LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi have been asked by the ruling BJP to decide whether they want to contest the national election, due by May. "The decision is upto them," say sources, asserting that nobody above 75 will get a post.

An inter-department panel formed to look into the modalities of farm loan waiver in Rajasthan has decided to recommend Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot to waive all loans of farmers who have committed suicide between 2014 and 2018.

After their dismal performance as allies in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) parted ways in Maharashtra and contested the assembly elections separately. However, the two parties have decided to sew their alliance back with a common objective - to keep the BJP away.

Union Minister Upendra Kushwaha-led Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) is likely to break ties with the NDA government, theformal announcement of which is likely to be made today, a senior party leader said.

Voters who backed the YSR Congress and Telugu Desam Party in the 2014 elections are likely to be the deciding factor in Huzurnagar constituency, from where Telangana Congress chief Uttam Kumar Reddy is seeking re-election.

Under pressure from activists, women's groups and civil society, the Kerala police decided to summon a Bishop accused of raping a nun for questioning, reported news agency Press Trust of India. The decision was taken after a marathon six-hour meeting. Jalandhar bishop Franco Mulakkal will be questioned on September 19. There have been calls from al...

At the national executive meeting in Delhi, BJP chief Amit Shah, in a point by point rebuttal of the combined opposition's attack on the government said, "Mahagathbandhan is an eyewash, an illusion based on falsehood". The party would win the 2019 Lok Sabha polls with a bigger mandate than 2014, said Mr Shah. The BJP chief however, cautioned...

The decision to stop further inquiry into the death of judge BH Loya will be reviewed by the Supreme Court. The court agreed to take up the matter and revisit its decision of April 19 after a petition was filed by the Bombay Lawyers Association. The court, however, has decided to give the matter a private hearing "in chamber".