Making Bengal a magnet for industry | West Bengal's Suvendu Adhikari
The divisive rhetoric of the poll campaign over, Suvendu Adhikari gets down to the task of providing inclusive governance, while bringing industry and jobs to the state
Tamil Nadu | Superstar’s stunning sweep
Actor-turned-politician Vijay confounds all expectations as his Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam becomes the single largest party, leaving the state’s two Dravidian titans in disarray
From screenplay to statecraft | Tamil Nadu's C. Joseph Vijay
The next act demands more than stardom: Vijay must now build the team, the systems and the governance model to deliver the change he promised
The new Chief Ministers | The challenges ahead
As four chief ministers—three of them first-timers, the fourth serving a second innings—step up to take charge of their states after gruelling electoral battles, a look at the imperatives before each one
Tackling debt, job drought | Kerala's V.D. Satheesan
New Congress CM V.D. Satheesan has a task on his hands, balancing party factions and allies, and an exhausted treasury to boot
Push for inclusive growth | Assam's Himanta Biswa Sarma
Political dominance secured, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma now faces the harder task in his second term of delivering jobs, economic growth and inclusive governance
BJP in West Bengal | Historic conquest
As the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP vanquishes Mamata to take Bengal, the inside story of the relentless determination, deliberate strategy and flawless execution that led to the saffron sweep
Vijay | From reel to real life hero
Vijay’s onscreen persona was cast in the mould actors-turned-politicians of yore had set in Tamil Nadu—as champion of the oppressed
Kerala | The Congress comeback
The Kerala voter hands the congress-led UDF a huge mandate, punishing the Left Front for its complacency and overconfidence
Assam | Hurricane Himanta
Behind the BJP’s third straight victory lies Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s welfare expansion, constituency redrawing and identity consolidation, which have tilted Assam’s politics in his favour
Puducherry | One-man show delivers
N. Rangasamy’s great connect with voters helps NDA smash the fragmented congress-led challenge
The opposition | INDIA in retreat
A coalition that can still hold the line in Parliament is steadily losing ground across the states. Its shrinking map exposes fractures in strategy, leadership and identity
BJP | Game plan to break new ground
The BJP is confident of retaining Assam and getting big gains in Bengal while also making inroads into the southern states
Congress | Patchwork strategy
Ahead of the April polls in four states and a Union Territory, the Congress is a study in contrasts—competitive in Kerala, peripheral elsewhere—undermined by decay, fragile alliances and defections
Pollhouse
Snippets, quips and titbits from the runup to the 2026 Bengal, Assam, Kerala & Tamil Nadu Assembly elections
