Raj Chengappa

As J&K votes for an Assembly after 10 years, the BJP seeks electoral supremacy, while Valley leaders fight for their identity and autonomy

In the first assembly election to be held in Jammu and Kashmir in a decade, the BJP is eyeing electoral supremacy while Valley parties are fighting for their identity

Nitin Gadkari, the Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, is deeply concerned about the mounting accidents on India's highways and has launched a range of measures to reduce the risks. But in an interview to Group Editorial Director Raj Chengappa and Associate Editor Avishek G. Dastidar, he candidly admits that this is one area where he has failed to meet the targets he set. Edited excerpts from the interview:

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, supported by the Aragalaya movement, won the Sri Lankan presidential election, with his National People's Power party pledging significant reforms

New Delhi will be watching how Dissanayake and his party’s close ties with China impact the regional power balance

While I.N.D.I.A thwarted the BJP's Kashmir plans, Omar Abdullah will find it tough to meet people's expectations. Given J&K's UT status, the centre holds the key levers of power

As the nation observes the 93rd birth anniversary of APJ Abdul Kalam, we revisit part of the journey that gave him the name 'Missile Man'

Omar Abdullah may have thwarted the BJP's plans for Kashmir, but now he is faced with governing while the key levers of power are held by the Centre

(NOTE: This article was originally published in the India Today issue dated November 21, 2016) "Nobody likes a loser. Nobody likes to be bullied.

New Delhi has a lot to gain by playing its cards well with a dealmaker who is now the US president again