On the aisle of opposition, 17% of the respondents had said that Rahul Gandhi can resurrect the Congress party and 14% of the votes have gone to Manmohan Singh.

By putting his predecessor to history, Modi announced that the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award will be renamed after India's hockey legend Dhyan Chand as Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award.

Thakur took to Twitter and wrote, "Major Dhyan Chand is India’s most legendary & loved sporting icons; it is only befitting that India’s Highest Sporting Honour be named after him."

It wasn't completely subsided as there was a prediction that the Modi-led Union government is planning to bifurcate the state and demarcate a new state under the name of 'Kongu Nadu'.

The BJP is now going towards east after north and south as the Central leadership is now considering replacing the Chief Minister in its Northeastern ruling state of Tripura.

After meeting the Prime Minister, Edappadi Palaniswami had addressed the reporters during which he claimed that they urged the Prime Minister to pay heed to their demands. 

The police had filed an FIR under seven sections of the Indian Penal Code against the priest and special teams were formed to nab him.

The high command began considering replacing Yediyurappa in its bid to retain the reign in Karnataka, the only South Indian state that BJP rules.

For BJP, losing Yediyurappa's stronghold is equal to losing the Lingayat community- the strong vote bank for the Central ruling party that pillars the party's reign in the state. 

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has said that the spying on journalists, human rights defenders, and politicians is 'extremely alarming'.