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Politics
Election 2024
Why BJP’s 80/80 will prove a tall order in Uttar Pradesh
Even the first leg of the Lok Sabha election on April 19 poses a challenge: the ruling party might not sweep all eight seats.
Sharat Pradhan
Election 2024
What do election manifestos of the Congress, CPI(M) and BJP have to say on environmental issues?
A brief analysis of the manifestos of the three parties reveals stark differences in their approaches to tackling pressing ecological challenges.
Rishika Pardikar
ELECTION 2024
No Modi magic: BJP’s bold claims clash with Kerala’s political realities
Despite BJP’s concerted bid to court the Christian community, a disconnect exists between the party’s outreach efforts and ground-level sentiments.
Anna Mathews
Election 2024
Tripura and Sikkim: Alliance shifts, controversial candidates, and a three-cornered battle
In Tripura, the election in the first phase is characterised by regional alliances. In Sikkim, the issue of identity is foremost on the agenda of all
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
Politics
‘People see me as a cricketer and a candidate’: Yusuf Pathan, Trinamool Congress candidate, Baharampur, West Bengal
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
Election 2024
The battle for Kongu Nadu
The DMK banks on two-pronged strategy in the Kongu region of western Tamil Nadu to break AIADMK’s dominance.
Ilangovan Rajasekaran
Interview
‘It’s Modi vs the masses in 2024’: Prakash Ambedkar
The VBA chief believes his party can offer an alternative to the NDA and the MVA in Maharashtra.
Amey Tirodkar
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An unexpected twist in Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal Christian Forum’s support for Congress candidates threatens to derail the BJP’s dream run in the north-eastern State.
Sushanta Talukdar
Uphill task for BJP in Udhampur
Rumblings at the grassroots do not corroborate the development narrative that the BJP’s Jitendra Singh is peddling.
Ashutosh Sharma
Bihar: Navigating change and stagnation
Despite infrastructural advancements and improvements in law and order, fundamental challenges like unemployment and migration persist in the State.
Anand Mishra
Manipur’s divided election
The year-long violence with no political intervention has left the people more concerned about their future than electoral politics.
Suwa Lal Jangu
Trinamool fights back in north Bengal
It is a tough battle for the BJP in north Bengal, where six constituencies vote in the first two phases.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
‘BJP is the fountainhead of corruption’: Sitaram Yechury
CPI(M) general secretary says the electoral bonds scheme legalised political corruption and had the potential to destroy democracy.
T.K. Rajalakshmi
Caught in a saffron storm
The BJP might win the three Muslim-dominant seats in Uttar Pradesh, but attributing it solely to Hindutva mobilisation would be a mistake.
Saba Naqvi
Collapse of NC-PDP front PAGD could benefit BJP
Fall of Gupkar alliance has triggered a showdown between NC and PDP, while disillusioned voters say the power struggle is against Kashmir’s interests.
Zaid Bin Shabir
‘The SCs do not want a fill-in-the-blanks Chief Minister for Bihar’: Jitan Ram Manjhi
The former Bihar Chief Minister says the Scheduled Caste communities want as CM someone who can resolve their long-pending problems.
Anand Mishra
‘There is a groundswell of support for the RJD’: Tejashwi Yadav
The RJD leader says this Lok Sabha election is about “reclaiming all that is good and decent in politics and governance”.
Anand Mishra
‘NDA is stronger in Bihar now’: Chirag Paswan
Anand Mishra
‘NDA is stronger in Bihar now’: Chirag Paswan
The Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president says his priority is to make Narendra Modi Prime Minister for the third time.
Anand Mishra
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