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Polling officials leaving for their respective booths with EVMs and VVPAT units on the eve of the final phase of voting in the Lok Sabha election, in Patna on May 18.

EVMs: Fears remain

Reports of discrepancies in the figures of votes counted and polled in various constituencies raise questions about the use of electronic voting machi

Divya Trivedi ,Anando Bhakto

The BJP’s East Delhi candidate Gautam Gambhir during a campaign rally on May 10.

Capital gains

The BJP sweeps Delhi even as the ruling AAP stands weakened and the Congress sees signs of a revival.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi at a campaign rally in Durg on April 20.

Wresting ground

The BJP’s booth-level management and relentless propaganda on the air strikes in Pakistan, which the Congress failed to counter effectively, yield ric

The spot where the BJP convoy was attacked by Maoists in Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh, on April 9.

Spreading fear

On the day of the election, on April 11, all that remained at the spot was a gaping hole, a pair of shoes belonging to the dead and mangled auto parts

Bhupesh Baghel.

‘The ordinary voter favours the Congress’

Interview with Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel.

Villagers crossing the Indravati river to cast their vote.

Change in the air

The momentum of the Assembly election held in December 2018 and the Congress’ willingness to tackle the common man’s problems may see the party pullin

Voters queueing up at a polling station in Hyderabad. A file photograph.

Missing voters

A large proportion of voters who are left out of the electoral rolls despite having valid voter ID cards are Muslims and Dalits.

K. Prithika Yashini at the first day in office. She had to overcome many challenges to don the uniform.

Transcending barriers

Transcender, a documentary that captures the life of K. Prithika Yashini, the first transgender person to join the police force in India, calls for a

Bezwada Wilson.

Bezwada Wilson: ‘Clean your mind, not our feet’

Interview with Bezwada Wilson.

Tomatoes left to rot in Badayun district of western Uttar Pradesh in January 2017, when farmers were reeling under the impact of demonetisation.

Falling incomes

An agricultural crisis in Uttar Pradesh has farmers who voted for the BJP in 2014 frustrated and angry.

Workers clearing a drain in Vellore, Tamil Nadu.

Feet of clay

Despite the Clean India campaign and a 2013 Act that expressly prohibits manual scavenging, there has been no effort to prosecute violators of the law

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah at a party meeting on election preparedness in New Delhi on March 8.

Rhetoric and reality

In the wake of the air strikes in Balakot, the nation is caught between warmongering right-wing political leaders and media on one side and a question

Venkitesh Ramakrishnan and Divya Trivedi

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