While high turnout in West Bengal and Puducherry this year is attributed to the shrinking of their electorates, northeastern states display a consistent pattern of voting.
The Indian voter rarely announces a change in advance. She absorbs the noise, registers the signals, appears persuaded—and then, in the privacy of the ballot, recalibrates.
Electoral competition now appears dominated by welfare delivery and governance metrics, but ideology has not disappeared in Tamil Nadu. Instead, it has become strategic.
The ongoing cycle of elections in India—polls are being held in 4 states & 1 UT—comes amid West Asia war-driven spikes in energy prices & pressure on rupee.
The letter stressed how forest officials and personnel were not supposed to be deployed for any election-related duties according to the rules set by ECI.
Broad alliance cobbled together by Cong-led UDF underscores high stakes for party in next month’s polls, as it seeks to wrest back one of its strongest bastions.
Soon after announcing assembly poll schedule Sunday, Election Commission transferred 44 IAS, IPS, other civil servants in 4 states, including Bengal, ‘without consulting state govt’.
CM Stalin pitched expansion of DMK-led alliance during informal talks earlier this week. Congress welcomed proposal but PMK and DMDK are yet to make their stand clear.
Paper finds male relatives of women getting cash transfers in Maharashtra spend 49% less, save 23% more monthly, while women’s own spending is up 46%. Odisha also shows dip in men's spends.
Ottawa has handed over execution functions of critical defence projects to a CEO-led organisation for reducing procurement timelines and making it solely accountable for outcomes.
The Congress party’s abandonment of nationalism is the most intriguing aspect of its post-2014 politics. The real Congress was never a party of bleeding heart pacifists.
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