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Thursday, August 28, 2025
TopicAssembly Elections

Topic: Assembly Elections

2019 elections will see greater mudslinging between Modi-Rahul than state polls

It is doubtful if voters will ever get to vote for a party that gives them a balance sheet of their performance.

Telangana set for assembly polls as parties end high-voltage campaigning

More than 1.50 lakh polling officials will ensure the election to the 119-member House is a smooth affair.

Can Congress-BJP sway state polls with freebies or are they failing to read voters’ minds?

All major political parties in the state elections in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram have promised freebies and doles during the campaigns...

26/11 remembered but Ayodhya is the media focus

Your daily news capsule.

In Madhya Pradesh, Narendra Modi ko gussa kyon aata hai

Instead of hope, Narendra Modi’s state election campaign has been marked by an unusual anger. Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week took the battle to the bastions...

4 reasons why Lutyens’ media could be off the mark on state elections

Data shows the Indian voters’ habitual anti-incumbency sentiment has tempered

State elections are bad news for BJP and not good news for Congress either

While the BJP is going down, the largest opposition party isn’t rising to the occasion.

Congress promises restrictions on RSS shakhas in MP: Cynical poll ploy or hard secularism?

The Congress party in its manifesto for Madhya Pradesh has vowed to ban government employees from attending RSS shakhas or using government property for...

A Rahul-Modi face-off and caste equations at play – here’s what polls in 5 states entail

Political parties are battling it out in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Rajasthan and Telangana.

No more official visits for journalists to high-risk areas: Raman Singh after Maoist attack

A day after Maoist attack, govt official says such incidents may go up in view of assembly polls but assures that security will be beefed up.

On Camera

Severe Hyderabad internet outages make it an IT hub without the IT part

Many offices in Telangana have asked their employees to work from home because of heavy rainfall, but it has become impossible due to the internet outages.

All bets off as online gaming bill shakes industry & key players suspend ‘gambling’ on their platforms

The new law, which the government has framed as a moral duty, forced major platforms like Dream11 & Zupee to shut operations, wiping out hundreds of crores in market capitalisation. 

CDS on differences on theaterisation—views welcome, final call to be in nation’s best interests

The Navy has always been on board with the theaterisation plan, but the Air Force feels splitting up air assets into several theatre commands is futile & will tie up critical systems.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.