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Tuesday, July 29, 2025
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Topic: Elections

Before any election, trust Rahul Gandhi’s frenemies to lend Modi’s BJP a helping hand

A handful of Congress leaders seem to have perfected the art of gifting the sympathy factor to Narendra Modi.

Farmers’ anger against Narendra Modi is no sign of their voting preference

Grand mobilisation of farmers reflects a growing rural discontent, but that does not mean they will vote as a bloc.

Farmers’ protest is an opportunity for the opposition, could be worrisome for Modi

Thousands of farmers' are marching in New Delhi yet again. With the general election due next year, this could hurt Prime Minister Modi's popularity.

The 4 Cs that mark Congress’ decline from secularism to soft Hindutva

In Congress’ slide to soft Hindutva, the fraud of secular politics has been exposed.

Social media platforms promise to curb posts that can affect poll process, says CEC

Chief Election Commissioner O.P. Rawat says expenditure on poll advertisements on social media will be added to expenses of candidates.

The inside story of how ‘Statue of Unity’ helped make Narendra Modi Prime Minister in 2014

It was more crucial than Chai Pe Charcha or 3D hologram rallies.

Holding elections in Kashmir, without public trust, was a bad idea

Nobody in Delhi deemed it worthwhile to take a step back and see if Kashmir was in favour of elections at this juncture.

Congress should be wary of slipping to the third spot

The Congress must stem its electoral bleeding, and also rejuvenate its atrophied party organisation.

5 myths about Muslim voters in modern India

The enduring myth of the Muslim vote bank in Indian politics doesn’t hold.

How ‘armed gangs’ have tried to influence elections in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka

A new study by US scholars talks about how 'armed gangs' pursue a ‘diverse array of electoral strategies’ to participate in elections.

On Camera

Dhankhar’s resignation: How Modi-Shah’s ‘capable’ BJP has served another strong message to RSS

One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India wanted a stable, prosperous Pakistan but our peace efforts were mistaken for weakness: Rajnath

Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.