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Topic: Elections

‘Please help me’ — readers write to ThePrint. Their way of expressing confidence in us

Requests for ThePrint’s intervention sound like cries of despair from frustrated people who see media as their last resort. As a society, have we become hard of hearing?

1967 was the year politics changed. Modi wants to go back to the simpler times before that

Apart from One Nation, One Election, there is a strong similarity between 1967 and 2023—a dominant party at the helm, and a politics that’s bringing oddballs of opposition together.

SubscriberWrites: The case for Sortition to replace elections

In a democracy real choice is more important than elections

New Zealand election: Centre-Right National Party set to triumph, form govt with ally

National Party & preferred coalition partner ACT on course to win with 52% of votes counted so far, says Electoral Commission. PM Hipkins' Labour down to 26%.

How Modi makes himself heard during election ‘silence period’ — tweets, speeches outside ‘polling area’

MCC calls for 48-hour ‘silence period’ before elections, but rules are hazy on social media or speeches outside ‘polling area’. It’s a loophole PM seems have leveraged many times.

‘What are my minus points,’ Karnataka ex-CM Jagadish Shettar asks BJP after denied ticket

In what looks like the first major rebellion in the party, the six-time MLA has written to the high command requesting another chance to fight elections.

Vote! After superstars, Karnataka poll body uses superbrands to create buzz for May elections

The state election commission’s social media arm is using popular emblems like those of Burger King & BMW to urge people to come out on 10 May.

How fuel prices become mysteriously stable just before elections. Here’s data since 2020

In recent years, fuel prices have been kept static for weeks before assembly polls, only to be changed soon after. However, there's no clarity over who's deciding the prices.

‘Target beneficiaries, revenue receipts’ — what EC’s proposal on poll promises wants from parties

Election Commission's proposed policy will seek details on how a party plans to rationalise expenditures & go for borrowings in case of inadequate funding.

‘1,446 public representatives from Assam to TN’ — AAP flaunts its growth, rivals question claims

AAP claims its event held in Delhi was attended by almost 1,500 party representatives from 20 states & Union territories. Is slammed by Congress, BJP for 'exaggerating' support base.

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Nur Jahan to Chand Bibi—Indian women in sports have been erased from history

Dice have been found dating to the Bronze Age in various Harappan sites in present-day northwest India and throughout Pakistan. And it’s very possible that some had female owners.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.