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Sunday, January 11, 2026
TopicElectoral manipulation

Topic: electoral manipulation

Amid ‘fake voter’ row, Maharashtra EC moves ahead with civic polls, promises electoral roll cleanup

SEC has scheduled voting for 2 December & counting for 3 December. Opposition had been demanding local body polls should be conducted only after voter list 'anomalies' were fixed.

‘Thwarting electoral democracy’ — what SC said as it overturned Chandigarh mayor poll result

Declaring AAP-Congress candidate Kuldeep Kumar elected mayor, SC says Anil Masih ‘deliberately defaced ballots’ & issues contempt notice to him for expressing ‘patent falsehood’ in court.

Something was fishy about 2019 polls for sure, but don’t expect Das’ paper to catch the fish

Democratic Backsliding in the World’s Largest Democracy, a yet unpublished paper by Dr. Sabyasachi Das, an economist who teaches at Ashoka University, has drawn attention, as it should.

On Camera

Satyajit Ray to Neeraj Ghaywan’s Homebound — how Martin Scorsese plays patron saint at Oscars

Neeraj Ghaywan’s Homebound, starring Ishaan Khatter, Vishal Jethwa, Janhvi Kapoor, has been shortlisted in the Best International Feature Film category for the 98th Academy Awards.

Grounded no more: Andhra govt revives no-frills Dagadarthi airport near Nellore to boost south coast link

As Visakhapatnam readies a mega airport, the Andhra Pradesh government has revived its shelved Dagadarthi project, aiming to boost cargo and connectivity on the south coast.

Oreshnik, ATACMS & Storm Shadow: All about the missiles Russia and Ukraine are firing

Both the Russian and Ukrainian militaries are leaning on drones, but they’re also firing cruise and ballistic missiles, some of them relatively new and experimental.

Thank you Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of free trade and spur reform

UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.