scorecardresearch
Add as a preferred source on Google
Saturday, December 13, 2025
TopicGeneral election

Topic: General election

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase-1: Tamil Nadu sees voter turnout of 62.19% & Uttarakhand 53.64%

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase-1: Voting was held for 102 parliamentary seats across 21 states/UTs in the first phase of the general election.

Curtailment of assemblies’ tenure, common electoral roll — Kovind panel’s plan for simultaneous polls

Panel has recommended two-step mechanism with simultaneous general & state elections followed by civic and rural polls within 100 days.

Increase in voter turnout in India does not signal rise in anti-incumbent sentiment

The Indian press and public have largely sustained the notion that an increase in voter turnout signals anti-incumbent sentiment- especially in the run up to the May 2014 general election- but empirical investigations tell a different story.

On Camera

India’s aviation crisis is all about too big to tame

Nobody is safe in a market where competition is stunted and choice limited. For the industry, meaningful reform will have to start with the government itself.

South rising, west slipping: India’s export map is being redrawn, shows RBI data

Data shows re-alignment in India’s exports, with Tamil Nadu & Telangana posting strong growth in 2024-25 as traditional heavyweights Gujarat & Maharashtra see declines. Gujarat still leads, though.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.