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Friday, October 24, 2025
TopicGeneral elections

Topic: general elections

State chief on mission to revive Kamaraj era, Tamil Nadu Congress sets sights on 2026 polls

State party chief Selvaperunthagai leads the charge in restructuring Congress’ presence in Tamil Nadu, focusing on education and development legacies.

Role AI is playing in general elections & why there’s a need to enhance India-China relations

Global voices also reflect on the complexity of Indian elections, how Mumbai is moving towards becoming a ‘new Singapore’ or ‘new Dubai’ & India and China's coal habits.

China will amplify AI-generated content to sway public opinion in India & US, warns Microsoft

With India, South Korea, and the US heading to the polls, Clint Watts of Microsoft’s MTAC cautions against China’s potential use of AI in shaping voter perceptions.

Mamata accuses BJP of putting ‘everyone in jail to win election’ amid Hemant Soren’s arrest

Banerjee's comments come after Soren was arrested by the ED Wednesday night in an alleged money laundering case, shortly after resigning as Jharkhand CM.

New Indonesian govt formed after February polls to take call on BrahMos, says envoy

Speaking at event hosted by ORF in Delhi, Indonesia’s ambassador to India Ina Krishnamurthi says Brahmos deal was initially delayed due to Covid.

Pakistan to hold general elections in last week of January 2024, announces poll panel

In a statement, the electoral body said that it reviewed work on delimiting constituencies and the initial list would be published on 27 September.

‘Standing together, will fight…:’ Rahul, Nitish, Tejashwi meet in Delhi to unify Opposition in 2024

Their three parties are in power in Bihar, with Congress being the junior partner in the state.

Modi’s popularity key to selling cut in food aid, ahead of Indian elections

PM Modi's move to effectively halve food rations to the poor ahead of state polls next year is fiscally sound, but politically much depends on whether he can sell it to voters.

Nationalist Giorgia Meloni set to smash Italy’s glass ceiling, become 1st woman PM

Provisional results from Sunday's general election showed Meloni topping the polls with almost 26% vote, giving her alliance clear majorities in both houses of parliament.

Electoral literacy is the need of the hour for a healthy democracy in India

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

On Camera

In Bihar, BJP is courting upper castes—a clear shift from its 2020 strategy

With two parties led by Dalit leaders now part of NDA, the BJP is hopeful of winning a large number of reserved constituencies.

US sanctions Rosneft & Lukoil: What we know of 2 oil giants that produce half of Russia’s crude

Rosneft, the Russian state-owned oil behemoth, has large interests in India. Reliance has a contract to purchase 500,000 barrels of crude per day from the firm.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.