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This data shows why Indian MPs don’t truly represent their people

An Indian MP represents nearly 25 lakh people, which is much more than what MPs in countries like Britain, Canada or the US do.

BJP has a family problem and it’s not Gandhi-Nehru

Amit Shah rendered BJP workers irrelevant, and they will come back to bite him in 2019.

Amit Shah can learn a lot from Asaduddin Owaisi on candidate selection

Decision-makers in the BJP may blame the MLAs now – and the MPs in 2019 – but they may just be the fall guys.

Haribhai Chaudhary, four-time BJP MP who has been accused of corruption by CBI DIG

CBI DIG M.K. Sinha has accused Chaudhary of receiving 'a few crore rupees' as part of an extortion racket run by officers probing the Moin Qureshi case.

Former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee condition critical

The 89-year-old MP was suffering from kidney- related ailment and was admitted to a hospital in Kolkata Tuesday. 

Pictures: Is it Santa Claus? Is it Lord Krishna? No, it’s a Member of Parliament

In the Budget session alone, Siva Prasad has dressed up as a Christian priest, Lord Krishna, Santa Claus, and TDP founder NTR, among others.

MPs think India’s private airlines are evil and it’s hilarious

Many fascinating comments were made by MPs regarding the state of our modern day Pushpak Vimanas and what happens before & after they take to the skies.

प्यारी हेमा जी! मोदी जी से सीखिए: शोक के वक्त चुप रहते हैं…

कमला मिल की आग का कारण हेमा मालिनी ने अत्यधिक जनसंख्या को बताया. कहीं बेहतर होता अगर वह रिपोर्टर के सवाल को नजरअंदाज कर देतीं और चुप रह जातीं.

Just 3 MPs didn’t vote as the turnout for the Presidential election hits record 99.9%

There was also a break in the ranks of the opposition

On Camera

MBBS guidelines for students with disabilities reduce a life to a limb

The guidelines ask whether a student can climb stairs, but not whether the college has a ramp. They ask whether a student can bear weight, but not whether the system can bear the weight of its own prejudice.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.