Topic: Rural India
Guess who’s calling from their mobile phones — nearly three-fourths of rural India
Data shows mobile phones have rendered landlines redundant, with over 72 per cent Indian villages boasting mobile connectivity.
Could Modi end up in 2004-like defeat? 11 December will tell
Neither Ram nor Rafale, the biggest election issue is rural distress.
The rurban mind
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Increasingly, numbers & political clout is moving from villages to cities. Being more exposed to media, cities are influencing political agenda more than politicians understand.
On Camera
YourTurn
Confused, aimless—why Opposition parties live up to Ronen Sen’s ‘headless chicken’ remark
From ‘compromising national security’ to 'playing havoc' with institutions, the Opposition continues to attack Modi while failing to reflect on own actions.
You thought power subsidy is a Delhi-Punjab problem? Check out Tamil Nadu’s power sector mess
RBI data shows Indian discoms owe power generation firms over Rs 4.5 lakh crore, almost a third of which is owed by Tamil Nadu, where power subsidy cost is twice that of food subsidy.
Defence
The Flying Dolphin — how a former Indian Navy submariner qualified as a commercial pilot
Vivek Chaudhary retired from the Indian Navy in 2017 after serving on the Short-Service Commission. After that, his dreams took flight.
In Kashmir 3 years on, 3 positive changes, 3 things that should’ve happened & 3 that got worse
Kashmir as a crisis has fallen off our headlines and from the top of our collective minds. Which is precisely the most important change for the better.