Every vote counts and every voter matters: this is the motto of the Election Commission of India (ECI). This may sound like a catchy slogan for us, but for the organization that conducts the world’s largest elections, it is a lived reality. It not only walks the proverbial extra mile, but a full 70 kilometres […]
Utsav Singh Bains, the young lawyer representing many of the victims in the Asaram Bapu case, said the current sexual harassment allegations against Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi are the results of a ‘big conspiracy’ by a lobby of frustrated judges, lawyers and ‘fixers’. The lawyer, who is fighting the Asaram Bapu case without taking money […]
It is Congress Party’s “to be or not to be” moment : Will Priyanka Gandhi contest election from Varanasi or not? Rahul Gandhi’s evasive answer to the question has further deepened the suspense. With two phases of elections already over, how long can the grand old party of India play the waiting game? What might […]
Congress leader K Sudhakaran, the UDF candidate from Kannur, found himself fending off some unwanted attention after a campaign video irked netizens for ostensibly portraying women in bad light. Netizens accused the video, shared by Sudhakaran’s official Facebook page, of sending a message that educating women is pointless and that they can never do a […]
Sushil Modi, deputy chief minister of Bihar, said he has decided to file a defamation suite against Congress Party President Rahul Gandhi over a remark in which he alleged that all Modis are thieves. Speaking to the media, Sushil Modi said that Rahul Gandhi, at an election rally, said that all thieves have the Modi […]
The second opinion poll released by Kerala-based Asianet News showed gains for the Left and the BJP in Kerala at the expense of UDF, which continued to lead the tally. The new survey also predicted a defeat for Congress’ Shashi Tharoor at the hands of the BJP, a party that has never won a Lok […]
“The more it grows, the more it splinters; the more it splinters, the more it grows” – this is how KM Mani had described Kerala Congress, the third largest component of Congress-led United Democratic Front or UDF. He couldn’t have been more prescient. Kerala Congress’ existence through more than half-a-century has only served to underline […]
KM Mani, a stalwart of Kerala politics, passed away today. He was 86. Mani, who led the biggest faction of Kerala Congress, breathed his last at Lakeshore Hospital in Kochi. Mani was admitted to the hospital in the first week of April with a respiratory-related illness. A medical bulletin said that he had been suffering […]
An analysis of Tweets associated the visit of Narendra Modi to Tamil Nadu last month showed unprecedented levels of attempted manipulation of Twitter by pro-Narendra Modi and anti-Narendra Modi forces, a Washington-based ‘fake news’ research lab found. Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) identified two manipulated hashtags during Modi’s visit to Tamil Nadu in […]
Prominent psephologist and founder of Swaraj India party, Yogendra Yadav said that Swaraj India, the party he cofounded with others such as Prashant Bhushan, will lend its support to Kamal Haasan’s Makkal Needhi Maiam in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Taking to Facebook, Yadav wrote that Swaraj India will support the party for 40 Lok […]
The picturesque district of Wayanad has attracted the attention of political pundits and media ever since the announcement that Congress President Rahul Gandhi will contest from the place in addition to his traditional stronghold of Amethi. National interest in the constituency shot up after the announcement made by senior Congress leader and former Defence Minister […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India has become the fourth country in the world to bring down a satellite in space. “It was done in three minutes… we took out a satellite rotating around the earth in low earth orbit at a height of 300 km.” It was done using a locally designed anti-satellite missile. […]
A report by Business Standard has claimed that the Congress Party has scrapped its scheme of offering a minimum income guarantee of Rs 12,000 per month to all households in India, replacing it with a simpler, flat-subsidy scheme. In a press conference, the Congress Party has confirmed the changes, and reiterated that the scheme will […]
Responding to widespread confusion, the Congress Party offered further details about Rahul Gandhi’s new Rs 12,000 minimum income guarantee scheme. UPDATE: The Congress on Tuesday changed the scheme announced on Monday, and removed any reference to Rs 12,000. It clarified that the scheme will only apply to the bottom 20%, and their income levels will […]
Rahul Gandhi has caused a flutter in political circles by announcing today that his government will offer Rs 12,000 per month, or about Rs 500 per working day, to any family that does not earn any income from any other source. UPDATE: The Congress Party has clarified that the guarantee of Rs 12,000 per household […]
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to field firebrand leader K Surendran, who rose to prominence in the wake of the recent Sabarimala protests, from the crucial Pathanamthitta constituency. Pathanamthitta is one of the two Lok Sabha constituencies where the BJP is projected to be on a strong wicket, not least because it is home […]
Congress President Rahul Gandhi promised to reserve 33% of all government jobs in India to women if the Congress Party comes to power and said his government would correct the North-Indian focus of the current government. Interacting with females students at Chennai’s Stella Maris College, Gandhi said women are smarter than men, and that he […]
Crowds at a poll rally in Gandhinagar in Gujarat chanted ‘Indira! Indira!’ when Priyanka Gandhi was called to address the crowd, perhaps for the first time outside the Congress pocket borough of Amethi. It was not clear if the chanting was being done by Congress office bearers or the crowd that had come to listen […]
The government’s ‘free LPG connection’ scheme, Ujjwala scheme has crossed the 7 crore-target, making it one of the most successful programs of the current government. The scheme launched on May 1, 2016 with a target of providing LPG connections to 5 crore low-income households, and achieved the target in a record of time of 28 […]
The central government has set up a committee under the Lt Governor of Delhi to study the feasibility of ‘regularizing’ the unauthorized colonies of Delhi. There are many areas in Delhi, particularly on the eastern and southern sides, where people have constructed shanties, and in some cases concrete houses, on government property. It is estimated […]
