Panchayat elections are set to become all the more important

These village-level governments have all the ingredients to make or break a political party’s fortune

Amid election din, encephalitis quietly kills 104 people in east UP

Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's tall claims of improving UP's healthcare system is an insult to the people

Forest Rights Act to cast its shadow on polling in Himachal Pradesh

A large section of people in the hill state are united in their stand to boycott the elections as successive governments have failed to implement FRA

Pathalgadi rebellion takes shape of a new crisis at election time

Scared of mistreatment, 30 villages in Khunti district of Jharkhand have decided to boycott elections

Why are Wayanad tribals, farmers wary of poll promises?

It seems that tribal leaders, farmers and environmentalists are not impressed with Rahul Gandhi contesting from their constituency

Why do autocrats insist on sham elections?

As Vladimir Putin wins yet another term in the Kremlin, the question remains what is the point in having an election at all?  

Come back holy cow

Cow, from being an axis of a farmer’s economy to being abandoned, is too big a change people would bargain for

Bihar elections 2020: Issues of the common man the real winner

Unemployment, migration, health, education headlined India’s first election amid COVID-19 pandemic

Sunaina Rawat and the dilemma of Bharat

The new government has to focus on the rural population, their aspirations and the economy

Polls in view, Cabinet approves 10% job quota for ‘economically weaker’ upper castes

The move is being seen as a step to consolidate the upper caste votes before the country goes for Lok Sabha polls in a few months from now

FIAPO urges TN political parties to not make Jallikattu an election issue

"The common man is compassionate and we urge leaders to not make this a political issue despite the fact that animal exploitation is a political …

Farmers of Andhra Pradesh release their agenda for 2014 elections

Demand income security and sustainability, and redressal of grievances relating to land matters which they say are the biggest source of …

Verdict 2024: Ignoring farmers’ demands & police action over power plant land compensation cost BJP Buxar Lok Sabha seat

Protests over power plant land acquisition shifted voters’ favour to RJD candidate and farmers’ rights advocate Sudhakar Singh

Why did 2024 Lok Sabha predictions miss the mark? Here’s the science behind exit polls

Experts say limitation of sampling methodology, reworking of uniform swing regions and structural issues could be behind polling industry mistakes

Extreme heatwave conditions continue to persist over several parts of India

According to experts, the immediate meteorological reason for the heat can be attributed to hot winds blowing from the Arabian Peninsula towards …

Special alert, crackdown: How Bihar is handling COVID-19 surge

The state witnessed a surge in COVID-19 cases after assembly elections, festival season

Solar lanterns to light up all polling booths in Odisha’s Kendrapara

District administration decided to junk older, kerosene-lit lanterns

Chhattisgarh assembly election results: Broken promises cost Raman Singh dear

The BJP CM went back on his 2013 campaign promise to raise paddy price

Biden wins – experts on what it means for race relations, US foreign policy and the Supreme Court

Three scholars discuss what a Biden presidency may have in store in three key areas: race, the Supreme Court and foreign policy

Trump’s Pennsylvania lawsuits invoke Bush v. Gore, but the Supreme Court probably won’t decide 2020 election

After winning Wisconsin and Michigan, Biden has a number of credible paths to 270 Electoral College votes without Pennsylvania. In that case, an …

Decision 2022: How beneficiaries as votebank won 2 of India’s poorest districts for BJP

Shravasti and Bahraich, both have large numbers of beneficiaries of a dozen small and big schemes; this could also be a factor in the BJP winning UP

Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2022: Rs 355 crore spent on stray cattle, but problem persists

Rs 30 being given for the daily upkeep of cows in cattle shelter simply not enough, say voices on the ground

Punjab Assembly Elections 2022: Dalit votes matter, but what about their issues

Punjab’s political parties have hardly focussed on addressing issues of the state’s landless rural Dalits and the cateism the …

Re-election hopes fading, Trump tries for an election win in the courts

The Trump campaign is launching a well-planned legal assault to challenge the validity of ballots and the process of vote-counting itself

Roti, kapda, makaan... and vaccine: Can it sway elections

With potential COVID-19 vaccines equalling cheap foodgrains’ power as a poll promise, can vaccine sub-nationalism be far behind