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

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

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

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 …

Economic Survey 2018-19: Growth slowest in five years due to low food inflation

Agriculture sector contracted in fourth quarter; farmers produced less, spent less on consumption

Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden differ deeply on climate justice, common sense

Senators Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders are not far apart in their climate rhetoric  

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

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

South Africans are finally set to know who funds their political parties

Even as the Supreme Court of India is in the middle of hearing a petition on political funding here's looking at how South Africa is dealing …

How democratic was the 16th Lok Sabha?

A lot of recent decisions, like Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s low attendance in Parliament to passing Constitutional Amendment Bill as a …

Dirty air killing Indians early and in large numbers

1.2 mln early deaths by breathing dirty air; dying 2.6 years earlier; COPD, lung cancer high on chart; diabetes the new rogue. Electoral mandate …

Drought but why: Deciphering the disaster in detail

Do you know that a normal monsoon doesn’t mean no drought and the same districts are parched every year. Read all this and much more here …

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 …

Ground report: 50% reservation in Panchayat a starting point for Haryana women

Proxy candidature, minimum educational qualifications still holding back candidates at grassroots level

Mewat Makeover: Will Haryana’s election laws be a catalyst for female education

For the first time in Haryana, 50 per cent reservation has been given to women in Panchayat elections

Green protocol not being followed in Odisha local body polls: Activists

Candidates used non-biodegradable election materials such as flex posters and also nailed campaign materials to trees, claim activists

DTE Coverage: In Gujarat Elections 2022, ‘issues’ don’t seem to matter any more

Why the ruling BJP comes across confident despite complaints of unemployment, price rise

Did women-oriented schemes work for BJP in Assam

Poll data shows women equalled men in voting turnout during the three phases of the election

In poll season, Punjab debates legalising poppy seed and opium farming

Proponents feel the two crops will help farmers, save Punjab’s groundwater and wean its youth from synthetic drugs