Simply Put: Karnataka Polls 2023

Political parties try to bank on women’s electoral strength

Political parties try to woo women voters by making a range of promises 

Simply put: Safety and unemployment

Simply put: Nyay scheme

A deal for votes

2013-14 might see expansion or monetisation of development schemes in run-up to election

Simply Put: UP fisherfolk in troubled waters

Simply put: BJP manifesto

Many prominent tribal leaders lose in Jharkhand assembly elections

Speculations are rife that the state might get its first non-tribal CM

People’s manifesto

Political parties reverse trend, seek people’s suggestions to draft manifesto

Korchi goes to polls after boycotting elections over mining

Gets an official letter saying no to iron-ore mining

‘Citizens must not just blame the government but criticise it’

Public policy expert Rajendra Pratap Gupta speaks about his new book

India Elects: Will water issues impact results?

Within a week, we will know whether the "No Water No Votes" campaign influenced results

Did tribal voters seal BJP’s fate in Chhattisgarh

Eviction, blocking access to forest rights could have been major bugbears

Modi back to ‘vikaas’ hardline

Prime Minister seems to have gone back on promises to farmers

Election 2014 - updates

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

Global triggers: Why these five big issues could cause significant problems in 2024

Trends of global power tensions, open war, democratic decline and extreme job market fluctuations are likely to continue in 2024

A one-sided election risks Bangladesh’s future

With the distinction between the state, government and party obliterated, Bangladesh is heading towards a personalised autocracy  

Many more may fall into poverty trap and several may not escape it

Here’s how poverty, political myopia and ecological degradation are inter-related

Laws are chipping away at democracy around the world

Trouble is brewing around the world, say experts

Time for course correction

Congress likely to go all out to woo people in the new budget

Simply Put: Cattle class in UP

Finally, both BJP and Congress manifestos talk climate change

A long way to go, but at least a start for India and its people