A heatwave is raging during election season, but who will take responsibility of polling officers on duty?
Heat in Kalahandi district, Odisha claimed lives of a few presiding officers after phase 1 of Vidhan Sabha elections
Environment in elections: Droughts fail to make it to poll issues in Jharkhand
Severe drought conditions in the state over the past two years ignored by politicians during campaigns, say farmers
Civil society survey claims welfare schemes halted after Rajasthan government change
Almost 4,000 people in 16 parliamentary constituencies surveyed
Nobody cares for Bihar's drying rivers in poll season
Most of the state's 600 rivers have either dried up or are on the verge
Verdict 2019: From the politics of inevitability to that of relatability
The results of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls hold lessons for us all
Karnataka Polls 2023: ‘Common man’ issues like LPG, poverty, unemployment cost BJP its southern bastion
Opposition Congress’ strategy of targeting the incumbent for not performing on governance issues pays off
Delhi elections: Populism’s twin faces
In the Delhi elections, the Aam Aadmi Party may have benefitted from strategic voting by people who wanted to retain its agenda of welfare …
General Elections: All you need to know to be an environmentally informed voter
As India goes to polls, here’s all the knowledge you need about environment and development to make an informed decision
Congress manifesto promises jobs, welfare steps
Five focus areas include: Unemployment, poverty, farm distress, access to quality education and healthcare
Assam schoolchildren draw up agenda for 2019 Lok Sabha elections
About 500 girls from Assam, aged 14-19, have produced a 'Children’s Agenda' focusing on health, nutrition, water, sanitation and …
Have regional parties lived up to people’s aspiration?
Be it Andhra, be it Bihar, regional parties have followed economic policies laid down by national parties
What made people in Delhi choose Aam Aadmi Party
Both BJP and the Congress need to look beyond what went wrong with their election strategy
Over-stretched poll schedule driving COVID-19 cases in Bengal, claim experts
The state recorded 216 COVID-19 cases on February 26, when the poll schedule was announced; the number shot up to 5,892 by April 14
Book Digest: The battle for Bihar, rumor and reality of COVID-19 and more
Accounts of evolution of animals and human realationship with the environment, DTE tracks contemporary books on environment and development from …
Verdict 2024: Farmers’ angst clearly caused BJP’s retreat from India’s agrarian belt
The lacklustre performance of BJP in the agrarian belt of Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh is being attributed to the rising …
Voting without voters: In Odisha, turnout suffers in districts home to migrants despite promise of goodies, travel fare
Lowest turnout in Berhampur in Ganjam district, CM's home turf, due to large-scale migration to other states, say experts
More than 4 billion people are eligible to vote in an election in 2024. Is this democracy’s biggest test?
Even amid spreading illiberalism and disillusionment about the benefits of a democratic system, there is reason for cautious optimism
BJP manifesto taps public discontent over inflation, power bills
Prime Minister Narendra Modi offers advice on freebies
The prime minister’s call to the youth to be careful about political parties bribing them with freebies for votes is also a recognition of …
Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2022: Is dung procurement a solution to UP’s stray cattle problem
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assured the people of Uttar Pradesh that there will be no problem of stray cattle in the state after March 10
Uttarakhand Assembly Elections 2022: What role will caste play in the hills
Why are Dalits not as assertive in Uttarakhand as in Uttar Pradesh despite forming 19% of the population
UP Assembly Elections 2022: Impact of farmers’ protest likely; MSP, cane dues major issues in Jat belt
Western UP farmers say they have become aware of their rights due to the protest and will vote on them
Yes, green issues are missing from poll discourse, but who is to be blamed?
It’s the civil society that has failed to inform and engage citizens on this crisis
No new vision in BJP manifesto
The document makes the same old promises of doubling farmers’ income by 2022, housing for all and bridging the doctor-patient ratio
NYAY a positive step: UBI pilot study lead researcher
Calling it a good intiative, Sarath Davala questions how the Congress will implement such a scheme