Electoral power of women

UPA woos women and tribal voters

Finance minister lists Forest Rights Act as one of its key achievements while MGNREGA doesn't find mention.

What women can expect

Will Modi take care that women do not become victims of economic progress?

Election 2014: Five things India is counting on

For Tamil Nadu voters traffic congestion, water and pollution high on priority list

Better employment opportunities, lower food prices and facility for cyclists and pedestrians were also among the top priorities for voters

Political parties try to bank on women’s electoral strength

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

It will take 55 years to have one-third women representatives in Parliament

Despite women voting in record numbers, Parliament didn’t enact the Women’s Reservation Bill that promised to keep aside a third of …

Not BJP, not Congress: Women voters are real winners today

The results to the elections to the five state legislative assemblies underscore how women play an increasingly important role in India’s …

Women workers release manifesto demanding changes at workplace

Women from different sectors come together to demand change in the current workplace environment to ensure no discrimination against women

'Poor women and children are low priority for this government'

Criticising current government’s policies or lack of them, women demand change and empowerment across all sectors

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

Missing women voters: 21 mln can't exercise franchise this Lok Sabha polls

Excerpts from The Verdict: Decoding India’s Elections by Prannoy Roy and Dorab R Sopariwala; published by Penguin Random House India

Women voters are louder than ever and that’s because of poll panel, quota: Experts

In these Lok Sabha elections, women voters outnumbered men in 13 states

Look back at the decade: It’s a tinderbox world

Growth has stumped environment. The decade of 2020 is the last chance we have to walk the talk and make it right

Bihar Elections 2020: A mandate against status quo?

The verdict indicated a tipping point in people’s tolerance for rhetoric; it also exhibited a rare consolidation of the youth 

Decision 2022: Out-migration fails to register on Uttarakhand voters as affected districts vote BJP

The Congress, which had promised to address out-migration, loses in most parts of the state