The importance of Madigas Parties in Telangana are taking calculated decisions and risks to win the Madiga vote The Hindu · Apr 16, 2024
A sitting Parliamentarian’s quest to retain a coastal, industrial constituency Thoothukudi Lok Sabha constituency profile, candidates, and key issues in the 2019 election, including DMK leader Kanimozhi's victory. The Hindu · Apr 16, 2024
In Bastar’s poll ring, it’s a survivor versus a newbie Kawasi Lakhma, a seasoned Congress candidate, faces a tough battle against BJP's Mahesh Kashyap in Bastar Lok Sabha constituency. The Hindu · Apr 16, 2024
Reforms needed in the voting process | Explained Supreme Court to hear petitions for 100% VVPAT cross-verification with EVMs, history of EVMs, benefits, and concerns. The Hindu · Apr 16, 2024
Lok Sabha polls | Home voting turns into health camp for elderly in remote Arunachal villages Nonagenarian Gida Yajik receives healthcare and votes at home in Arunachal Pradesh, highlighting challenges faced by elderly and disabled voters. The Hindu · Apr 16, 2024
It’s a battle of prestige for Siddaramaiah in this backward region where his Assembly segment lies Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha seat is a battleground for Congress and BJP-JD(S) alliance in Karnataka's political landscape. The Hindu · Apr 16, 2024
Arrows targeted at me by TDP-BJP-JSP alliance will ultimately hurt the poor, says A.P. CM Jagan Likening the Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh to a war, Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has said that it is the “poor which will be hurt ultimately by the arrows targeted at him by the TDP-BJP-JSP combine, if the latter is voted to power.” The Hindu · Apr 16, 2024
Speaker evaluating live telecast procedures followed in other States, A-G tells Madras High Court Madras High Court evaluates live telecast procedures in Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, decision pending till June 25. The Hindu · Apr 16, 2024
Lok Sabha election: People of smaller backward class categories feel left out in the political mainstream The outburst of Fakira Dingaleshwar Swami, a Lingayat seer from Shirahatti in Gadag district, against the BJP for “ignoring” certain communities while “appeasing” some others during ticket distribution for the Lok Sabha election, has brought to the fore the undercurrent in several communities which feel that they are denied opportunity… The Hindu · Apr 16, 2024
Strive hard to win all the seats in Srikakulam district, Naidu tells TDP leaders Strive hard to win all the seats in Srikakulam district, Naidu tells TDP leaders The Hindu · Apr 16, 2024
Home Minister Amit Shah accuses NC, PDP, Congress of staging fake encounters in Kashmir Amit Shah targets NC, PDP, Congress for fake encounters in Jammu, urges voters to reject them. J&K transformation post Article 370. The Hindu · Apr 16, 2024
Congress has not won Lok Sabha seat in Bengaluru after 1999, but hopeful of turning the tide in 2024 Bengaluru South was one of the first Lok Sabha seats to be won by the BJP in Karnataka in 1991 along with Mangalore (now Dakshina Kannada), Bidar and Tumakuru seats. Of them, the party has retained Bengaluru South and Dakshina Kannada seats since then. The Hindu · Apr 16, 2024
Two-horse race: On the contest in Karnataka and General election 2024 In Karnataka, it appears unlikely that the BJP, now the principal Opposition in the State, will be able to replicate its performance in 2019 The Hindu · Apr 15, 2024
Debutant doctor faces hattrick-record MP in Gabbar Singh’s lair Bengaluru Rural Lok Sabha seat: a politically complex region with a powerful incumbent MP facing tough competition. The Hindu · Apr 15, 2024
The Hindu · Apr 15, 2024 Anti-graft ‘iron lady’ challenges Rijiju, former CM Tuki in Arunachal The battle in Arunachal West, one of India’s largest Lok Sabha constituencies by area, is expected to be between Union Minister Kiren Rijiju of the BJP and former Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki of Congress. But as the campaign crescendos to the day of polling on April 19, the…
The Hindu · Apr 15, 2024 Lok Sabha polls 2024 | Voters in Rajasthan’s Shekhawati region bat for stronger Opposition Lok Sabha polls 2024: Voters in Jhunjhunu, Sikar, Churu - Rajasthan’s Shekhawati region - seek opposition voice amid discontent with BJP and Modi government.
The Hindu · Apr 15, 2024 Election authority intensifies vigil on checking inducements to voters ahead of LS polls Election officials in Hyderabad crack down on voter inducements, seizing ₹125 crore worth of cash, liquor, and precious metals.
The Hindu · Apr 15, 2024 Chandrababu Naidu’s Rajam meeting is a game-changer for TDP, says Kalisetti Appala Naidu TDP's Vizianagaram MP candidate confident of sweeping elections with overwhelming support from alliance partners and voters.
The Hindu · Apr 15, 2024 Matrilineal Meghalaya bets on women frontrunners If the candidates of the ruling National People’s Party win, matrilineal Meghalaya would be India’s first State with more than one Lok Sabha seat to have all-women Members of Parliament
The Hindu · Apr 15, 2024 Aurangabad, Gaya, Jamui and Nawada prepare to vote on April 19 in the first of the seven-phase election in Bihar In the seven-phase Lok Sabha election in Bihar, which has 40 MPs in Parliament, the four constituencies of Aurangabad, Gaya, Jamui and Nawada will vote in the first phase on April 19
The Hindu · Apr 15, 2024 Practising ‘strategic feminism’ in the hotbed of patriarchy in Uttar Pradesh Iqra Hasan, 27, is contesting from her family turf in Kairana constituency in western Uttar Pradesh on the Samajwadi Party (SP) ticket as part of the Indian National Developmental, Inclusive Alliance (INDIA). ‘ I am a feminist but I work in a very patriarchal society. So, I have to find…
The Hindu · Apr 14, 2024 Fixing India’s VVPAT-based audit of EVMs The Hindu explains how the current VVPAT-based audit of EVMs is inadequate
The Hindu · Apr 14, 2024 Rajaiah re-joins BRS; KCR tells him to be ready for Station Ghanpur bypoll Former deputy CM Thatikonda Rajaiah rejoins Bharat Rashtra Samithi after meeting with KCR at Erravelli farm house.
The Hindu · Apr 14, 2024 Election Commission to focus on 5,000 booths in 43 Assembly constituencies to improve polling Election Commission targets low voter turnout in Bengaluru and other Karnataka urban areas with awareness campaigns and improved infrastructure.
The Hindu · Apr 14, 2024 This part-coastal, part-hilly constituency faces a diverse range of issues The electorate is spread across two markedly different geographical areas in the Udupi-Chikkamagaluru constituency — the coastal belt and the hilly terrain — almost in equal numbers. The issues that concern them too are quite different. The Lok Sabha constituency is set to witness a stiff fight between two political…