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Uttar Pradesh’s unpaid farmers who are owed ₹128 billion will express their anger with ballot ink
The first phase of polling in India’s general elections commences today, and eight out of 80 seat…
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The number of seats in India’s Parliament hasn't increased in 43 years — but the population has more than doubled
The first phase of polling for elections to India’s lower house of Parliament, the Lok Sabha, get…
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India's political parties have to tell the Election Commission who they received donations from before a final order on electoral bonds
The great experiment isn’t over yet. A year after the central government initiated the electoral bo…
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Here’s a comparison of the election sops offered by the BJP and the Congress
If voted into power come election time in April and May 2019, Gandhi said that the Congress woul…
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India's Supreme Court will decide on the fate of electoral bonds tomorrow
Since April 2nd, the Supreme Court has been hearing a a public interest litigation (PIL) agains…
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There are two ways in which India's electoral bonds can be misused
The debate was spurred by a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Prashant Bhushan, a senior…
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This state going to polls today is the picture of India's rising inequality
On a more micro level, Maharashtra - India’s richest state by Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP…
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Checkout: Party Wise Crorepati Candidates In The First Phase Elections
Across the nation, 91 constituencies are going for polling during the first phase of electio…
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Here's how Raghuram Rajan slammed India's two largest political parties
The former Reserve Bank of India governor, who was known for speaking his mind during his tenur…
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The people of India's happiest state are voting to decide who they want a UBI from
The proposal solidified the re-election chances of SDF leader Pawan Chamling, who is currently …
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A fresh controversy over ‘fake votes’ in Muzaffarnagar is scuffing the scars of the 2013 riots on the first day of polling
To make matters worse, Sanjeev Balyan, a BJP candidate, stoked the fire this morning by alleg…
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BJP promises ₹200 billion for startups now even as an existing fund remains mostly unused
India’s ruling party Bharatiya Janata Party released its election manifesto which promises to build…
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Facebook India has a very high-profile job waiting for the right candidate
Four months since, the world’s largest social network is bracing for elections in the world’s la…
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India’s Congress party proposes a separate farmer’s budget and single rate GST in its election manifesto
The Indian National Congress, the main challenger to the incumbent BJP in the upcoming elections, r…
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Elections 2019: Democracy’s appeal is under test in the shadow of the world’s highest battleground
Both Baramulla and Jammu are important constituencies with over 1.3 million and 1.8 million vote…
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It’s 2019 and India is debating if the murder of Mahatma Gandhi was Godse’s ‘patriot act’
In his will, Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse, asked his family not to perform his last rit…
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Narendra Modi's election manifesto packs larger doles and a rosy narrative
The incumbent Narendra Modi government, led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has released its e…
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Goldman Sachs upgrades India citing Modi's improved chances of getting re-elected
“The (stock market) rally has been supported by revival in FII buying ahead of elections,” t…