Data disclosure reinforces suspicion that State coercion fuelled donations from businesses in what is arguably the biggest scam in the history of independent India, writes Ajaz Ashraf.
SC has managed to retrieve some of the ground it had steadily ceded to the Executive. It remains to be seen, if, on this decision and in cases in the future, it can stay the course. Christophe Jaffrelot writes.
With ‘Mera Pehla Vote – Desh Ke Liye’ Campaign, Election Commission Openly Boosts for Govt
An election campaign being “launched by the prime minister” raises doubts and eyebrows. Does getting in a contestant for the polls for what is an EC activity, uphold the promise of a ‘level playing field’? Srinivas Kodali writes.
Indians Forced To Resort To Low-Paying Self-Employment As Well-Paying Jobs Have Declined: Report
A civic action forum in a recently released report busted several claims made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the years on the status of employment, national minimum floor wage and GDP.
SKM Calls for Mahapanchayat in Delhi on March 14, Denounces Modi Government's 'Repression'
The massive Mahapanchayat at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi would witness the participation of farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, among other states.
Indira Jaising writes: CAA Rules go against equality, federalism and India’s Constitution
While the policy of protecting persecuted persons is more than welcome, the solution is to grant them all refugee status regardless of which religion they belong to.
ABP CVoter Opinion Poll: I.N.D.I.A. Bloc Likely To Sweep Tamil Nadu, BJP Projected To Get Zero Seats In Southern State
According to ABP CVoter Opinion Poll data for Lok Sabha Elections 2024, DMK is projected to gain 54.7% share firmly establishing the party as the frontrunner.
CAA Is an Assault on Muslims, but It Will Come for Hindus Too
The act, while eviscerating the secular fabric of the country, also offers no relief to those Hindus who have declared that they are citizens of India but cannot show the papers asked by the BJP government to prove their claim.
#India has implemented a controversial law widely criticized for excluding Muslims.
The Citizenship Amendment Act gives a fast track to naturalisation for Hindus, Parsis, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains & Christians who fled to India from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan before Dec. 31, 2014. The law excludes Muslims, a majority in all three nations, marking the 1st time India, an officially secular state, has set religious criteria for citizenship
Probe report: What happens when ED, CBI call politicians
This has been a pattern for the last 10 years: Many leaders who faced corruption charges left their parties to join BJP or became BJP’s allies. Former Congress leader and state minister Harshvardhan Patil did not mince his words when he said he could sleep in peace after joining the BJP without fear of ED knocking at his door.
Electoral bonds, the State Bank and the art of evasion
The Indian voter needs to know the sources of financial contributions to political parties well before she casts her vote in the general election, write Anjali Bhardwaj and Amrita Johri in today's The Hindu.
TDP Returns to NDA Fold As it Seals Alliance with BJP and Jana Sena for Lok Sabha, Assembly Polls
While an alliance has been sealed, seat-sharing arrangements are yet to be formally announced. The BJP said that the modalities will be deliberated in a day or two.
Bihar: Why Upcoming Lok Sabha Polls Could Spell Doom for Nitish Kumar
Many, including the likes of Prashant Kishor, predict that Janata Dal (United) will be doomed while the BJP set to gain in Bihar in the Lok Sabha polls.