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.
PM Modi Inaugurates Manipur Projects Virtually, Remains Mum On Ethnic Violence Even After 10 Months
The inauguration event was a part of the foundation stone laying programme for various projects worth Rs 55,600 crore under the ‘Viksit Bharat Viksit North East’ initiative.
PM Modi lauds MGR and Jayalalithaa, signals patch-up of AIADMK-BJP
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the late Tamil Nadu Chief Ministers MGR and Jayalalithaa at the closing ceremony of BJP state president K Annamalai’s six-month-long ‘En Mann, En Makkal’ padayatra.
Keen to display a strongman image by making swift and decisive moves, a political leader with an eye on electoral benefits can ratchet up tensions and fuel escalation dynamics, writes Sushant Singh.
Billionaire Press Barons Are Squeezing Media Freedom in India
Tycoons close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi are taking over news outlets. Journalists say diluted coverage illustrates the taming of India’s once-riotous media.
Vigilantism and surveillance in Modi’s Gujarat (An excerpt from 'Gujarat Under Modi: Laboratory of Today’s India' by Christophe Jaffrelot (Hurst Publishers, February 2024).