While Manoj Jarange-Patil’s hunger strike shook Mumbai, his future hinges on whether he remains an agitator or turns politician. Mumbai’s...

Unless India’s leaders rediscover the discipline of restraint, politics will cease to be a forum of ideas and become instead a theatre of...

By simplifying GST, Modi hopes to shield India’s economy from Trump’s tariff tantrums and win fresh political dividends. When Donald...

The RSS chief has defied caricatures and unsettled detractors with a more measured vision of India. Marking the centenary of the...

Says "won’t leave, ready to go to jail, face bullets." Pic: Bhushan Koyande Mumbai: Even after he got a day’s extension to continue his...

For a party that revels in bold strokes, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) latest move in Mumbai looks almost understated. The ruling...

From the Congress’s internal intrigues to today’s electoral rolls, the nagging question remains whether ‘vote theft’ is woven into...

The activist gets permission for a day’s protest at Azad Maidan. He says he is prepared for a month’s protest Mumbai: Maratha quota...

Mumbai: While making it clear that the state government considers the agitation initiated by Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil...

Part 5: The Election Commission runs India’s polls with borrowed staff—controlling them is far harder than it looks. According to Article...

Part 4: The process of updating the electoral roll is continuous, but once the last date for filing nomination papers passes, the list is...

Part 3: Who Can Be Registered as a Voter? Understanding Sections 19 and 20 of the RPA, 1950 In  Part 1  of this series, we traced the...

Mumbai:  In a strategic move ahead of the high-stakes Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party...

Part 2: Two Different Acts and Detailed Provisions The part 1 of this series traced the constitutional foundations of India’s election...

Part 1: The Constitutional Foundations of India’s Election System Part 15 of the Constitution of India contains detailed provisions...

Mumbai :  The Shiv Sena (UBT) unleashed a major offensive against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Central government accusing...

A humiliating defeat in a union election shows the cousins’ brand no longer guarantees loyalty in Mumbai. In a stunning reversal, the...

Mumbai :  Belying political hiccups, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray sought to don a new avatar as an urban...

Mumbai: The devastating defeat in the much-hyped BEST Credit Society election has underlined the question mark on existence of ‘Brand...

Voter turnout has consistently been low, around 60–65 per cent in both Lok Sabha and Legislative Assembly elections, and may drop further...