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The EC has also begun the process to induct new voters in the electoral list who have either turned 18 or will complete that age by January 1 next year.

Some votes are more equal than others

Governments game the system to keep potentially unfriendly voters out. Citizens in remote locations might be overlooked...

17 April 2019 1:13 AM IST

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during the release BJPs manifesto for the upcoming general elections in New Delhi, India, Monday, April 8, 2019. (Photo; AP)

Sankalp Patra: How real are the BJP's promises?

We are far from junking top down, paternalistic, big man rule. Regional political leaders are no different in their...

10 April 2019 1:25 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures as he speaks during a plenary session on the occasion of World Environment Day in New Delhi. (Photo: AFP)

Will India vote with its heart, or with its head?

Both schemes perpetuate the UPA's pessimistic assumption that the State's capacity cannot be revitalised for effective...

2 April 2019 12:35 AM IST

The Uninhabitable Earth: life after warming by David Wallace-Wells Penguin Random House Rs 499

Boldly questioning the climate status quo

The Arctic, Russia, the Nordic countries and Canada would be temperate, safe havens, which survivors would fight to...

31 March 2019 4:38 AM IST

The block development officer accepted that 55 voters name existed in two different lists however rejected allegation of bogus voting claiming that these people did not vote. (Representational image)

Voternama: Churn is the new 2019 mantra

Voters are moving away from the national parties to regional parties even for the Lok Sabha elections.

21 March 2019 1:50 AM IST

Just like holy texts of all religions, Ramayana also gives us a message of peace and brotherhood, she said. (Representative image)

Politics of religion has no room as India rises

The five southern states are free of religious divisiveness as are West Bengal and Odisha in the east.

13 March 2019 1:38 AM IST

Sources said that though junior level officials from both sides were having flag meetings.

Walk the talk on war, but consider the costs

India barely spends 1.5 per cent of its GDP on defence two-thirds of it on military salaries and pensions and current...

7 March 2019 1:21 AM IST

Democracy in India: Is it best fit' or flawed?

This set is possibly in transition to the flawed democracy status, whilst the authoritarian set is possibly...

2 March 2019 3:27 AM IST

personnel stands guard during curfew in Srinagar on Sunday. Authorities imposed curfew in the parts of Valley following the killing of a top militant commander at Tral in Pulwama District of South Kashmir Yesterday. (Photo: PTI)

Securing India is costly, think afresh on growth

The Pulwama massacre illustrates how porous our security architecture remains to domestic and external threats.

20 Feb 2019 3:00 AM IST

Productivity in British low-paid jobs lags 20 to 30 per cent behind equivalent roles in Germany, France, the Netherlands and the United States.

A cautionary tale for our decision-makers

Overlay this construct with the income-tax data for the same year and the situation becomes even worse.

14 Feb 2019 1:53 AM IST

The GST Council cleared nil rate on live asses, mules and hinnies while placing live horses under the 12 per cent bracket.

Budget 2019 today needs forward-looking ideas

The revenue from the Central Goods and Services Tax remains significantly below the target of Rs 6 trillion.

1 Feb 2019 12:29 AM IST

Budget 2019: Piyush has to think big, take risks

The primary task before Goyal is to present the interim Budget 2019 on February 1 in the Lok Sabha, where the BJP has a...

26 Jan 2019 2:02 AM IST