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Indians have faith in the Parliament, but trust their netas a little less

People question their elected representatives but their trust in Parliament not only remains reasonably high, but has increased during the last one decade.

Scrap FCRA, NGOs doing Church work with foreign funds: Experts

The statistics and facts are startling, for sure. But are they reason enough to scrap the FCRA? Yes, felt most of the participants in the conference Towards a Rational Government Policy for NGOs organized by Indic Studies Network, CSDS, at India International Centre in the national capital on Saturday.

Rajni Kothari, founder of CSDS and prominent political scientist passes away

Eminent scholar and political scientist Rajni Kothari, a former Planning Commission member, passed away on Monday at the age of 86.

Gloomy economy may doom Cong in 2014: CNN-IBN survey

According to a survey conducted by Centre for the Study of Developing Societies for CNN-IBN and The Hindu, the rising prices may eat up Congress seats in the next general elections.

Vidarbha, ground zero of farmer suicides, could desert Congress too

The CSDS-Lokniti survey shows that it is only in Western Maharashtra, home to Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar's constituency, that the Congress-NCP is comfortably ahead of its rivals.

Is there a strategic Muslim vote, a Congress votebank? Probably not

Do Muslims vote only on the basis of religion? Do they vote strategically, en bloc? An article argues otherwise

Election tracker live: Modi may be evolving away from Hindutva politics

Like the other states, except for Karnataka, it seems that in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh too the Congress has taken a beating.

Did Kejriwal blow it? He sped past Modi in pre dharna survey

The numbers in favour of him and his Aam Aadmi Party, in a poll conducted by CSDS for the Lokniti-IBN poll tracker are almost gushing in their support.

The uncanny similarities between Modi and Kejriwal

The big question is: will Modi and Kejriwal succeed in their respective missions? There are no magic wands in politics and electoral arithmetic can often be far more complex than voter chemistry.

Set to sweep MP, Chouhan says his 'secret' is good governance

Speaking to CNN-IBN shortly after the poll result was made public, a visibly happy Chouhan said, " We have been providing good governance to Madhya Pradesh every single day