Politics In India

22% Indians believe differing political views harm society, 64% think social media makes issues divisive: BBC-Ipsos study

A new global study by Ipsos for the 'BBC Crossing Divides' finds that people are split over whether differences in political opinions in their country are healthy or dangerous for society. The survey was carried out online among 19,782 adults under 65 across 27 countries from 26 November to 7 December, 2018.

EC files affidavit in Supreme Court asking for power to de-register political parties, ensure inner party democracy

In an affidavit filed on Saturday, the Election Commission of India (EC) implored the Supreme Court to empower the electoral body to be able to de-register political parties

Rahul Gandhi is falling in love with politics: Is Congress VP getting better at game once played by Narendra Modi?

For the first time in his life, Rahul Gandhi is having fun. He is smiling, laughing, cracking jokes, coining acronyms and firing double taps at the most famous chest in Indian politics.

First Lady: Nupur Sharma throws light on leaving her cushy job to enter big, bad world of politics

London School of Economics graduate and lawyer Nupur Sharma talks to author Meghna Pant about why she left a high-paying job to enter the big, bad world of politics exclusively on First Lady.

When Crime Pays is Milan Vaishnav's unflinching look at criminality in Indian politics

Milan Vaishnav’s book 'When Crime Pays' studies the rise of criminals in India’s political circles, their sustenance and worrying popularity, and how (if at all) this crime-politics nexus can be defeated

Congress is not a lost cause yet: Junking archaic ideas, embracing progressive approach will make it a potent force

Having failed to delineate a cogent and credible line on secularism, the Congress will have to articulate a new position to find its way back into political reckoning.

Whose religion is it, anyway? Supreme Court reserves verdict on poll law provision on corrupt practice

SC reserved its verdict on the "width and scope" of an electoral law provision dealing with issue whether seeking votes on the ground of "religion, race, caste, community or language", amounted to "corrupt practice".

Why PM Narendra Modi's speech on triple talaq was Nehruvian in scope, zeal and importance

The debate over triple talaq is so conflated with hard ideological, religious and political positions that it is very easy to miss the woods for trees.

Rahul versus RSS: Will Congress be able to snatch away 'nationalism' card from BJP?

Try as he or his party might, that impression was further reinforced, not dispelled, by Rahul's latest shenanigans in court on the issue of whether RSS is indeed responsible for killing Mahatma Gandhi.

Political exigencies taking over ethical governance? Uttarakhand crisis shows how BJP and Congress are the same

The BJP's penchant for this kind of pragmatism is evident all through the Uttarakhand crisis. There is little doubt that Chief Minister Harish Rawat lost support of the majority of legislators when his nine MLA’s revolted against him.