Indian political developments, elections, parties, and governance debates, summarised without spin and with a critical eye on extreme viewpoints.
Manik Varadkar, 94, survived the 1935 Quetta earthquake, Partition violence and imprisonment during the Samyukta Maharashtra agitation. Born Manik Khanolkar in 1931 to a prosperous Konkani Maharashtrian family in Quetta, she lost…
India’s 79-year record as a modern nation challenges earlier predictions that the country would collapse, NDTV reports in an opinion article by Shashi Tharoor. Tharoor places the period against India’s much older…
बिजनेस टुडे बाजार के अनुसार, प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने 2026 के स्वतंत्रता दिवस समारोह में पीले और सफेद बांधनी पैटर्न वाली मैरून पगड़ी पहनी। उन्होंने सफेद कुर्ता-पायजामा और भूरे रंग की नेहरू…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said armed Naxalism was “breathing its last” and warned against people he called “dimaagi Naxals”. Speaking from the Red Fort on Independence Day, Modi alleged that…
BRS and Congress supporters in Telangana are trading morphed images on social media, according to m9.news. The exchange began after BRS working president KTR shared an edited group photograph showing Chief Minister…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India must dream big and remain resolute to achieve its goals, OdishaTV reports. The report offers no further details on the goals he referred to, the setting…
The Cockroach Janta Party’s official Instagram account was taken down briefly on August 15 and restored later the same day, according to the group. CJP called it an attempt to silence its…
India’s electorate has expanded from 17.32 crore registered voters in the first general election of 1951-52 to 97.98 crore in 2024, Livemint reports. Turnout rose from 45.67% to 66.10%, with 64.64 crore…
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi did not attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 80th Independence Day celebrations at the Red Fort on Saturday, repeating their absence…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his Independence Day address that India, once part of Morgan Stanley’s 2013 “Fragile Five”, has become the world’s fastest-growing major economy in 12 years. He linked…
