UDF’s decisive majority offers relief, but gaping seat gaps elsewhere expose Congress’s uneven national footprint
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- How BJP Secured The Third Straight Victory In Assam: Welfare, Leadership, Delimitation, Organisation
Assam has handed the Bharatiya Janata Party a decisive third consecutive mandate, reaffirming the leadership of Himanta Biswa Sarma and deepening the party’s political and organisational hold over the state
The United Democratic Front’s decisive victory in the 2026 Kerala Assembly elections was significantly powered by the consistent and high-performing Indian Union Muslim League.
Invoking Shyama Prasad Mukherjee and quoting Rabindranath Tagore, Prime Minister Narendra Modi framed the BJP’s West Bengal victory as both an ideological milestone and the start of a “fear-free” governance era.
The Congress-led UDF has completely swept six of the fourteen districts in the state.
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In addition to its strong bases in North Bengal, Purulia and Bankura, BJP's road to 200 in Bengal looks closer than ever as it gains control of key areas of South Bengal.
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It sounds unreal that in the 18th century Murshidabad accounted for five per cent of world trade. Today, it is one of West Bengal’s poorest districts. That’s the story of the state missing in these elections
While disputes around the legitimacy of 27 lakh voters remain unsolved, filmy heroism, comic relief, barbs and jibes added colour to the tainted West Bengal elections
From Bill burning, to a star debuting in the political arena and the tussle with the Centre, the precursor to the Tamil Nadu elections was full of drama. Will the climax be as dramatic?
While critics say the prime minister’s recent televised address to the nation violated the poll code, is there a need to address the deeper structural gaps in the airspace framework?
Women voters may not have stood in front rows in election rallies, but they were at the centre this election. Their centrality to Tamil Nadu’s political story did not begin today
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Mufti is former Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir and President of the People's Democratic Party
Shailaja is a former MLA from Mattanur, Kerala. She is contesting from Peravur constituency in this election
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From RWAs to jhuggi clusters in Kalkaji, residents weigh in on Atishi, crediting targeted welfare but raising concerns over accessibility, priorities, and uneven development.
Despite claims of increased participation in 2024 Jharkhand Assembly elections, women remain underrepresented, though leaders like Deepika Pandey Singh highlight what sustained grassroots politics can achieve.
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Saayoni Ghosh is an MP from Jadavpur, West Bengal
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Union Cabinet Minister for Women and Child Development Annapurna Devi is an MP from Koderma.
Nearly three years since ethnic violence first tore through Manipur, the casualties and the cumulative toll of conflict keep accumulating. Even as the current political climate in India continues to be defined by the reverberations in mainstream poll-bound states, in Manipur, peace appears to have adopted the form of a managed illusion: one that is brittle, fragile and heavily policed
There are pauses and sudden advances. Just as talks appear within reach, they slip away. No one really knows where all this is leading to—war or peace?
The United Democratic Front’s decisive victory in the 2026 Kerala Assembly elections was significantly powered by the consistent and high-performing Indian Union Muslim League.
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Met Gala 2026 is gearing up for a star-heavy night with Beyoncé, Rihanna and Nicole Kidman expected to attend. From theme details to livestream plans, here’s what to know.
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The lyricist and ad veteran is expected to bring a fresh creative direction, with the government signalling renewed energy and vision for the organisation’s future.
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‘Raja Shivaji’ emerges as a sweeping retelling of Chhattrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s rise, mounted with ambition and scale by debut director Riteish Deshmukh. Grand in vision, yet uneven in execution, it finds its strongest voice in music and selective moments of conviction.
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences introduces sweeping changes, mandating human-only performances and screenplays, allowing multiple acting nominations and opening new global pathways for International Feature Film entries.
Diljit Dosanjh steals hearts at his Calgary Aura concert by inviting a specially-abled fan on stage and singing for her
Indian filmmaker Karan Johar shared a note of appreciation on Instagram after watching Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway starrer 'The Devil Wears Prada 2' in theatres.
The K-pop star swept an award at CANNESERIES 2026. The ceremony, held ahead of the Cannes Film Festival, gives global recognition to the best of television and series achievements.
A slow-burn surveillance spy-thriller ‘Patriot’ (2026) probes the uneasy alliance between state power and corporate greed—though not without a few blind spots.
As filmmaker Wes Anderson turns 57, here’s looking back at the films that shaped his cultural imprint and continue to draw audiences into his meticulously crafted worlds.
Sunil Pandey's directorial debut is almost content to play second fiddle to the great tradition of Bollywood romances that have raised the stakes by the deployment of memory loss as a plot device.
On International Workers’ Day, here are a few films that champion the proletarian dignity with rigour and commitment.
The death of print looms as Miranda Priestly scrimmages to keep her magazine afloat
Comedian Kunal Kamra putting Vinay Shukla's documentary 'While We Watched' on his YouTube channel is not incidental. It is the same infrastructure that journalist Ravish Kumar now operates from. The same post-institutional space that honest expression in India has been slowly compressed into.
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