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Difficult to define a freebie, our 'hands tied': CEC Rajiv Kumar

Delhi elections on Feb 5, counting on Feb 8

Better power supply improves rural women's autonomy, safety, finds study

IIT-Kanpur researchers found that improved electricity supply enhances rural women's mobility, participation in household decision-making, health, marital choices, reproductive autonomy, and safety

Politics of funding religious outreach: Examining nationwide schemes

As the AAP govt promises salaries to temple and gurudwara priests, a look at other parties nationwide that have made similar announcements or rolled out such schemes

2024: A year of challenges for incumbents and traditional political parties

Internationally, 2025 will be far less frenetic than 2024, which saw more than 60 countries, including India, hold their national electio­ns

Delhi, Bihar Assembly elections in 2025 to test the fate of freebies

This year will have the fewest elections of any in the current five-year electoral cycle. What does that mean for welfare schemes?

Now-defunct Dhanalakshmi scheme improved outcomes for girl-child: Study

A new study by US-based researchers finds widespread social change and that preference for a girl child continues even after discontinuation of the schemed

Bhopal hazardous material shift: Two attempt self-immolation in Pithampur

The waste from the December 1984 disaster at the Union Carbide factory reached the industrial town's incineration facility on Thursday triggering protests led by 'Pithampur Bachao Samiti'

N Chandrababu Naidu richest, Mamata Banerjee poorest among 31 CMs: ADR

Andhra Pradesh's N Chandrababu Naidu with total assets worth Rs 931.83 crore, Arunachal Pradesh's Pema Khandu with total assets worth Rs 332.56 crore

Many firsts amid some strained ties: Assessing PM's foreign tours in 2024

PM's visits to Russia, Ukraine, Nigeria, and Guyana were historic for many reasons. But relations with Canada, Bangladesh remained tense in 2024

Farewell, Dr Singh: State funeral to be held at Nigambodh Ghat today

Draped in the tricolour, Singh's body was brought from AIIMS to the bungalow in Lutyens' Delhi that had been his home after he demitted the PM's office in 2014

Manmohan Singh, India's reformist leader and former PM, passes away at 92

A Member of the Rajya Sabha from 1991 until April 2024, Singh served as Leader of the Opposition from 1998 to 2004

28% of Lok Sabha seats had no woman candidate in 2024, shows ECI report

The highlight of the 2024 LS election was again the better turnout of woman electors in percentage terms than men

Delhi govt depts disown Kejriwal's 'mahila', elderly welfare schemes

Under Mahila Samman Yojana, AAP promises Rs 2,100 monthly allowance, and under Sanjeevani free treatment to voters above 60

One Nation, One Election bill could give ECI say over Assemblies' terms

In the current version of CAB, if a state's elections cannot be held with the LS, the EC will be empowered to declare the dates for those polls, effectively giving it final say on the Assembly's term

India's green book: Forest growth decelerates as tree cover rises

India's total forest and tree cover stood at 8,27,357 sq km in 2021-23, representing 25.17 per cent of the country's geographical area

Parl winter session: 39-member House panel set up to scrutinise ONOE Bills

The committee will have 27 members from the Lok Sabha and 12 from the Rajya Sabha

Rise in districts: Is political demand overshadowing administrative need?

New districts are being announced more because of demands by influential groups than empirical studies, usually in the buildup to elections

BJP, Congress trade charges over attack on MPs in Parliament complex

Accuse each other of misbehaving with women MPs

BJP, Opposition leaders lock horns over Amit Shah's Ambedkar comment

Kharge demands home minister's resignation; protests disrupt House proceedings

Pranab Mukherjee should have been made PM in 2012: Mani Shankar Aiyar

'By doing this, the Congress would have still lost the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, but not sunk to 44 seats, and could have won 140 seats'