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'Un'-social media? How to regulate a technological challenge to democracy

All stakeholders need to come together to find a regulatory solution and prevent social media from turning unsocial

2019 polls: Mamata a 'speedbreaker' in Bengal's development, says PM Modi

PM Modi took potshots at Trinamool Congress president as well other opposition leaders

Is the Muslim vote becoming irrelevant to BJP's electoral success in India?

While Muslim voters' preference of other political alignments remained unchanged, upper-caste Hindus and SC-ST voters got closer to the BJP in 2014

Indian elections: Democracy dancing to the tune of populism since 1982

From NTR's promise of rice at Rs 2 a kg to PM-KISAN and the Congress' NYAY scheme, Business Standard traces the history of populist announcements before elections in India

LS polls: Congress picks Bansal for Chandigarh, upsets Navjot Kaur

Navjot Kaur Sidhu, wife of Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, and former Union minister Manish Tewari had also staked their claims to the ticket from the seat that is often considered a party bastion

Mehbooba Mufti, Hasnain Masoodi file nomination from Anantnag seat

Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Ghulam Ahmad Mir is scheduled to file nomination papers as Congress candidate later in the day

Congress manifesto just showoff and an illusion: BSP supremo Mayawati

Congress and BJP are no different when it comes to non-fulfilment of promises, the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said in a tweet

'Full of lies, a document of hypocrisy': Modi tears into Congress manifesto

Congress President Rahul Gandhi Tuesday released his party's manifesto for Lok Sabha polls

LS polls: Cong MLA Pawan Kajal to fight BJP's Kishan Kapoor in HP's Kangra

The Congress MLA will take on state minister Kishan Kapoor, whom the BJP has fielded after dropping veteran leader and former CM Shanta Kumar

Modi's pro-poor image: Has Congress' NYAY scheme stolen the PM's thunder?

Five years on, the choice between Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress, led by Rahul Gandhi, seems to have been reset

Congress declares 20 more candidates, retains sitting MPs in Punjab

Former Union Minister Subodh Kant Sahay would contest from Jharkhand capital Ranchi

Capex at 14-year low amid political uncertainty ahead of Lok Sabha polls

Capex on new projects have halved in the March quarter y-o-y, though stalling and completion rates are better than before

TMC, BJP in an intense fight over control of Darjeeling constituency

On the other hand, since its inception in 1998, the TMC hasn't been able to win the Darjeeling constituency

Jolt for BJP as Ajit Jogi's party desists Lok Sabha polls in Chhattisgarh

Ajit Jogi had announced that he would himself contest the general election

Lok Sabha polls: Cong priorities are jobs and farmers, says Rahul Gandhi

'Hum nibhayenge': The party comes out with a new slogan

Cong releases poll manifesto, promises separate farmers' budget, more jobs

The Congress said it would implement a guaranteed cash transfer of Rs 72,000 a year to 50 million poor families

Decrypting the ballot

The book compels readers to question everything they know about elections

Why elections don't impact markets

Besides the difficulty in predicting election results, there are four other reasons

Elections: No party neglected Ambedkar more than Congress, says PM Modi

Rahul Gandhi released the Congress party's Lok Sabha elections 2019 manifesto today

Coalition govts did better than Modi's 'one-man show': Chandrababu Naidu

In the 2014 elections, the TDP had won 102 of the 175 assembly seats and 15 of the Lok Sabha seats