India loves to celebrate itself as the world’s largest democracy. It also loves talking about women’s empowerment. Put the two together, and the result—according to a new analysis by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch...
Welcome to Kerala Assembly Elections 2026, where democracy once again proves it has a remarkable tolerance for déjà vu. The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Kerala Election Watch have studied the self-sworn affidavits of 863 candidates (because transparency...
Nearly one in seven candidates contesting the 2026 Assam Assembly elections has a criminal case against their name, and many of them are wealthy, repeat contenders—underscoring once again how money and muscle power continue to dominate the state’s electoral...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had congratulated Nitish Kumar on taking oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar on June 20, 2025, and extended his best wishes to the newly inducted ministers. In a post on X, he had described...
When it comes to crime, women are nowhere behind. A shocking 143 (28%) of the 512 Women MPs/MLAs in country have declared criminal cases against themselves. Of the same, 24 women MPs (32%) out of 75 Lok Sabha Women...
It has been over a month of ongoing protests by doctors of RG Kar Medical College, Kolkatta, up in arms against the brutal rape and murder of the 31-year-old doctor last month. The Supreme Court had to take suo...
Olympic medalist Bajrang Punia, who recently joined the Congress party, has received death threats. The threat has been sent on WhatsApp from a foreign number. The anonymous threat mentioned that Bajrang should leave Congress or else it will not...
Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi lashed out at Bharatiya Janata Party government in the Mangesh Yadav encounter case. The Congress MP from Raebareli wrote in Hindi on X, “In BJP ruled states, the very people who...
Referring to the warning issued by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath that miscreants harming daughters in state would lose their hands and legs, member of All India Congress Committee (AICC) and four time MLA Anugrah Narayan Singh said...
Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi took to X to express his anguish over the hate crimes taking place almost every day in different parts of the country. From assaulting Hussain, a Chalisgaon resident in North Maharashtra,...
