The 2024 Lok Sabha elections are close to the finishing line. By the time you read this, just the seventh and last phase of voting will remain. And of course, we will all… Read full story

Originally given the Punjab cadre, he was moved to Odisha in 2002 where he acquired something similar to a rock star following due to his hard work, innovative… Read full story

In contemporary India, West Bengal is a classic example of how politics abhors a vacuum. The highway from Jamshedpur towards Kolkata is superb. People having tea at a Dhaba in Ghatshila in Jharkhand turn out to be… Read full story

People who track Odisha know that 2024 will perhaps be the last election for Naveen Patnaik, who is set to hang up his boots.Tens of thousands of devotees are… Read full story

Starting from Narendra Modi at the national level, Indian politics is more and more about personality cults. The first phase of voting is already… Read full story

CVoter has been tracking elections for decades. There has not been a single one in which unemployment (and also inflation) have not featured as serious… Read full story

Soon after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Jharkhand Chief Minister (now former) Hemant Soren, the author wrote a column here describing how the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) treats politics… Read full story

Asaduddin Owaisi jumped into the fray. After achieving some degree of success in Maharashtra and Bihar, UP looks tempting. It is this that has Akhilesh worried. The Samajwadi Party chief took time off from… Read full story

The author had gone to the Ram Temple and Saryu Ghat at Ayodhya on 15 February at 4.30 am. On 8 March, which was Maha Shivratri, the author went to the Kashi Vishwanath Temple and Dasaswamedh Ghat at 4.30 am.

There really haven’t been too many instances where corruption as an issue has affected an electoral outcome. The co-author has been travelling across India for the last few months. During the course… Read full story