Less Than 5% Of Candidates From Congress

The Congress is contesting 328 seats in the ongoing elections -- the lowest since Independence. Photograph: ANI Photo   When the Congress was at its peak in 1957, nearly a third of all......

'Election With EVM Is Not Fair Unless...'

'We accept EVMs cannot be hacked because it is not connected, but can they be manipulated? Are you allowing us to check if EVMs can be manipulated?' IMAGE: An electoral official shows the EVM to......

Munambam: The Politics Of Waqf Land

The specter of how the Munambam issue was exploited during the November by-elections is proof of the price Kerala is paying for its emergent politics.Controversies become the stuff of slow-burn and......

Electoral Bonds Saw Landscape Shift

Key individual parties have cornered a larger share, with some favouring regional and others national players. Kindly note the image has only been posted for representational pourpoes. Photograph:......

How Modi govt had once used Facebook, Google for digital push

From educating people about the internet, connecting far-flung areas with a high-speed net, promoting entrepreneurship, building start-up incubators, women empowerment, to even running a voter......

Internet Trouble

'Is the tech wonder of our times headed for trouble?' asks Ajit Balakrishnan.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com 'Merkel and Macron warn against perils of digital imperialism'. I rubbed my......

Tamil Nadu cancels allotment of land to 5 IT firms

The Tamil Nadu government has cancelled allotment of land by the previous All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazagham (AIADMK) government to five software companies -- Cognizant Technologies,......

FinMin to drop ad on economy

Following the Election Commission's directive to the Centre to stop advertisement campaigns on the achievements of the government after the declaration of Assembly elections on the grounds that the......

Review: PM Narendra Modi is a work of fiction

The movie presents a version of Modi that the bhakts want the rest of us to see, feels Utkarsh Mishra. When the trailer of Omung Kumar’s PM Narendra Modi was released, a......