After the Maharashtra Assembly elections, the echoes of alleged Electronic Voting Machine manipulation has once again reverberated through political spaces, particularly from the Congress party and its allies. The Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s strong demand to reintroduce ballot papers by replacing the EVM highlights a recurring scepticism about the established electoral process. Understanding how much people trust EVMs provides crucial …
In India, as in many democracies, there has long been a discernible gender gap in citizens’ political participation. First, the increase in female turnout in India is occurring while female labour force participation — an important driver of women’s political participation — remains low compared to peer economies. The 2023 survey randomly sampled 642 women from the 2022 survey and …
After Assam police arrested a Naga insurgent in Nagaon district of middle Assam, they made the connection between an insurgent group of Northeast India and the smuggling of drugs in Assam. On Tuesday, Nagaon police caught a bullet injured Naga insurgent, RK Hopingson, during a face-off with a gang of drug smugglers and also recovered nearly two core rupees worth …
