Hafta letters: Hitler’s 1,000-year Reich, Pune car crash, election coverage Last week’s letter: Newslaundry · Jun 1, 2024
Hindu Holy City Votes As India's Six-week Election Ends India's six-week election reaches its final day of voting Saturday, including in the holy city Prime Minister Narendra Modi has used as a staging post for his Hindu nationalist agenda. International Business Times · May 31, 2024
India's Economic Growth Under Modi's Leadership Narendra Modi's leadership in India has brought economic growth but challenges persist. The upcoming election will be crucial in addressing these complex i... Top News · May 31, 2024
‘Lost right to write’: Months after ‘forced' exit, French journo details ‘Modi’s autocratic turn’ Over four months after she was “forced to leave India”, French journalist Vanessa Dougnac has written a detailed account of how she was “banned from practicing my profession as a journalist” in a cover story for French magazine La Croix L’Hebdo. Newslaundry · May 31, 2024
Lok Sabha Polls 2024: Know the ‘results’ before the June 4 counting of votes The counting of votes of all 7 phases will be done and results be declared on Tuesday, June 4. However Political Parties announce their 'predictions' with high confidence even before the 'official results'. Read further on Dynamite News: Dynamite News · May 31, 2024
Tomorrow I will cast my vote in India’s elections. Democracy itself is at stake There have been highs and lows during the country’s long voting period. Now pessimism is setting in, says author Amit Chaudhuri The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2024
India Lok Sabha election 2024 Phase 7: Who votes and what’s at stake? Voters will decide the fate of 904 candidates contesting 57 seats in the last phase of the Lok Sabha polls on June 1. Al Jazeera · May 31, 2024
How a shadowy Meta, YouTube black market clouds India election integrity Some of India’s top social election ad spenders are Facebook pages bought and sold in violation of the company’s rules. Al Jazeera · May 31, 2024
The Guardian view on India’s election: Narendra Modi’s audacity of hate Editorial: India’s prime minister encourages a belief in his divinity, leading followers to think it is God’s purpose to spread fear and loathing The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2024
Tracking campaign data on Modi and Rahul: The message in battlegrounds, and hints on low priorities Prime Minister Narendra Modi has addressed more than twice the number of public meetings than that of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi since the beginning of the NDA and INDIA poll campaigns, shows a Newslaundry analysis. Newslaundry · May 30, 2024
Jobs, communal speeches, women’s safety: BHU students weigh Modi’s tenure, campus life In this episode of Another Election Show from Varanasi, we sat with the students of the city’s Banaras Hindu University to talk about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s representation from the constituency, works of the central government and the local issues. Newslaundry · May 30, 2024
Battle of media tactics: Modi’s media blitzkrieg vs Congress’s snub The “breaking news” from the last gasp of this prolonged, hot, and heated election season is surely this quote from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In an interview with ABP News, he said: “In the last 75 years, was it not our responsibility to let the whole world know of Mahatma… Newslaundry · May 30, 2024
'INDIA bloc will form govt', claims Kharge slamming PM Modi of "divisive" LS campaign Kharge expressed confidence of the INDIA bloc forming the government after the Lok Sabha polls and said they will take everyone along. Read further on Dynamite News: Dynamite News · May 30, 2024
India’s final vote: In temple town Varanasi, Modi and sarees are winners Modi is expected to comfortably win his seat, but the margin of victory could reveal how his party is doing nationally. Al Jazeera · May 30, 2024
The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2024 ‘This election is critical for Congress’: can India’s Gandhi dynasty survive? Experts say a third consecutive electoral defeat in June could throw into question the political viability of the party and the family synonymous with it
International Business Times · May 30, 2024 India's Onion Farmers Cry Foul At Politicians' Price Recipe Almost every Indian meal requires an onion -- one of the cooking essentials along with sugar and lentils that sweet-talking politicians use to curry favour with their voters by lowering costs.
Newslaundry · May 29, 2024 Farm anger, temple cheer: Can Preneet Kaur hold Patiala fort for the BJP? “The workers have no problem with whatever candidate is fielded by the BJP,” said Virendra Kumar Gupta. “But if the workers are being ignored, then that’s an issue.”
Newslaundry · May 29, 2024 ‘Police now part of active psychology’: Author Vyomesh Shukla on dissent, politics of Varanasi Varanasi, Banaras, or Kashi has been home to spirituality, music and literature for centuries, with personalities such as Dara Shikoh, Pandit Ravi Shankar and Bismillah Khan associated with the ancient city. But over the past decade, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the incumbent MP from Varanasi, the city has undergone…
Al Jazeera · May 29, 2024 Who is Dhruv Rathee? From Modi fan to Indian PM’s most formidable critic When the 29-year-old YouTuber attacks Modi, he gets a bigger audience than any opposition leader. What’s his secret?
Newslaundry · May 28, 2024 ‘Lies, fake pics’: Meet Marathwada women named in ICAR booklet claiming ‘farm income doubled’ One of the big promises of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was to double farmers’ income by 2022. In 2022, the Indian Council of Agriculture Research published a booklet with a compilation of “success stories of 75,000 farmers out of innumerable successful farmers” whose income had doubled.
Newslaundry · May 28, 2024 The neighbourhood’s concerns: The China factor and the South Asian eye on India polls Five countries in South Asia are electing new governments this year. Among them is India, which has been competing with China for a larger share of influence in the region.
Al Jazeera · May 28, 2024 ‘They stole our jobs and life’: Anger and desperation in India’s coal belt People living in the coal belt in West Bengal say their demands are unheard as India elects its government.
Newslaundry · May 28, 2024 Know Your Turncoats, Part 19: Rahul aide hopping parties, six-time MLA’s son among 5 Cong defectors Read previous stories in this series here.
The Times of India · May 27, 2024 PM Narendra Modi hails para-athletics team for 'remarkable achievement' in world championships in Japan NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday commended the Indian para-athletics team for their outstanding performance at the recently concluded world championships in Kobe, Japan.
Newslaundry · May 27, 2024 Mandate 2024, Ep 6: Decoding the U-turn in Modi’s campaign rhetoric, from Vishwaguru to ‘Vote Jihad’ In the lead-up to the final stages of the Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s electoral rhetoric has taken a dramatic turn – from claiming “400 paar”, an easy win for the BJP, to now warning of dire consequences of the opposition coming to power. His recent speeches are…