Daily Brief: ‘Junk EVMs, bring back ballot’: Cloud of mistrust hangs over polls in western UP, and more

‘Junk EVMs, bring back ballot’: Cloud of mistrust hangs over polls in western UP

Muslim voters are convinced their votes are being suppressed. A lawyer is contesting elections to strengthen the legal challenge to voting machines.

Lok Sabha polls top updates: Congress questions BJP-led Centre on rising debt, unemployment

Birender Singh, a politician from Haryana and former Union minister in the Bharatiya Janata Party government, joined the Congress on Tuesday.

Lok Sabha polls: 16% of candidates contesting in first phase have criminal cases against them

A total of 450, or 28% of the 1,618 candidates have declared assets worth over a crore, showed a report by the Association of Democratic Reforms.

Electoral bonds: Black money for political parties remains the elephant in the room

The government can try convoluted schemes or imposing limits, but cash is not going to go away.

Demolishing intangible barriers: Disability inclusion starts with changing societal attitudes

Attitudinal barriers are often the first wall of segregation that curtail opportunities, accessibility and equality.

A new biography profiles Nandini Satpathy, the former Odisha chief minister and fiction writer

An excerpt from ‘Nandini Satpathy: The Iron Lady of Orissa’, by Pallavi Rebbapragada.

‘Maidaan’ review: A halfway-there portrait of brilliant football coach Syed Abdul Rahim

Amit Ravindernath Sharma’s biopic stars Ajay Devgn.

Badminton Asia C’ships: The final step to 2024 Paris Olympics qualification begins in China

The Badminton Asia Championships is a make or break event for the Indian women’s doubles pairs of Treesa Jolly-Gayatri and Ashwini Ponnappa-Tanisha Crasto.

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