Daily Brief: Why is the Election Commission not releasing voter turnout data in absolute numbers?

Why is the Election Commission not releasing voter turnout data in absolute numbers?

Chief electoral officers in at least five states have released these figures on their websites.

Explainer: How Calcutta High Court’s Muslim OBC order will help BJP’s national campaign

The Bharatiya Janata Party has accused the Mamata Banerjee government of ‘appeasing’ Muslims by creating a separate sub-category for Muslim OBCs.

Cash transfers vs Sandeshkhali: How Bengali women are choosing between Trinamool and BJP

The Trinamool dominates the women’s vote in Bengal. But the BJP is trying hard to change that even as the Trinamool fights back with its own tactics.

Medha Patkar convicted in 2001 defamation case filed by VK Saxena, now Delhi lieutenant governor

The Narmada Bachao Andolan activist faces two years of jail time.

Election 2024: Why a 16th-century Odia tale is being cited to target Naveen Patnaik’s lieutenant

‘Kanchi Kaveri’ has been deployed against VK Pandian to suggest that he will carry back to Tamil Nadu the wealth that had been won by a medieval O...

‘I believe in neither government reports nor happy literature’: A writer-translator conversation

Hindi-language writer Chandan Pandey talks to Sayari Debnath, the translator of his collection of short stories, ‘The Keeper of Desolation’.

Listen: The monsoon imagery of jhoola compositions

Featuring tracks by Siddheshwari Devi, Girija Devi and Ghulam Mustafa Khan.

‘Bhaiyya Ji’ review: O brother, why art thou?

Apoorv Singh Karki’s film, led by Manoj Bajpayee, is out in cinemas.

Tennis: Somdev Devvarman on Rafael Nadal’s French Open swansong – ‘Retirement is inevitable’

Nadal is likely to call time on his career at the end of the 2024 season, along with Britain’s Andy Murray.

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