"The Election Commission of India has directed that all electors in all constituencies who have been issued Electors Photo ...

Former Civil Service officers, including former Ambassadors, Secretaries to the Government of India, and officers who have held ...

In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court allowed entry of women of all ages into the Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala in Kerala.

This report on the phenomenon of political dynasties among Muslims in Uttar Pradesh is an empirical enquiry into the extent it has ...

This Policy Report, The Politics and Governance  of Social Policies in Delhi : Comparing Cash and In-kind Transfers, acknowledges ...

Thoothukudi, in southern Tamil Nadu, found its place in recorded history preceding even that of the State’s capital, Chennai.

The Government of India, on June 1, 2018, framed a scheme for the sharing of the Cauvery waters. An Extraordinary Gazette notified ...

The early years of the Indian republic saw an emphasis on nation building, accomplished through a top-down policy paradigm driven ...

The contentious issue of cow slaughter has been revived with the notification of The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Regulation ...

The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy and Asian College of Journalism is organising a Public discussion on ...

The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy brings together experts with a ringside view of important political and policy ...

This Report attempts to understand how the youth in the northeastern region of India look at the electoral and political ...

This report examines the status of intra-party democracy in the two major political parties of India — the Indian National ...

An analysis of candidate data compiled by the Association for Democratic Reform shows the degree to which criminalisation has ...

According to studies, the 2014 general election is likely to be the most expensive election in Indian history, with a massive Rs.

It is likely to be a three-cornered contest between the Congress, the TRS and the BJP-TDP-Lok Satta combine in the newly formed ...

Punjab’s Lok Sabha results have not always been in sync with national results.

The founder-leader of the Lok Satta Party Jayaprakash Narayan, has been campaigning hard for economic reforms and clean governance ...

In this Modi-centric election campaign and its media representation, the two starkly opposite narratives, also sometimes labeled ...

As election season heats up and women’s issues come to the forefront of the discussion, Hardeep Dhillon deconstructs the political ...

Developments in the political arena in Punjab since the 2012 assembly election, when the People’s Party of Punjab (PPP) was ...

To what extent do political parties in India practice intra-party democracy in their functioning? Ruchika Singh ​ ​analyses ...

Religious neutrality has become an accepted behavioural script for the state, but not for society and certainly not for ...

Despite their demographic importance, Muslims in Uttar Pradesh have been traditionally under-represented in the State Assembly ...

"Today, India is blessed with the rare capacity and opportunity of Democracy, Demography and Demand. If we are able to ...

A close look at the BJP’s election manifestoes from 1996 shows a consistent pattern of fielding the core Hindutva issues. What ...

In an analysis of the internal process of nominating candidates for the parliamentary elections to the Lok Sabha, ADNAN FAROOQUI ...

This is the Election Commission of India's guidelines on the code of conduct for political parties and their candidates. It ...

"After election to Parliament, the members become entitled to certain amenities. These amenities are provided to members with ...

"The Aam Admi Party is not just another party. It is a party that risen from the struggles of Ramlila Maidan and Jantar ...

Opinion polls have had an air of mystery about them. In this special article, Rajeeva Karandikar, renowned statistician and ...

The increasing corporatisation of the media—with business houses, politicians, political parties and individuals with political ...

The five year term of the 15th Lok Sabha is due to expire on 31st May, 2014. Article 324 of the Constitution of India bestows the ...

The issue of paid news has been hotly debated in the public domain, particularly as the role of the media in influencing voters ...

"The Indian National Congress has pioneered an entirely new way in which political party election manifestos are prepared. It ...

"The country needs to be rescued from the politics and policies of the Congress and the BJP. What is required are alternative ...

"The situation today calls for a much more vigorous and sustained struggle by the Left to protect the economic sovereignty, ...

"This Election Manifesto not only indicates what will be done for Tamil Nadu and the Tamil people, but also clearly spells ...

"We place this election manifesto before the electorate, paying our homage to our sagacious mentor who is taking eternal rest ...

On September 21st, 2013, The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy organised a consultation in Hyderabad, "Dealing with ...