Vadakara's CPI(M) candidate K.K. Shailaja – the face of the party's victorious COVID-19 war in Kerala – says democracy is in danger in India and takes the cue from her party leadership, which has accused the Congress of being slack in attacking the BJP and Modi.

'It is the Congress which has a national footprint today to take on the BJP in the country. We have to strengthen the Congress to increase its numbers as it has alliances in many states, from Tamil Nadu to Maharashtra and other states,' says Muneer, who is a member of the Indian Union Muslim League.

The Modi government would want to lead off into the general elections with a focus on the Mandir and other allied issues. After a ten-year stay at the wheels of power, could several states making a popular case about a Centre that does not hold have the potential to upset the Modi applecart?

"Every generation is different; like today, in the last 20 years we've seen different rulers, each with different views. The same is true of in the 16th century, there are rulers who are very syncretic and you find shared festivals and shared shrines, but you will also find conservatives on both sides who won't mix."

Politics, it seems, has ended up in a doggone mess.

"For electoral fairness, it is crucial political parties are not allowed to manipulate results, and a totaliser would have ensured that political parties have no access to find out how citizens have voted and for which party in any particular booth."

Dr Karthick Ram Manoharan, assistant professor at the National Law School of India University in Bengaluru, throws some light on the different interpretations of the sanatan dharma concept and whether it divides political beliefs between north and south India.

Brussels-based lobby firm Alber & Geiger has listed its assistance to the Indian government in ongoing India-EU Free Trade Agreement talks, under the 'Wins' tab. However, three government arms have either denied or refused information under RTI on the hiring of the firm.

The move by six parliamentary groups ranging from left to right comes on the eve of PM Narendra Modi’s visit to France. Indian foreign secretary Vinay Kwatra said the matter is "totally internal" to India.

After extolling democratic values during his visit to the US, the prime minister went back to his good old ways barely a day after his return. Here are five top times when Modi poses globally, but trashes locally.

It seems that the prime minister is done with his statement clothing after the humiliating debacle in the Karnataka polls.

Do judges have any business quoting Bharatiya traditions when their allegiance is to the Constitution alone?

Speaking exclusively to this correspondent, Peter Stano, the EU’s Lead Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy said, “The EU is following closely the case against Rahul Gandhi and his subsequent dismissal from the Parliament,” but will wait to make a statement as “we do not comment on a case that is still in court.”

Rana Safvi and Sam Dalrymple explore monuments – including at least 100 Jain and Shaivite temples – that were built during the Mughal period.

The five-time MLA underlines why alcohol and beef can never be banned in the state and why it's wrong for a party to terrorise people in the name of religion.

After several failed attempts in the past, the NCP supremo has once again set the ball rolling to form a coalition of "like-minded parties" to challenge PM Modi and the BJP-led NDA in 2019.

Government instability, rampant corruption in the mining sector and tourism reforms are a few concerns that the AAP hopes to address if they come to power in Goa.

The human rights lawyer talks to The Wire about the cancellation of Lawyers Collective's FCRA license, the cases they took up against those in power and more.