In this issue

Hindutva and welfarism drive the BJP's push to retain power in UP, but it's no cakewalk

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Aunty incumbency factor

Abhishek Banerjee had been steadily taking over the Trinamool Congress, but Mamata is not yet ready to let go

4 mins

Murder by malware

Investigations into Pegasus-related scandals worldwide show an urgent need for India to reform its obsolete surveillance laws

5 mins

Hindutva And Welfarism Drive The BJP's Push To Retain Power

The BJP Is banking on hindutva and development to win this election. But it is battling anti-incumbency, anger over key issues and an opposition that is up for a fight. With an unpredictable electorate, there is no knowing which way the state will vote

9 mins

My purpose of existence is to serve people

INTERVIEW - YOGI ADITYANATH chief minister, Uttar Pradesh

9 mins

BLOCK CHAIN

FROM UNHAPPY LEGISLATORS TO DISGRUNTLED DALITS, MUSLIMS AND YOUTH, CHIEF MINISTER YOGI ADITYANATH’S RETURN TO POWER IS RIDDLED WITH CHALLENGES

10+ mins

CASTE IN STONE

Identity politics and polarisation remain the key tool for most political parties to mobilise voters

5 mins

SHE CHANGE

Congress places its hopes on women. Will the gambit work?

5 mins

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra : We Are In For The Long Haul In Uttar Pradesh

Interview Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Congress general secretary

6 mins

FOR WHOM THE GANGA FLOWS

A walk through the ghats of Varanasi and its fringes, capturing the flavours of the election season

10 mins

Road to Atmanirbhar Bharat is through science

DR JITENDRA SINGH Union minister of state for science and technology, earth sciences, departments of atomic energy and space

5 mins

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