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The Hindu Lok Sabha election result signifies negative politics ending, verdict belongs to PDA: Akhilesh Yadav

The Samajwadi Party chief, who won from Kannauj Lok Sabha seat and is likely to resign from the U.P. Leader of Opposition post, says the SP has emerged as a positive movement of social solidarity

The Hindu After 40/40, delving into the nitty-gritty

For the first time in a Lok Sabha election, the AIADMK forfeited deposits in seven constituencies. For the ruling DMK, the verdict is seen as a popular endorsement of the functioning of its three-year government under Chief Minister M.K. Stalin. The outcome indicates that the BJP, whose Hindutva ideology has all along been considered alien to the political ethos of Tamil Nadu, may emerge as a major force in near future

The Hindu CSDS-Lokniti post-poll survey: Modi as PM pitch did not cut much ice in Punjab

Data shows that the voters in Punjab considered the candidate as well as the party while making their electoral choice.

The Hindu CSDS-Lokniti post-poll survey: In Chhattisgarh, women voters give a push to BJP

An interesting pattern that emerges from Chhattisgarh is that non-Congress/non-BJP candidates got support almost exclusively from men only — thus slightly fragmenting the male vote at the cost of the Congress.

The Hindu Evenings on the terrace

It’s also a bonding time, saying “hello” to neighbours from the rooftop

The Hindu GST squads intensify crackdown on illegal resale of fuel in north Kerala

Squads to operate 24x7 covering the borders of Kozhikode and Kannur districts