Telangana gears up for three-cornered election fight with poll notification

[ad_1] <!--   --> The notification has initiated the nomination process, with April 25 as the deadline for submissions. Published Date - 18 April 2024, 01:35 PM   Hyderabad: The Election Commission on Thursday issued notification for elections to 17...

Ground report: Why this Muslim nomadic tribe in Uttarakhand has little to gain from polls

[ad_1] Sitting in the one-room mud house without electricity that serves as the office of the Van Gujjar Tribal Yuva Sanghatan in Uttarakhand, Mohammad Ameer Hamja seemed certain about what the party that rules the Centre and state aim to...

View from the Margins: Uttarakhand’s ghost villages embody the state’s economic challenges

[ad_1] Voting is often the only chance that many of India's marginalised groups get to express themselves. As national elections approach, Scroll's reporters fanned out across the country to talk to groups with little socio-political power as part of a...

Retail inflation likely to be high during elections

[ad_1] Election combined with a heatwave may keep retail inflation, based on Consumer Price Index, at a high level in the coming months. Based on 11 months (April-February) figures for fiscal year 2023-24, the average headline inflation has been 5.4...

Congress manifestoes (2004-2024): Distributive justice plus well-regulated markets and reformed tax laws

[ad_1] The Congress Party’s manifesto for the 2024 General Elections has taken forward the rights and entitlements-based approach to governance seen in its earlier manifestos for the last four Lok Sabha elections (2004-19) to the next level, promising a new...

IMD predicts extreme heat in Apr-June; central and western regions to be worst hit

[ad_1] Extreme heat conditions are expected during the next three months, coinciding with the election campaign, with the Central and the Western regions expected to face the worst impact, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Monday.It was unusual to...

NH works pause as netas hit campaign trail

[ad_1] Despite a brisk pace of road construction during fiscal year 2023-24, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is likely to miss its target. It may end FY24 with constructing only 94 per cent of the targeted 13,814 km...