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Lok Sabha elections 2019: Crunching numbers to make sense of politics
By Roshan Kishore | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAY 22, 2019 09:03 AM IST
The 2019 election is the first in which the EC has decided to introduce candidate pictures along with their electoral symbols on the electronic voting machines.
Elections 2019: Money power still rules the roost
By Shashi Shekhar
PUBLISHED ON APR 29, 2019 07:56 AM IST
Criminals were used to influence and create pressure during elections. But now the same task is performed through the use of vast amounts of cash. The hooligans turned into leaders, and the leaders become slaves to money. We did not even realise it until it was too late.
Dantewada killings: Maoists say not going after media; ‘targeted ambush, say police
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON NOV 02, 2018 10:10 AM IST
The three-member Doordarshan team was in Bastar area of Chhattisgarh for election coverage and heading for reporting on a new polling booth in Nilawaya near Sumeli camp when they came under attack from Maoists.
Maoist attacks must not deter the State from improving the lives of tribals
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON OCT 31, 2018 06:52 PM IST
They are caught in the crossfire between the State and the rebels.Yet development is the only way out of the mess, if not for anyone else, but the tribals, who have been impoverished for years because of the negligence of the Indian state