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Soni Mishra

Senior Assistant Editor Soni Mishra writes on politics and governance issues. She may be reached at sonimishra@theweek.in, and her Twitter handle is @SoniMishra20.

November 09, 2024

Jharkhand assembly elections: Why parties are going all out to woo women this time

The importance of women lies in their socio-economic status and voter statistics
November 09, 2024

Justice A.M. Ahmadi’s biography: Behind-the-scenes tension in SC over Babri Masjid demolition

Ahmadi's granddaughter writes about the intense pressure he faced to agree with the majority
November 02, 2024

Justice Chandrachud's record as CJI appears to be a mixed bag

Chandrachud's successor Justice Sanjiv Khanna will always be compared to his uncle, Justice H.R. Khanna
October 25, 2024

Indian pharmas missed out on manufacture of engineered antibodies: Sam Santhosh at THE WEEK Health Summit 2024

The government should help by speeding up approvals for trials as India has so far okayed only around 25 of the 100-plus antibodies they have been approved globally, founder-chairman of MedGenome Sam Santhosh said
October 23, 2024

What Priyanka Gandhi's electoral debut means for Congress and Gandhi family

The Wayanad contest marks a significant milestone in the political career of Priyanka Gandhi and is expected to enhance her stature as a leader
October 22, 2024

In memoir, Congress leader Sushilkumar Shinde recollects his close bonding with Bal Thackeray

Shinde recollects how once Bal Thackeray saved him from media and how the Shiv Sena leader was different in private
October 21, 2024

AAP gets shot in the arm with release of leaders ahead of Delhi polls

Kejriwal has repeatedly said described AAP as the most persecuted party in India’s political history
October 19, 2024

Citizenship Act: SC's verdict upholding section 6A poses serious challenge to CAA

Groups opposing CAA contend the SC verdict raises questions about the CAA providing citizenship only to non-Muslim minorities
October 17, 2024

CJI Chandrachud and Justice Sanjiv Khanna share a common link to ADM Jabalpur case in 1970s

CJI Chandrachud’s father former CJI Y.V. Chandrachud and Justice Sanjiv Khanna’s uncle Justice Hans Raj Khanna were on a five-judge Constitution bench that passed the ADM Jabalpur verdict in 1976.
October 15, 2024

EC rules out EVM manipulation in Haryana, says no link between battery life and results

"Some people have gone to the extent of saying that since pagers have been blown up in the Middle East, EVMs too can be manipulated," says CEC Rajiv Kumar.
October 11, 2024

Haryana and J&K results come as a reality check for Congress

It will struggle to bargain with allies in the upcoming elections
October 10, 2024

Decoding the Dalit factor in Haryana results: How BJP redeemed itself in the eyes of SCs

A look at the 17 constituencies reserved for the SCs shows that both BJP and Congress almost evenly split the seats amongst themselves.
October 08, 2024

Haryana Assembly Election 2024: What Congress's failure means for Bhupinder Singh Hooda

An initial analysis of the poll outcome shows that the confidence exuded by the Congress was based on its hope that the Jats, the dalits and the Muslims would consolidate behind the party in the Haryana assembly election 2024
October 05, 2024

Why dalit voter may hold the key to the poll outcome in Haryana

After Punjab, Haryana has the highest proportion of dalits in the population
October 05, 2024

Will Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj party reshape Bihar's complex political landscape?

Jan Suraaj, Prashant Kishor said, will aim to ensure world-class education for children, employment for the youth and social security for the elderly
October 05, 2024

'Lalu no longer active; Nitish almost a lame-duck CM': Prashant Kishor

Prashant Kishor talked to THE WEEK about his party's vision, how Jan Suraaj is different from others and what it seeks to achieve for Bihar
October 04, 2024

Will Ashok Tanwar's dramatic 'ghar wapsi' to Congress affect Haryana polls?

After leaving the Congress in 2019, Ashok Tanwar joined the Trinamool Congress in 2021 and later the Aam Aadmi Party before switching to the BJP
September 28, 2024

'Subsidies have to be rationalised': Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhu

Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu told THE WEEK that Himachal Pradesh had already moved from a stage of financial crisis to financial discipline and fiscal prudence
September 28, 2024

India’s anti-defection law: Four decades of failure

The law has allowed wholesale defections and toppling of governments
September 28, 2024

'Once you defect, you must resign': Venkaiah Naidu

I am no longer a spokesperson of the BJP, the former vice president tells THE WEEK
September 28, 2024

'Anti-defection law has proved to be a complete failure': P. Chidambaram

Defecters should be disqualified automatically, the former Union minister tells THE WEEK
September 28, 2024

'We must leave political processes to politicians': O.P. Rawat

Former chief election commissioner says EC should not be involved in anti-defection law
September 28, 2024

'Defection should be referred to EC or judiciary': Subhash C. Kashyap

The former secretary general, Lok Sabha, suggested that the speaker should not be the deciding authority under the Tenth Schedule
September 24, 2024

Explainer: What is Inchoate Crime, which SC stressed upon in its child porn judgment?

SC has ruled that viewing, possessing and not reporting possession of any child pornographic material even if it is not transmitted further, will constitute offences under the POCSO Act and the IT Act. In doing so, the court emphasised upon the Doctrine of Inchoate Crime
September 21, 2024

Atishi's meteoric rise: Delhi CM was once embarrassed to be called a politician

Atishi played an important role in devising the transformation of schools run by the Delhi government