
Senior Assistant Editor covering politics, public policy and governance. His work focuses on elections, party politics, national affairs, regional parties and centre–state relations. He writes long-form stories using history and archives to explain present-day politics and social change. He can be reached at" pratulsharma@theweek.in.
Sachin Pilot, Congress general secretary in charge of Punjab, aims to unite the party's factions and address the state's severe drug menace and crime wave ahead of the 2027 elections
The Election Commission of India controversy centres on a reported internal split over the Special Intensive Revision exercise, raising serious questions about the institution's credibility
The local BJP unit welcomed party chief Nitin with three dozen bulldozers lined up outside Meerut
Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) election results show that the established political machinery still holds significant sway over youth sentiment
Ten researchers will examine how his approach to governance evolved and what changes it brought to administration and citizens' lives
Ahead of the crucial 2027 Uttar Pradesh elections, the BJP and the Yogi Adityanath government have launched a massive outreach campaign, 'Mere Sapno Ka Bharat,' targeting Gen Z and Gen Alpha
Chakraborty reveals how research and advocacy demonstrate that budgets are not gender-neutral and that fiscal choices significantly shape economic opportunities and societal equity
Mayawati considers the Congress a bigger threat to her political survival than the BJP
The Bill is intended to replace the Seeds Act, 1966 and the Seeds (Control) Order, 1983. The government says the existing framework is outdated and does not adequately address changes in seed technology, private sector participation and international trade
BJP president Nitin Nabin announced the programme at his first press conference at the party headquarters in New Delhi on Wednesday
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav is launching a two-pronged strategy for the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections
The 2007 UP elections showed that a Dalit-Brahmin coalition could give the BSP a majority, but that coalition was built through sustained campaigning and local mobilisation, and to rebuild that will be a challenge
Political parties across alliances and ideologies are going all out to woo gens Z and Alpha
The RHA's demands and the government's engagement have ignited a political debate, with opposition parties criticising any potential rollback of reservations, highlighting the sensitive and polarising nature of caste-based affirmative action in India
With just months to go before the 2027 Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, both the BJP and the Samajwadi Party are competing to outdo each other, with the contest moving from bus tickets to direct bank transfers
If BJP fights on its own, Punjab would head into 2027 as a genuinely multi-cornered fight, with Congress, AAP, BJP, SAD and a fractured panthic bloc that includes Amritpal Singh’s Akali Dal (Waris Punjab De) and the SAD (Punar Surjeet) faction
Indian scientists are using ancient DNA to uncover forgotten migrations, debunk myths and quietly rewrite India’s history
Kumaraswamy Thangaraj is CSIR Bhatnagar Fellow, Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology, Hyderabad
Niraj Rai is group head, Ancient DNA Laboratory, Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow
Gyaneshwer Chaubey is professor, GyanLab, Cytogenetics Unit, department of zoology, Banaras Hindu University
Priya Moorjani of University of California, Berkeley, says Indian population genetics studies reveal that widespread mixture occurred relatively recently, followed by a significant shift towards endogamy
Population genetics can help decode why Indians are susceptible to certain disorders and help develop India-specific diagnostics and drugs
The first big push on ideology is expected to be around nationalism, an issue on which the BJP has traditionally been comfortable and aggressive, and one that has paid it dividends during elections
At the helm of the UP-focused changes is Vinod Tawde as the in-charge of the state, who is noted for his performance in the Bihar polls that helped the BJP install its own CM
Nitin Nabin's changes hint that the BJP now has its eyes firmly set on 2029 Lok Sabha polls as some key old-timers have been brought in to lend heft to the party
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