On 15 August, India celebrated 78 years of independence from colonial rule. The tricolour fluttered across villages and cities as a testament to the centuries of struggle for freedom. But beneath the ...

In December 2025, newspapers in India carried an arresting, dystopian image: scores of young people sitting obediently in rows on an airstrip in the eastern state of Odisha to take an exam. Over 8,000 ...

Rahul Gandhi’s national campaign against voter list fraud is perhaps less about making a comeback and more about saving Indian democracy. It is unclear how long such alleged manipulation of voter ...

In a country as diverse as India, elections should be conversations about hope, identity, and the future. But over the past decade, these conversations have grown strangely quiet. One party has won ...

MUMBAI (IANS)-Author Amish Tripathi has emphasized that democracy thrives on open dialogue and the respectful exchange of differing views. Reflecting on the 50th anniversary of the Emergency, he ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said India was the mother of democracy and diversity was its greatest strength. Inaugurating the Commonwealth Speakers and Presiding Officers conference at ...

Indian authorities have detained at least 1,500 people in India-administered Kashmir and razed the homes of suspected Kashmiri militants, as fears mount over a larger conflict between India and ...

Explore Indian Federal Democratic Party (IFDP) party's symbol, flag, founder, history, ideology, principles, list of MLA's, ...

Haryana Governor Ashim Kumar Ghosh on Friday said democracy is strengthened when the ruling and opposition parties work together while adhering to the letter and spirit of the Constitution. Addressing ...

As the Indian government presented the report for the financial year 2024-2025, two topics dominated the media coverage. One was that India was still the fastest-growing major economy, and two, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said criticism is “the soul” of Indian democracy. But his allies unleashed vigilantes after a comic who called a politician a “traitor.” By Mujib Mashal Reporting from ...