Elections, elections … seem to be unending Elections In The News by S Viswanathan - April 12, 2021April 18, 20210 India Today’s prized journalist and news anchor Rajdeep Sardesai concludes his presentations with the epithet: news without noise. In recent months this appears an oxymoron. TV news has been increasingly high decibel noisy affairs. In the discussion programmes, it is common sight for participants to drown one another’s voice. NDTV
Assembly elections – time for freebies Edit Notes Elections by S Viswanathan - April 4, 2021April 4, 20210 The states of Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala and the UT of Puducherry go for polls in April. Though the election dates were announced by the EC only on 26 February, the campaign had started months ahead, especially in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. The governments have also been coming out with massive advertisements in the media, projecting the achievements of the parties in power and also with liberal sops for vast sections of voters.
BJP loses 0-5 in the semifinals In The News Politics States by V Pattabhi Ram - December 31, 20180 With an incredible defeat the NDA needs to rethink on what its realities are. It was the muffler man who first showed that the much-hyped stranglehold of Modi-Shah can be broken. So decisive was his win that a headline writer at Times of India came out with sheer beauty, “Wall to