What happens when the topmost authority of the judiciary is accused of sexual harassment?

On 20 April, a former junior court assistant accused the Chief Justice of India - Ranjan Gogoi of sexually harassing her. Without getting into details of the accusation itself or looking at the merits and demerits of the accusation, in this podcast we’ll look at where the guardian of law falls in the legal framework to address sexual harassment at work. Tune in!

The BJP fielded Sadhvi Pragya as its candidate from a city like Bhopal which has an immensely diverse culture, on 18 April bedespite her facing terror charges.

In this episode of The Big Story podcast, we talk about Sadhvi Pragya and how she came to be accused of terrorism in the 2008 Malegaon blast. Tune in!

If you’re in India, you can’t see the TikTok app on the Google or Apple app stores anymore. Are you sad? Well let’s hope not.

The TikTok video sharing app was taken off Google Play Store and the Apple App store on 17 April, two weeks after the Madras High Court issued an order to the Center to ban its download. But has this stopped people from downloading and using the app?

Not by a long shot.

You can still download the app and use it through not-so-official means. Listen to the podcast to find out how people are side-stepping this “ban” in less than 15 seconds.

The 2019 elections are on in full swing. Political campaigning has gone into overdrive. The ruling BJP government has spared little expense to mobilise support in these last crucial days.

Will the strengthened push convert into votes for the BJP and a return to power?

After the first phase of polls on 11 April, a C-VOTER-IANS Tracker survey showed that the ruling BJP’s popularity has taken a dip.

How has popular opinion changed? What does voter turnout in phase 1 of the polls indicate? That’s the topic of today’s big story podcast. We're joined by CSDS director Sanjay Kumar, on this podcast.

In case you’ve been lucky enough to miss the torrent of videos, TikTok, formerly known as Musical.ly is an app which allows people to record and share short videos.

The app has come under the scope of India’s judiciary and not just because of the barrage of funny, ridiculous, embarrassing and sometimes plainly annoying videos shared on it.

Hello and welcome, I’m Vishnu Gopinath and this is the big story podcast. You can subscribe to The Quint’s podcasts on Spotify, Apple or Google Podcasts. So today, we’re looking at the Supreme Court hearing petitions to BAN the TikTok video sharing app. Why? And how will they ban an app when you can literally just download it on your phone?

Listen to the podcast now.

On 12 April, the Supreme Court refused to grant a stay on the Electoral Bonds scheme, which allows individuals and companies to anonymously donate money to political parties.

Who funds the party you support? Who’s paying the bills for the big shots who lead us? 

The answers to these questions lie in the Electoral Bonds scheme. 

We’ll be joined by two people on this podcast. The first, The Quint’s Poonam Agarwal who broke the story about how electoral bonds have hidden codes on them that allow parties to find out who makes a donation(which was used in court as evidence), and the second, our legal editor Vakasha Sachdev who’ll help explain the legalities of the story.  

Listen to the podcast now.

11 April was day 1 of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and the day has been BUZZING with activity.

If you’ve been caught up or busy today, here’s everything noteworthy that happened today. Day 1 of the elections has been marked by EVM malfunctions, naxal attacks and violent clashes and death. We have a lot to cover, so sit back and listen up.

With just a day left for the 2019 elections, the ruling BJP has been dealt three blows that just made these polls a LOT more interesting.

The first blow came from the Supreme Court. The bench said that it will allow new evidence in the hearing of review petitions seeking investigations into the Rafale deal.

The next blow came on the back of a comment by Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, who said that he sees better chances of peace talks if Modi is re-elected.

The final blow came from the Election Commission, which said that it would not allow the release of the PM Narendra Modi biopic starring Vivek Oberoi.

Listen to the podcast for the complete story.

Is the Election Commission being partial to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in the run-up to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections?

Sixty-six former civil servants wrote to the President on 8 April, expressing concern about the election commission’s “weak-kneed conduct”. The officers who wrote to the President include several former bureaucrats, including former Delhi L-G Najeeb Jung and many other notable names.

So why has the EC been accused of partiality and what are the issues that have been raised in the letter written by the sixty six former bureaucrats? That’s what this edition of The Big Story is about. Tune in!

The BJP released their "Sankalp Patra" which is their manifesto for 2019 Lok Sabha elections on 8 April only three days before polling begins.

In this edition of The Big Story podcast we give you some highlights from the 75 promises made by the BJP and also analyse what’s new and what’s recycled from the 2014 elections. We also talk about the characteristic differences between the BJP and the Congress’ visions through their manifestos. Tune in!