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By Kalyani Shankar A day before his assassination on January 30, 1948 Mahatma  Gandhi proposed in his ‘ last will and testament to dissolve the Congress Party and replace it with a Lok Sevak Sangh (people’s service organization.) He said, “Congress in its present shape and form, as a propaganda vehicle and a parliamentary machine, […]

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By Hugo Guzman No-one dares to say with any certainty what will be the result of the plebiscite on September 4 to approve or reject the new constitution of Chile. Despite the fact that in last year’s consultation, 79 per cent of Chileans voted in favour of a new constitutional text that would leave behind […]

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Amid recent speculations about him quitting the party, Congress national General Secretary in-charge of Karnataka Randeep Singh Surjewala on Sunday met veteran party leader K H Muniyappa and held talks. There were speculations about the former Union Minister joining the BJP following his meeting with Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and Health Minister K Sudhakar […]

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As the suspense over the continuation of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren continued, UPA charged the Governor with encouraging political horse-trading by deliberately delaying announcing a decision on the CM’s membership of the legislature. After a series of meetings, coalition partners JMM, Congress and RJD in a joint press conference urged Jharkhand Governor Ramesh Bais […]

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As the suspense over the fate of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren continues to raise the political temperatures in the state, the opposition BJP on Sunday lashed out at him over his ”picnic” on a boat with MLAs at Latratu dam in Khunti district the day before. Senior BJP leader Babulal Marandi said the CM […]

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The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice on a petition filed by Congress MP Karti P Chidambaram, seeking review of its decision on Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, upholding the power of arrest, attachment and search and seizure conferred on the Enforcement Directorate. A bench headed by Chief  Justice N V Ramana observed that […]

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After dismal performances in Lok Sabha and state Assembly elections in recent years, Congress is witnessing a resignation spree with its young and popular leaders switching sides for better opportunities and positions. Some of the turncoats are now serving either as ministers or MPs in the parties they have joined. 39-year-old Jaiveer Shergill is the […]

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LIC Housing Finance and Bajaj Housing Finance have recently announced a hike in lending rates for home loans by 0.5 per cent. Banks and non-bank lenders have been reviewing their lending rates ever since the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) increase its key interest rate by 140 basis points in three tranches since May 2022. On Monday, […]

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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister, the BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis, has strongly criticised the grand welcome given to the 11 men convicted for the rape of Bilkis Bano after their release from jail. The men were released on Independence Day by the Gujarat government under an old remission policy. Videos of their being welcomed with sweets and […]

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A former Twitter Inc security chief has alleged that the Indian government forced the social media firm to put a government agent on the payroll, according to a whistleblower disclosure with US regulators. Peiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko raised the issue with the US Securities and Exchange Commission among other security lapse claims at Twitter. He said the government […]

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In strict rules sent to all districts of Bengal on 100 days of work and other programmes, the state government has stressed on ‘zero tolerance to corruption’ as its main message. The new rules issued by the government clearly state that if money has been disbursed in the name of the 100 days programme or […]

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After the CBI registered an offence against Delhi’s deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, the Punjab Congress has now launched an attack on the Bhagwant Mann government seeking a probe into Punjab’s excise policy alleging that it had been ‘manipulated’ on the lines of Delhi. A battery of senior party leaders lead by state Congress president […]

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“Nyay ke saath vikas, kanoon ka raj (justice and development, rule of law and order),” proclaims a giant hoarding with a full-length image of Nitish Kumar outside the Janata Dal (United) office in Patna. Nearby, at the Bharatiya Janata Party’s office, the leading opposition party is highlighting a spree of crimes in Bihar’s capital, to […]

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Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day speech emphasised on the fight against nepotism and corruption, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday refused to comment regarding the remarks. “I won’t make a comment on these things. Happy Independence to everyone,” he was quoted as saying by ANI. #WATCH | Congress MP Rahul […]

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It is going to be a long-term proposition for India – which has a decades-old relationship with Moscow – to reorient its foreign policy away from Russia, the United States has said. It said it was working “very closely” with India through the Quad as well as other forums. “It is not for me to […]

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By Ashis Biswas   While it has not been possible for the Border Security Force (BSF) and different state police authorities to reduce illegal cattle sales to Bangladesh to zero level, cow smuggling has declined sharply over the years.   However, reports from Assam and West Bengal areas close to the Bangladesh border suggest that comparatively […]

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