D. Raja

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Monday said that as of now there is “no alternative” to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the country. Pawar was replying to a query by reporters on the opposition parties planning to challenge Modi’s leadership ahead of the Lok Sabha polls due next year. “As of now, there […]

The post No alternative to Modi in 2024, asserts Ajit Pawar first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

In a major organisational reshuffle ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha Polls, Congress leader Sachin Pilot has been made in charge of Chhattisgarh, while Priyanka Gandhi has been replaced as in-charge of Uttar Pradesh. Avinash Pande has been made in-charge of UP, while Randeep Singh Surjewala has been made in-charge of Karnataka, a statement by […]

The post Major organisational reshuffle in Cong; Priyanka ‘without portfolio’ first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

NEW DELHI: The adoption of the National Pension System (NPS) by formal sector employees fell to a four-month low in October, according to data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) on Friday. This fall is primarily on account of the slowdown seen in the adoption by the corporate sector employees. Data shows the cumulative […]

The post NPS Adoption Dips To 4 Month Low In October Amid Corporate Slowdown: NSO first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Dr.  Gyan Pathak Prices of vehicles on-road vary vastly across the states in India, which not only encourages evasion of taxes but also makes the process of compliance cumbersome. Varied taxes imposed by the states is the main reason for this distortion and it must be replaced by a uniform road tax regime in […]

The post Uniform Road Tax Across India Must For Uniform Vehicle Prices first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

The Congress on Thursday said its candidates for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls will be decided “very soon” and asserted that it would take all necessary steps to make the INDIA bloc an effective bulwark against the ruling BJP and its allies. During a four-hour meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) here at the […]

The post Cong candidates list soon, vows to bolster opposition unity first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi reached out to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Thursday evening, amid talk of yet more rifts in the INDIA bloc ahead of next year’s general election. Sources have told NDTV Gandhi could not speak to the Janata Dal (United) boss since he was in a meeting, but the two are expected […]

The post Rahul bid to pacify Nitish Kumar on INDIA Bloc PM face first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak For the last few years, the Narendra Modi-led Government has been empowering itself through changes in various laws relating to crime and evidence to such an extent that it can arbitrarily apply certain laws to raid, arrest, seize, detain, prosecute – even pardon anyone it may like to. The passage of […]

The post Grabbing Absolute Power By Executive Is Undemocratic first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal responded to the Enforcement Directorate summons and mentioned that they are “illegal”, “politically motivated” adding that they “should be withdrawn”. He said that he is willing to abide by all the legal summons, however these illegal ones should be withdrawn. “This ED summon is also illegal like the previous summons,” Kejriwal […]

The post Kejriwal claims ED summons ‘Illegal, politically motivated’ first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Mriganka M Bhowmick Since 1989, when the BJP adopted Hindutva as an ideology in the Palampur Resolution, it has consistently propagated it in elections. The RSS has significantly contributed to the evolution of Hindutva as the cultural identity of the nation. With the advent of Modi Politics in 2014, new economic policies, social welfare […]

The post Can BJP Win Lok Sabha Elections Without Hard Hindutva Narrative? first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

NEW DELHI: Ambuja Cements Ltd, owned by Adani Group, on Monday said it will invest Rs 6,000 crore in 1,000 MW renewable power projects by FY26. The transformative investment, funded through Internal accruals, encompasses a diverse portfolio of solar and wind power projects strategically positioned across Gujarat and Rajasthan, Ambuja Cements Ltd (ACL) said. “The […]

The post Ambuja Cements To Invest Rs 6,000 Cr In Renewable Power Projects By FY26 first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Opposition INDIA Block is coming back on negotiation table on December 19, after a long gap of 80 days since Mumbai Meet on September 1, a crucial time that it has already lost, without moving forward on the resolution made, including launching joint rallies across the country and finalization of seat […]

The post INDIA Block Needs To Pick Up Threads On December 19 From Where It Left In September first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

The meeting of opposition INDIA bloc parties on Tuesday is likely to focus on seat-sharing in key states, with some leaders pushing for an agreement before December 31, and on redrawing the joint strategy to take on the BJP after the recent reverses in assembly polls. The key challenge before the leaders of various opposition […]

The post Opposition meet to redraw strategy to take on BJP first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava Congress having a massive rally in Nagpur to celebrate its foundation day on December 28 is unlikely to have any significant political or electoral bearing on the RSS. Congress was born in Bombay in 1885. But the party leadership chose Nagpur as the venue of celebration for obvious reason to send a […]

The post Congress Foundation Rally In Nagpur Must Send Strong Message To RSS first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup BJP’s top leadership seems to act in unconventional ways. That relates to its unexpected choice of chief ministers in three states, Vishnu Deo Sai in Chattisgarh, Mohan Yadav in Madhya Pradesh and Bhajan Lal Sharma in Rajasthan. To the public at large, and often the know-it-all media, these names could have been […]

The post BJP High Command Opted For A Long Term Planning In Deciding On New Chief Ministers first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

NEW DELHI: Breaking the seven-month-long deflationary streak, India’s Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-based inflation rate turned positive in November. The data released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Thursday showed that the inflation in factory gate prices touched an eight-month high of 0.26 per cent in November, up from minus 0.52 per cent in […]

The post WPI Inflation At 8-Month High In November first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava With a sankalp (pledge) at KV temple of Varanasi to get rid of the anti-people government of the BJP, the Uttar Pradesh Congress will launch its UP Jodo Yatra on December 20 from Shakumbhari Devi temple in Saharanpur and culminate at Naimisharanya (Sitapur) after covering 16 parliamentary constituencies in 10 western and […]

The post Congress Yatra In Uttar Pradesh Beginning December 20 Will Be A Big Opposition Show first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Only a few months ago, RSS-BJP clan had created hype around “Nari Shakti Vandan”, just after PM Narendra Modi government had introduce Women’s Reservation Bill, 2023 on September 19 in a special session of Parliament. Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam was the new epithet for the Bill which was brought forward as […]

The post Woman Judge’s Seeking Permission To Die Exposes ‘Nari Shakti Vandan’ Hype first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

Lalit Jha – the alleged mastermind behind the Parliament security breach – burned the mobile phones of four accomplices in a bid to destroy evidence, Delhi Police sources told NDTV Friday. Jha, who surrendered to the cops last night, said he had kept the mobile phones of the two men who popped yellow smoke canisters […]

The post Parliament breach planner may have destroyed proofs first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

A Delhi court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal filed by former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot against his summoning in a criminal defamation complaint filed by Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. Additional Sessions Judge M K Nagpal rejected Gehlot’s appeal, filed against an order passed by a magisterial court, saying that the order did not […]

The post Delhi court dismisses Gehlot’s appeal against defamation plea first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) once again took everyone by surprise when it unveiled the names of its chief minister’s pick for the newly won states of Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. By choosing young, grassroots-level leaders for the top post, the saffron party delivered on its anti-nepotism and anti-bias political stance. The ruling party […]

The post BJP delivers a message through choice of new CMs first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

The Maharashtra government intends to implement the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) before the state elections in 2024, deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, who also holds the finance portfolio, has told the Legislative Council of the assembly. The statement comes amid state government officials calling for yet another protest to demand implementation of OPS. Pawar, during […]

The post Ajit Pawar promises return to Old Pension Scheme before polls first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

NEW DELHI: India’s retail inflation inched up to a three-month high of 5.6% in November from 4.9% in the previous month, while industrial production rebounded to a 16-month record of 11.7% in October, aided by a festive surge and a favorable base, official data released Tuesday showed. Interest rates are likely to stay where they […]

The post Retail Inflation At 3-Month High; Factory Activity Rebounds first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty Three-terms in a row and knowing well that he faced the axe, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan thought long and short and took the dive for Prime Minister Narendra Modi who dumped him to safeguard his own future. Modi fought on his own “name and face” to guarantee a third-time for himself […]

The post Will Depriving Shivraj Singh Chouhan Of Chief Ministership Help BJP In 2024 Polls? first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak The shock that BJP had to suffer in Karnataka Vidhan Sabha election in May 2023 is not yet over when it was not able to win even a single seat reserved for Scheduled Tribe (ST), though the party somehow made inroads to a great extent in the November 2023 Vidhan Sabha […]

The post BJP Tries To Restore ST Support Base By Choosing A Tribal Cm In Chhattisgarh first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava Alternative core positive agenda to counter the BJP in the next general elections will have the maxim “Main Nahin, Hum” as the pivot to take on Modi. Apparently, the insight behind coining this slogan is to counter Modi’s rhetoric of “my guarantee”, some leaders of the INDIA bloc confide that it underscores […]

The post INDIA Bloc Strikes With New Slogan “We, Not Me” To Defeat “I” Of Modi first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Kalyani Shankar After completing the five state elections, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the Opposition prepare for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The B.J.P. is confident about maintaining its stronghold in the Hindi belt, and the Opposition has failed to challenge them effectively. B.J.P. won elections in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh comfortably […]

The post BJP Has A Big Advantage Over Congress In Terms Of Funds And Organisational Power first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

Evolving a “core positive agenda”, seat sharing and a programme to hold joint rallies are among the main challenges before the opposition INDIA bloc that will be taken up at its next meeting in the national capital on December 19. “The 4th meeting of the leaders of INDIA parties will be held on Tuesday December […]

The post INDIA Bloc to work on ‘Main Nahin, Hum’ motto first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty Delay in picking Chief Ministers for Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan is telling on the mental agility of claimants for the post in all three states. Look at outgoing Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Chouhan who can’t stand in one spot for more than an hour at a piece. He is all […]

The post Delaying Selection Of Chief Ministers Does Not Speak Well Of BJP Leadership first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

Days after facing defeat in the recently concluded Assembly polls, the Congress party on Friday conducted separate review meetings over its dismal performance in Chhattisgarh, and Madhya Pradesh, and said that its defeat in the two states at the hands of the BJP was unexpected. The meeting was chaired by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge at […]

The post Cong review says MP, C’garh results unexpected, disappointing first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

Telangana BJP legislator T Raja Singh has refused to be administered his oath by AIMIM’s Akbaruddin Owaisi, who was appointed by the protem speaker of the state assembly. Singh, who won from Goshamahal in last month’s assembly elections, said none of the BJP lawmakers would take oath. In a video message, he said he would […]

The post Telangana BJP MLA refuses to be sworn in by Owaisi first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.