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By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Nepal’s most prominent global face, Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has become the new Prime Minister of the former Himalayan kingdom. In a swift political development on Sunday, he broke away from the ruling alliance led by the Nepali Congress and joined hands with the rival Communist Party of Nepal – Unified […]

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Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) president Vikar Rasool Wani on Monday said former chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad should be stripped of his Padma award for “compromising national security.” Former Congress leader and Democratic Azad Party chief Azad had recently said that when he was the J-K chief minister, he had informed then […]

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By Arun Srivastava If the tone and tenor of Narendra Modi’s speech at the high level meeting held on Thursday to discuss the strategy to fight covid is any indicator, it is obvious that Rahul Gandhi would have to terminate his Bharat Jodo Yatra even before reaching Delhi, not to speak of Kashmir. Emphasising “Covid […]

The post Rajasthan BJP Going Ahead With Jan Akhrosh Yatra Despite PM Asking Rahul To Stop first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Prakash Karat The Narendra  Modi government has stepped up its attack on the Supreme Court.  In the past few weeks, the union law minister, Kiren Rijiju, has been making a series of statements, both outside and inside parliament, criticising the collegium system of appointing judges as alien to the constitution and asserting that the […]

The post Narendra Modi Govt Has Stepped Up Its Attack On The Supreme Court first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava Narendra Modi’s visit last week to Northeast region in public perception is meant to give a major thrust to the development projects in the region, but the main axiom behind this move has been to make nationalism the primary election agenda in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Modi’s resolve to begin the […]

The post Prime Minister’s Visit To North East Has Given A Big Boost To BJP Prospects first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Ashis Biswas As the pre Assembly poll campaign warms up in Tripura, the state seems to be heading for a sharper ethnic divide in 2023 between the majority Bengalis and native tribal groups. New poll entrants Tipra Motha (TM) fighting for a greater separate Tripura (Tipraland) state, have confirmed the worst fears of the […]

The post Division Among Tribals In Tripura Has Special Significance For 2023 Polls first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran After taking on the Supreme Court for the impasse on Collegium, which he described as ‘alien’ to the Constitution, Law Minster Kiren Rijiju has played another bite from His Master’s Voice – prime minister Narendra Modi’s favourite simultaneous elections. Rijiju said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha the other day […]

The post Modi Govt May Be Dusting Out Its Plan For One-Nation, One-Poll By 2024 first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Politics is alright. But what about playing mischief? It must stop. Time has come for BJP to learn not to play mischiefs before an election for votes, and even after losing polls for keeping power for themselves legally or by proxy at the cost of people which happen to be in […]

The post BJP Must Stop Playing Mischief For Political Hegemony first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: There is no mistaking it. The CPI(M)’s fulsome praise of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), the second most powerful constituent of the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF), has scared the daylights out of the Congress. There is a delicious irony here. As the leader of the UDF, the Congress is […]

The post Kerala CPI-M Overtures To IUML Worries UDF first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Ashis Biswas Ahead of the Meghalaya and Tripura state Assembly elections in 2023, Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo  Mamata Banerjee , currently visiting the Northeast,  is sending out  mixed signals to  major national  parties like the BJP and Congress . Steps taken by the TMC  so far  in Meghalaya and Assam, indicate a flexible, carefully […]

The post Mamata’s Meghalaya Visit Focuses On Alliance Strategy To Defeat BJP In North East first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava Impervious of the defeat of his JD(U) candidate by the BJP contender in Kurhani assembly by-election, the leader of the seven party Mahagathbandhan, Nitish Kumar in a clarion call to his opposition friends underscored the need for coming together to successfully counter the BJP. After the defeat while the BJP leaders were […]

The post BJP Using Kurhani Defeat Of JD(U) To Malign Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Throwing out BJP from power in Himachal Pradesh by bagging 40 seats in 68-member Vidhan Sabha was indeed a spectacular performance of Congress, but far more remarkable feat achieved by the party leadership was after the results were out. Dexterity of the high-command melted its factionalism giving way for consensus over […]

The post New Era For Congress Has Just Begun From Himachal Win first appeared on IPA Newspack.

National Conference (NC) President Farooq Abdullah Saturday said the idea of all round development of the people of Jammu and Kashmir will remain elusive till their basic democratic rights are not guaranteed and respected. Abdullah in his message on International Human Rights Day said human rights are indispensable and inherent to the dignity of every […]

The post No J&K progress till democratic rights guaranteed: Farooq first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava The myth that Narendra Modi is a “strong and charismatic leader” has been severely exposed and smashed. The elections to Gujarat and Himachal assemblies and Municipal Corporation of Delhi along with the by elections to seven assembly seats in states make it unambiguous that the edifice of strong leader built assiduously by […]

The post Both Assembly And Bypoll Results Expose BJP’s Faultlines Before 2024 first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Nitya Chakraborty Prime Minister Narendra Modi has led the BJP to a massive victory in his home state Gujarat in the latest assembly elections. The Congress has faced its worst disaster in the state of Mahatma Gandhi in 2022 polls. Certainly, there are reasons for the BJP to rejoice but the way the BJP […]

The post BJP’s Big Victory In Gujarat Does Not Mean Any Sweep Of Narendra Modi In Lok Sabha Polls first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sankar Ray Sixty-one per cent of 18 million voters of Republican Nepal reposed faith on the Himalayan state’s oldest social democratic party, Nepali Congress which won 57 of the 165 directly elected members of Nepali parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha.  The NC-led  five-party coalition and headed by the  Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is just two […]

The post Nepal Congress Led Coalition Is Set To Form Government After National Elections first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: There is light, at long last, at the end of the Vizhinjam tunnel. The peace agreement between the Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government and the Latin Church which spearheads the anti-seaport agitation has come as a big relief for the Government. But the Government cannot rest on its laurels. True, an […]

The post Light At The End Of Kerala’s Vizhinjam Tunnel At Long Last first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dave Kempa As California’s midterm election results are finalized, it’s clear that the Left has pulled together an impressive string of wins over the Democratic Party establishment. San Franciscans passed numerous housing-related ballot measures championed by Supervisor Dean Preston, who is a member of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). Across the Bay, Oakland progressives […]

The post The Road To American Socialism Runs Through California first appeared on IPA Newspack.

A day after making controversial remarks on Hindus, All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief Badruddin Ajmal on Saturday expressed ‘apology’ saying that he had no intention of hurting anyone’s sentiments. “I had no intentions of hurting the sentiments of any community. I deeply regret my statement. Being a senior leader, I should not have […]

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By Krishna Jha The 30th anniversary of Babri Masjid demolition is December 6. The wound is still livid. Razing down of Babri Masjid was a major step towards destroying our composite culture. It was also a part of the Ayodhya strategy of Hindutva forces that awaits its completion. To remove the hurdles from the path […]

The post December 6 Is Again A Reminder Of The Damage To Indian Ethos By Sangh Parivar first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Kalyani Shankar Will a potential Joe Biden versus Donald Trump presidential race happen in 2024 in the United States? It is the question after the two current and former presidents have thrown themselves in the presidential ring two years in advance. Democrats and Republicans are already preparing for the 2024 presidential polls. Polls show […]

The post Another Biden-Trump Contest Is Likely In 2024 Presidential Elections first appeared on IPA Newspack.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday stressed on the need to have mutual respect among political rivals despite differences, lamenting that an era of intolerance prevails in the country. Banerjee, who was speaking in the assembly on the eve of Constitution Day, also alleged that the BJP-led government at the Centre was running […]

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  By Sankar Ray The nomination of 57-year-old Lieutenant General Syed Asim Munir Ahmad Shah, the senior-most officer among the nominees as the Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan Army has put the erstwhile Prime Minister and chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-Insaaf  Imran Khan Niazi on pins and needles.  The PTI supremo made a frantic attempt […]

The post New Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munir Belongs To Anti-Imran Camp first appeared on IPA Newspack.