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Anandpur Sahib MP Manish Tewari on Thursday said the Congress’ loss in the 2022 Punjab assembly elections was not because the party opted for a Dalit Sikh chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi, but because of their “internal contradictions”. At a discussion on book ‘Punjab- From the Perspective of a Punjabi Hindu’ written by author and […]

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NEW DELHI: The Food Corporation of India (FCI) has allayed fears of any problems due to lower wheat procurement this year and expressed confidence in buying a quantity more than the annual requirement under all welfare schemes. Briefing the media on the achievement of FCI since its inception in 1964, FCI Chairman and Managing Director […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak BJP has just coined this attractive slogan to its gullible constituency – Teesri Baar Modi Sarkar, ab ki baar 400 paar. Some national and international political analysts are declaring “almost an inevitability” of PM Narendra Modi’s win for the third time, supporting the first part of the slogan, while PM Modi’s […]

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By Sushil Kutty Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s “imminent arrest” has been on the cards for two-three days and the AAP convener has been milking every drop of sympathy from talk of his imminent “arrest”. That said, while half of Delhi is convinced Kejriwal is corrupt to the core, the other half is still making […]

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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to order inquiries into Adani Group by a special investigation team (SIT) or the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) — a major relief to the business house — over US short-seller Hindenburg Research’s allegations of fraud, misgovernance and stock price manipulation. It said the Securities and Exchange […]

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NEW DELHI: India’s merchandise exports this financial year will touch last year’s levels despite shipments contracting 6.5% year-on-year in the first eight months and slowdown in global trade, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said Wednesday. “Globally growth has been negative, international trade is in the negative territory, estimates are that this year international trade […]

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Last Updated: January 04, 2024, 00:57 IST With just a couple of months to go before the Lok Sabha elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party has done a major rejig of the organisational heads of its morchas (wings). The party released the list of all the new organisational appointments late on Wednesday evening. The BJP’s Yuva […]

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal could be arrested today after a raid at his house, leaders of the ruling Aam Aadmi Party said hours after he refused to appear for questioning in the Delhi liquor policy case. Party sources also claimed that the roads leading to Mr Kejriwal’s residence have been blocked by Delhi police. […]

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Top Congress leaders from across the country will hold a meeting on January 4 to discuss the party’s preparedness for the crucial 2024 Lok Sabha elections and the upcoming Bharat Nyay Yatra. The Congress will hold a day-long meeting of its general secretaries, PCC presidents and CLP leaders among others, party sources said. The meeting, […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Narendra Modi government had successfully avoided any meaningful discussion on the three new criminal laws in the Lok Sabha by resorting to suspension of almost entire opposition members in the Lok Sabha, but had to face a serious roadblock even before their implementation enforcing the Centre to give a second thought […]

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By Arun Srivastava With their malicious design to engage Bihar chief minister, Nitish Kumar in a psychological war proving to be absolutely ineffective, the Narendra Modi and Amit Shah combine has tossed a new type of conceptual war against Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren. While the duo failed to muster courage to direct their parrot […]

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By Sushil Kutty It sounds odd calling Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Nyay Yatra’, “nationwide east-to-west yatra”. The yatra is east-to-west, but not nationwide. Cutting through 14 states and 85 districts is not the entirety of India. It is another matter if it has a nationwide impact. Also, the claim that the Congress “hopes” to win 150 […]

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In the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will target women and the youth. BJP national president JP Nadda has appointed a committee to hold sammelans (public meetings) focusing on these groups. The panel held its first meeting in the national capital at the party headquarters on Tuesday. The […]

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The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) may not ally with the Congress in Punjab, as part of the opposition’s Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) front against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, according to top sources in the party. Sources said the alliance between the two will be for states […]

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Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Tuesday dismissed speculations of his wife Kalpana Soren contesting from Gandey assembly constituency in the state and termed it as a ”complete imagination” of the BJP. There is not an iota of truth in the speculations, said Soren who is the executive president of the JMM. ”Possibility of my […]

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NEW DELHI: With buoyant revenues likely ensuring that the 5.9% fiscal deficit target is met in the current financial year, the Centre may target to bring it t down to 5.2% in FY25, while sticking with the medium-term glide path for 4.5% deficit by FY26. However, this would entail compression of the revenue deficit, more […]

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NEW DELHI: The plans to increase buoyancy in tax collections, widening the tax base and increasing the compliance by taxpayers seem to have been aided by the new income tax (IT) regime in the current financial year. However, experts feel a few more tweaks in the tax rates in the forthcoming interim Budget could make […]

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NEW DELHI: The share of the private sector in new investment projects rose amid a slowing pace of government investments in the December quarter. But the value of new investment projects declined sharply by 78% on year to Rupees 2.1 trillion. The Centre front-loaded its budget capex in the early part of the current financial […]

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Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Monday accused the BJP of conspiring to destroy the sanctity of democracy and said the saffron party has to be removed “at any cost” in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Addressing the gathering at the SP state headquarters here on New Year’s Day, the SP chief wished that 2024 […]

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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday took a jibe at the Congress losing ground in Delhi and Punjab comparing the party’s existence in the two states to the “shortest story a mother can tell her kids”. “…The shortest story a mother in Delhi or Punjab, can narrate to her child is ‘Ek thi Congress’…” […]

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In a major shock to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and YSR Congress Party chief Jagan Mohan Reddy ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, his sister and founder president of the party YS Sharmila is speculated to join Congress by the end of first-week of January. The development comes a month after the Congress party […]

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By Kalyani Shankar The grand Ram Temple in Ayodhya is all dressed up for the inauguration on January 22 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It is fulfilling a longstanding dream of the BJP and the Sangh Parivar. A Hindu mob destroyed the Babri Masjid in 1992, claiming it was built on an ancient Hindu temple […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak EVM concerns have cropped up again, because the older Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) are still in use in large numbers, newer EVMs that come with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trial (VVPAT) paper record are not comprehensive enough, and even all the VVPATs are not counted to match the actual votes polled. […]

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By Sushil Kutty Watch out. Will Maharashtra Lok Sabha elections throw up surprises? The state dangles like a ripe fruit for the taking. Everybody is just waiting. The alliances, they seem they’re many. What happened to the Maha Vikas Aghadi, and did the BJP and the Shinde Shiv Sena combine have a name before Ajit […]

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