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By Girish Linganna Israel has reinforced its air defences in the Red Sea region using Navy missile boats due to multiple missile and drone attacks by Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, the army announced on Wednesday. The deployment of these vessels took place on Tuesday, as it was deemed necessary in response to the situation. This […]

The post Israel-Hamas War Extends To Yemen As Iran-Backed Houthis Start Drone Attacks first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Krishna Jha It was the largest mass involvement in the world that was engaged in Freedom struggle in our country, except the rightist forces. They had no share in it. Nor did they have any share in strengthening the secular democracy borne out of the freedom struggle or in the national reconstruction. And yet, […]

The post RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat Has No Answer To The Crucial Issues Of Indian Freedom Movement first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday hit out at the BJP-led central government, alleging that it was conspiring to arrest all opposition leaders before next year’s Lok Sabha polls and cast votes for themselves in an empty country. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been summoned by the ED for questioning in an […]

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By Arun Srivastava RSS approach and discernment of the elections, particularly the Lok Sabha polls, has undergone significant paradigm shift after the Modi-led BJP government coming back to power in 2019. While the BJP win in 2014 Lok Sabha elections primarily owed to the failures of the Congress party to keep neoliberal policies of the […]

The post Why RSS Wants The Lok Sabha Election Moved Ahead Of Schedule first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty There was Pegasus, now it’s Apple and if Pegasus was a winged horse, the nearly half-eaten Apple is a mobile phone by another name. The one similarity is that both come under “Snoopgate”, in other words surveillance without the target’s knowledge. And the target remains India’s Opposition, today identified as the INDIA […]

The post Apple Alerts Opposition Leaders, Journalists Of ‘State-Sponsored’ Attacks first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

In six days, 20 constituencies in Chhattisgarh will vote. However, the ruling Congress and the opposition BJP are yet to publish their election manifestos. Even as senior Congress leaders, including Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, have announced their poll promises — loan waiver for farmers, implementation of caste survey, hike in paddy-procurement price and […]

The post BJP lags in Chhattisgarh as Cong creates groundswell first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

Terming Karnataka BJP’s drought study tour as “farce”, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday accused it of using the drought situation for ‘petty political gains’. Siddaramaiah alleged delay in the release of central funds, and asked BJP leaders to at least arrange an appointment for him with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, if they don’t have the […]

The post Siddaramaiah dubs BJP drought study tour ‘farce’ first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

NEW DELHI: Robust credit offtake, favourable macro environment, and governance reforms will continue to power the growth and profitability of public sector banks (PSBs), according to a panel of chiefs at state-run lenders at the Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit in Mumbai on Tuesday. Ashwani Kumar, managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of […]

The post Governance Reforms To Ensure Higher Growth For Longer, Say PSB Chiefs first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

The Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday claimed there are apprehensions that the Enforcement Directorate will arrest Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on November 2 after questioning him in a money laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam. The ruling party in Delhi also alleged that the BJP was trying to finish it off […]

The post AAP fears Kejriwal’s arrest when he goes to ED first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty Off and on, like a dormant volcano, the Maharashtra political scene is rocked by tumultuous stirs, most often triggered by farmers but also by demands for a reservation quota for the politically significant Maratha clan. The Maratha quota stir never actually died throughout its life so far, though it has failed to […]

The post Maratha Quota Stir Has Shinde-Fadnavis Government In A Bind first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Girish Linganna Just hours after Hamas initiated its attack on Israel on October 7, India’s Prime Minister was one of the first global leaders to react. In a strongly worded statement, Narendra Modi condemned the “terrorist attacks” and expressed India’s unwavering support for Israel during this challenging time. The Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar […]

The post Gaza Conflict Shows Modi-Led India’s Evolving Ties With Bibi’s Israel first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak ED summon to AAP convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to appear before it on November 2 signals his possible arrest. It has triggered a serious political concern, since ED’s actions in the recent times have been by and large targeted against leaders of opposition political parties who happen to […]

The post Opposing PM Narendra Modi Turns Too Costly For Arvind Kejriwal first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava The news reaching Lucknow, capital of Uttar Pradesh, from the hinterland of the state do not augur well for Akhilesh Yadav, the Samajwadi Party chief, who only a week back had dared to teach a lesson to the Congress for the 2024 Lok Sabha election. While he already rolled out his plans […]

The post INDIA Bloc Allies Posing Worse Threat To Congress Than BJP Juggernaut first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Union Minister of Home Affairs and the second most influential leader in the BJP, Amit Shah, only next to PM Narendra Modi, has perhaps rightly perceived the general voters’ annoyance in Madhya Pradesh against the ruling double engine government, both in the state and the Centre. The issue of their misgovernance […]

The post Amit Shah Facing Angry Crowds During Poll Campaign In Madhya Pradesh first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Sunday claimed that central agencies will carry out raids in election-bound Madhya Pradesh similar to the ones they recently conducted in Rajasthan, which also goes to polls next month. Earlier this week, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided the premises of Rajasthan Congress president Govind Singh Dotasra and the party candidate […]

The post Digvijaya Singh predicts Rajasthan-like raids in MP first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

Telangana Chief Minister and BRS supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao on Friday warned voters that the Congress, if voted to power in Telangana in the November 30 Assembly elections will abolish welfare schemes such as Rythu Bandhu and free power to farmers. Speaking at a rally here, Rao, also known as KCR, said people like eminent […]

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The Congress and the BJP – the two main contenders in the November 25 assembly elections in Rajasthan – have fielded at least 29 candidates who are kin of leaders or belong to political families so far. Of the 200 assembly constituencies, the BJP has so far announced candidates for 124 seats and the ruling […]

The post 30 relatives of leaders in fray in Rajasthan polls first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

The leadership of the Congress and the Samajwadi party have finally decided that the misunderstanding at the state level should not reflect on the national agenda of the two parties that are standing united under the banner of INDIA bloc. The two parties, according to sources, have decided to call for truce and have asked […]

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has cancelled his planned campaign trip to Mamit in poll-bound Mizoram on October 30, a senior BJP leader said here on Saturday. Union Home Minister Amit Shah will fill in for Modi, but his date of campaigning is yet to be decided, state BJP media convener Johny Lalthanpuia told PTI. Lalthanpuia, […]

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By Girish Linganna In a recent political development that could potentially reshape the dynamics in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), the Maldives elected a new President, Mohamed Muizzu, 45, of the People’s National Congress (PNC) on September 30, 2023. Muizzu’s victory marked a significant shift in the nation’s foreign policy and raised concerns about the […]

The post Indian Geopolitical Stakes In Maldives And Indian Ocean Region Nations Are Very High first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By James M Dorsey It took 11 days and the death of 256 Palestinians for US President Joe Biden’s preference for a bear hug rather than a sledgehammer approach to get Israel to halt the Gaza bombing in 2021. Even then, Biden needed to be blunt and go public to get what he wanted. After […]

The post President Biden’s Bear Hug Of Israel’s Netanyahu Is A Double-Edged Sword first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

The Maharashtra BJP on Friday posted a four-year-old video of its leader and former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis announcing that he will return to helm the state, prompting speculation in political circles. “I will return for building a new Maharashtra,” the state BJP posted in the evening on social media platform X, along with the […]

The post Buzz over old Fadnavis video promising ‘return’ first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

MUMBAI: JPMorgan has upgraded the domestic markets to ‘overweight’ (OW) from ‘neutral’ on the “positive historical seasonality to general elections.” The investment bank joins US-based peer Morgan Stanley to flag preference for the Indian markets, which has been the leading performer in the emerging market (EM) pack since 2021. JPMorgan sees cyclical and structural tailwinds […]

The post JP Morgan Upgrades India To ‘Overweight’ From ‘Neutral’ Ahead Of Elections first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup “Is not he a man”? Sonia Gandhi was said to have exclaimed at a meeting of the party’s Central Election Committee (CEC) earlier last week. There was a deathly silence in the room. “Aren’t there corruption charges against him? Sonia, according to the reports, was referring to Shanti Dhariwal, whose name came […]

The post Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot Has A Commanding Influence In Poll Campaign In Rajasthan first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.