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By C H Venkatachalam In any country, banking sector plays a vital role in shaping up the economy. Especially in poor, underdeveloped and developing countries, banks have a crucial role to play. Our country is no exception. Prior to independence, all our banks were in private hands, some of them in foreign hands and some […]

The post Public Sector Banks Have Contributed To Economic Growth In Last 53 Years first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday termed the criticism of Uddhav Thackeray in Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar’s autobiography “wrong information” and downplayed it by claiming books are read for two days and then put into libraries. He also said Thackeray would soon respond to what has been written about him […]

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By Binoy Viswam Day in and day out, the RSS-led parivar excels themselves in the fascist skills of propaganda. Learning lessons from Mussolini and Hitler, updating those lessons for the changing time and place, they sometimes outsmart even their masters. In 1937, inaugurating a movie production unit, Benito Mussolini gave the motto: “Cinema is the […]

The post Film ‘Kerala Story’ Is Full Of Lies And Fiction Based On The Vision Of RSS first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak With sudden announcement by Sharad Pawar to step down from Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) presidency may have surprised all, but it seems that his announcement was premeditated. He will be quitting as NCP chief, but will remain in politics at least for the next three years, during which he would guide […]

The post NCP Needs A Strong United Leadership In The Event Of Sharad Pawar’s Exit first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Tirthankar Mitra An open air gymnasium being set on fire at Churachandpur merely 60 kilometres away  from  Manipur capital, Imphal followed by chief  minister, N Biren Singh being advised not to come to the trouble spot are some of the ominous signs indicating that things  are not at all shipshape for the BJP  in […]

The post A Year Before Lok Sabha Polls, BJP Walking On Thin Ice In Manipur first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Sweep of the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in the elections held for Agricultural Produce Marketing Committees (APMCs) across Maharashtra, which is also considered as mini-general election, signals its return to power in the state which is going to be held in 2024, just a few months after the Lok Sabha […]

The post MVA Sweep In Maharashtra APMC Elections Boosts Its Image In Maharashtra first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Nitya Chakraborty The Indian filmmaking legend Satyajit Ray stepped into his 102nd year on May 2, 2023. The maestro died in 1992, at the age of only 71. He left us without finishing many of the proposed film and writing projects which he had undertaken in his last years. Bengal lost not just a […]

The post Satyajit Ray’s Birth Anniversary: Three Encounters Of The Close Kind first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Nitya Chakraborty Less than a year is left for the commencement of the polling in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. After the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s positive talks on forging opposition unity with a large number of parties, including the Congress, focus has shifted to the next meeting of the anti-BJP parties expected […]

The post BJP Can Be Restricted To Below 160 Seats In 2024 Lok Sabha Elections first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Nantoo Banerjee The constant political exploitation of the reservation policy, framed in 1950, threatens to further divide the country not only on the caste and sub-caste lines, but also on their extension to rope in religions. As the situation stands today, Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar, the author of the reservation policy, would have been […]

The post The Caste Cum Religion Based Reservation Policy Must End first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Myanmar, India, China, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Indonesia, the current chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), recently attended a secret meeting in New Delhi to discuss the ongoing crisis in junta-led Myanmar. This meeting was the second in a “Track 1.5” dialogue series that began in Thailand last […]

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Implementation of the Uniform Civil Code, 10 lakh jobs in the manufacturing sector and a State Capital Region tag for Bengaluru are among the top promises made by the BJP in its manifesto for the May 10 Karnataka Assembly election. The document, named BJP Praja Pranalike, was released in Bengaluru today by the party’s national […]

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By Sushil Kutty The Bharatiya Janata Party in Tamil Nadu has renewed its vows with the principal opposition party in the state, the AIADMK, with certain concessions from both sides. One, the BJP’s K Annamalai will put his ego on hold and for that, the AIADMK will consider Annamalai an equal partner and not a […]

The post AIADMK-BJP Alliance Has Many Faultlines To Be Dealt Before 2024 Polls first appeared on IPA Newspack.

There is no possibility of the BJP entering into an alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal again and it will contest all elections in Punjab on its own, the party’s state unit chief Ashwani Sharma said on Saturday. He added that the homage paid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP leadership to Shiromani […]

The post No alliance with SAD at any cost, says Punjab BJP first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Amarjeet Kaur May Day this year would be observed with more vigour by the working class for several pressing reasons. Taking into cognizance of the political developments which are moving at very fast pace on every front in the year before general elections in2024, it is of utmost importance to assess the situation. The […]

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Announcing the fifth poll “guarantee” of the Congress ahead of the May 10 Assembly polls in Karnataka, party leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday promised free travel for women in public transport buses, if it’s voted to power in the State. He hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for saying that Congress would not fulfil […]

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  A week after former chief minister Jagadish Shettar quit the BJP crying “betrayal” of the Lingayat community by his party and filed the nomination on a Congress ticket from Hubli-Dharwad Central Assembly seat, the saffron party has decided to pay him back in the same coin. The BJP high command has fielded their most […]

The post Yediyurappa to lead campaign to offset Shettar loss impact first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava Is the Congress Party in Karnataka in a position to repeat in the May 10 assembly polls what the West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee did in 2021 polls in her state ?. The question is being asked by the seasoned political observer in the state as the […]

The post Will Congress Repeat In Karnataka Assembly Poll What Mamata Did In 2021? first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava Perseverance of the real politick finally prevailed over the political morality and forced the Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar to release the gangster, Anand Mohan. Unlike the Gujarat’s BJP government and Union home ministry which had released rapists and killers, without caring for the set legal norms and rules, Kumar government removed […]

The post Anand Mohan’s Release Is Linked To BJP-JD(U) Battle Over Loyalty Of Rajputs first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty A Sikh when he goes places can be traced to a gurdwara. Nowadays, the trace will lead through Canada, the United Kingdom and into enemy country Pakistan. Akali Dal titan Parkash Singh Badal would not be at any of these Sikh centres of convenience. After 75 years serving the Sikh cause, Badal […]

The post Parkash Singh Badal Had Twists And Turns In Akali Politics In Punjab first appeared on IPA Newspack.

The BJP on Tuesday claimed that around Rs 45 crore was spent on the “beautification” of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s official residence in the Civil Lines area of the city and demanded his resignation on “moral” grounds. No immediate reaction was available from the Delhi government or the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) over […]

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By Arun Srivastava Notwithstanding some political experts and BJP sympathisers expressing serious scepticism on the feasibility of the opposition unity, Monday’s meeting of TMC chief Mamata Banerjee with JD (U) chief Nitish Kumar and Tejashvi Yadav, the deputy chief minister of Bihar sends a clear message that this is now  no more unrealistic. The posturing […]

The post Nitish-Mamata Meet Is A Giant Leap In Opposition Bid For Maximum Unity Against BJP first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Nitya Chakraborty Dr. Rudrangshu Mukherjee, presently Chancellor and Professor of History at Ashoka University, is a well-known Indian historian who has done commendable work on different areas of the country’s history. His scholarship on the First War of Independence/Sepoy Mutiny in 1857, as also his sensitive understanding of the complex relationship between Subhash Chandra […]

The post Nothing New In Rudrangshu Mukherjee’s ‘A New History Of India’ first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava The RSS has now emerged as the prime driver of the BJP poll campaigns in the elections and with the Lok Sabha polls scheduled in April/ May 2024, its role is getting expanded in the electoral strategy of the BJP. It was visibly evident in the assembly elections to the three north-eastern […]

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