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By Harihar Swarup Theatre has always been an integral part of politics as it now allows political leaders their private motivations and their public motivations. Sharad Pawar has employed all the skills, gathered over five decades of political experience, seamlessly to pull of three-act power play. Act one was the dramatic resignation, from the post […]

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By K Raveendran Prime Minister Narendra Modi may be presumed to have done well in Washington despite a tinge of doubt in his response to pointed questions about Indian democracy and minority rights, but the embarrassing questions were not the only source of sour taste in the otherwise impressive visit, for which president Joe Biden […]

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The opposition parties’ meet at Patna did not decide on fielding a common prime ministerial candidate but have resolved to consolidate all democratic forces to defeat the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Friday. All the parties that attended the meet were very clear that […]

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As 32 leaders from more than a dozen opposition parties held a high-optics meeting in Patna on Friday, the BJP, predictably, refused to accord it any importance. The Bharatiya Janata Party’s disregard turned into ridicule as the day progressed and public contradictions and even a war of words broke out within the opposition camp. Though […]

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Merely an hour before the big opposition meeting in Patna – hosted by Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and attended by 30 leaders from 15 parties – the AAP accused the Congress of making a compromise with the ruling BJP for presidency. The party’s Delhi spokesperson, Priyanka Kakkar, said the Congress needed to clear its […]

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The India of Mahatma Gandhi cannot be allowed to become of a country of his assassin Nathuram Godse, PDP leader and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti said after a meeting of some opposition parties here on Friday. Another former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, Omar Abdullah of the National Conference, said these […]

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By Girish Linganna US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached an accord that is hailed by experts as “historic” and which will provide India with American drones and engines for combat aircraft, in an effort to confront China. Modi is attempting to expand the international standing of India, currently the most populous […]

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By Prabhat Patnaik How exactly is the dollar’s status as reserve currency related to imperialism? This question has two parts: how this status of the dollar is related to US imperialism, and how it is related to the overall imperialist arrangement. The dollar’s being a reserve currency makes it (and dollar-denominated assets in general) a […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Union Minister of Labour and Employment Bhupender Yadav’s claim of a massive job creation, 1.25 crore in the last nine years under PM Narendra Modi since 2014, is in fact pittance. About 2 crore people join the workforce every year in India, and in the last nine years 18 crore have […]

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By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With the Opposition parties in the State upping the ante and the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government launching a counter-offensive, the state is set for a protracted political slug-fest. Political mercury soared when the Government announced a crime branch probe against Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President, K. Sudhakaran, who […]

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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and senior party leader Rahul Gandhi have left for Patna, while former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah has reached the Bihar capital as top politicians from the Opposition parties gear up for key “anti-BJP” meeting. The June 23 meeting has been scheduled to chalk out a roadmap for the […]

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday expressed confidence that opposition parties will fight like a family and take on the BJP “one to one”. The TMC chief, however, parried questions on her reservations about the Congress’s alliance with the Left in her state and the Aam Aadmi Party threatening a “walkout” if support […]

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Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Friday said various important issues plaguing the country, including the current situation in violence-hit Manipur, will be discussed in the meeting of Opposition parties in Patna. Top leaders of opposition parties will meet in the Bihar capital on Friday to chalk out a roadmap for the formation […]

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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said a decision on whether to oppose the Centre’s ordinance on the control of administrative services in Delhi would be taken before the Parliament session. His remarks come a day after the AAP’s ultimatum that it will walk out of the Opposition meeting in Patna if the Congress does […]

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By Sushil Kutty This column has called Prime Minister Narendra Modi all possible names including those bordering on the ‘libel’. So far, Alhamdulilah, Modi hasn’t let the wolves on the column. But it is a fact that wringing Modi in the Press Freedom grinder wouldn’t make a difference to Press freedom in nine years of […]

The post Just Not Narendra Modi, Indian Media Barons And Some Journalists Have To Share The Blame For Curbs On Press Freedom first appeared on IPA Newspack.