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By Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury In Bangladesh, unfortunately, journalism is becoming increasingly risky while a section of the state machinery has started seeing journalists as criminals and journalism as crime. Working journalists in Bangladesh are already in a state of extreme fear following introduction of ‘Digital Security Act’ which has been used as a key […]

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By Ben Chacko A year into the brutal war in Ukraine, we face a choice. We can continue to flood armaments into a deadlocked yet bloody conflict while prices soar and our governments claim there is no money for pay or public services. Or we can recognise that battlefield victory is a chimaera and that […]

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By Harihar Swarup For past 25 years, Rajasthan has oscillated between Ashok Gehlot and Vasundhara Raje. They are the most recognizable faces of their respective parties Congress and the BJP in the state, and are known to guard their turf zealously, even at the cost of defying their central leaderships. And now, both have rivals—younger […]

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By K Raveendran The Supreme Court this week pronounced a few home truths about the state of our nation. The ‘confession’ came by way of oral remarks in a petition seeking to debar persons against whom charges have been framed in serious offences from contesting elections. But the court’s observations, though making distressing reading, cannot […]

The post Supreme Court Laments Loss Of Values, Morals As Major Failing Of Nation first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty Only the best for the best. And as far as marquee political interviews go, that would be India-born Canadian Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar’s interview of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. At No.2 is ANI editor-in-chief Smitha Prakash, whose interview with EAM S. Jaishankar was the talk of the  airwaves for all of last […]

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By Arun Srivastava The central leadership of the BJP has been focusing its attention on the north eastern states of the country since then coming into power of the Party in 2014 and in its expansionist efforts, the main vehicle has been the RSS. In the present phase of the assembly polls to the three […]

The post RSS Has A Major Role In BJP Poll Campaign In Three North Eastern States first appeared on IPA Newspack.

“Nobody can scare us, we are fearless” and will continue to protect democratic principles, Congress leader Pawan Khera said on Friday, a day after his arrest and interim bail in connection with an FIR over his alleged remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Khera, who reached here to participate in the Congress’ 85th plenary session […]

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Ahead of the Kasba Peth and Chinchwad assembly bypolls in Pune district, Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Friday said the Bharatiya Janata Party gives a communal colour to the political discourse when it is not confident of winning. Talking to reporters here, the senior NCP leader said it is not new for the […]

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The AAP government on Friday asked officials to stop taking directives from Delhi Lt Governor V K Saxena and report any such orders from him to their respective ministers, a move that may trigger a fresh tussle between the ruling party and the LG office. According to an official statement, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia […]

The post Kejriwal govt asks officials not to take orders from L-G first appeared on IPA Newspack.

The alleged inaction of the Punjab Police in two major law and order incidents in less than a month have fuelled the opposition’s charge against the Bhagwant Mann-led government, of “encouraging” radical elements in the state. The so-called supporters of the radical preacher, Amritpal Singh – who has openly been espousing the cause for Khalistan […]

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Bihar will witness a major show of strength between the ruling Mahagathbandhan and opposition NDA today as Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the BJP’s principal strategist, criss-cross the state as they campaign for their respective political fronts. Kumar will hold a joint rally of the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ at Purnia in the […]

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By Nitya Chakraborty The Congress plenary session in Raipur which began on February 24 has to perform the historic task to frame its policy of alliance with the non-BJP opposition parties which are ready to take on the saffrons in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The Congress is the biggest opposition party in the country […]

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By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Will Shashi Tharoor make it to the Congress Working Committee (CWC)? That is the question uppermost in the minds of Congress leaders and workers in Kerala even as the 85th plenary session of the Congress begins in Raipur   on February 24. While Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has not revealed his mind […]

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By Sushil Kutty The Supreme Court ruled in favour of Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) who will henceforth remain in sole control of the AIADMK. It is a blow to rival O Panneerselvam (OPS), and a setback to the BJP’s Tamil Nadu ambitions. That said, the top court only upheld an order of the Madras High […]

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By Rahil Nora Chopra Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls in 2024, the BJP is in talks for alliance with the disgruntled JDU leader Upendra Kushwaha, the chief of Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP), Mukesh Sahani, as well as with the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) leader, Chirag Paswan. In this context BJP’s Bihar unit president, […]

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A political furore followed Congress leader Pawan Khera’s arrest at Delhi airport on Thursday, after he was deplaned from a flight to Raipur where he was going to attend the party’s plenary session. After its national spokesperson’s arrest, the Congress accused the government of reducing India’s democracy to “Hitlar-shahi” and “dictatorship”. Meanwhile, the ruling BJP shrugged off […]

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The Congress on Thursday said all preparations are in place for holding the CWC polls in case the steering committee decides in favour of having the elections for seats in the party’s top decision-making body. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said the party president Mallikarjun Kharge-led steering committee will meet at 10 am on February […]

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“Only half the truth about the early morning swearing-in ceremony is out as yet. More will come. I will bring the entire truth out,” Maharashtra deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis told reporters on Thursday. The statement assumes significance against the background of the recent statement by Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar about the hurried […]

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