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By Prakash Karat The recent appointment of six new governors by the president of India has revealed a lot about how the post of governor is viewed and cynically misused by the Modi government. The appointment of Justice S Abdul Nazeer, who had retired from the Supreme Court just two months ago, as the governor […]

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By Krishna Jha It was the continuing process of instability in the economy that was more obvious with CMIE data showing the country’s unemployment rate touching a four month high, at 7.9 percent in December, 2021, the urban employment rate rose from 8.21 in November 2021, to 9.3 percent in December 2021.  In December, 2022, […]

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By Arun Srivastava During the last one month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has visited poll-bound Karnataka three times, notwithstanding the top leadership’s consistent reiteration that the state leaders would design and spearhead the campaign. Union home minister Amit Shah is also not far behind PM Modi. Shah has visited Karnataka for no fewer than half […]

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By Tirthankar Mitra Even as Nagaland goes to the state assembly election on February 27, with an eye on the polls, BJP has unfolded its game plan to pre-empt trouble in its sensitive area- eastern Nagaland. Party president, JP Nadda made some promises for its development while releasing the election manifesto. The reason of giving […]

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said there is a big drop in terror incidents in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 and a record number of tourists are visiting the Union Territory. Presenting the President’s Colour to the Haryana Police in recognition of its exceptional service, Shah also said the […]

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Senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Wednesday flagged an “inordinate delay” by the leadership in taking action against those who “defied” then president Sonia Gandhi by not letting a legislature party meeting take place, and said the decision on the party’s affairs in Rajasthan must be taken soon if the trend of alternate governments has […]

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Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday said a “new tradition” of levelling allegations and counter-allegations being observed in Parliament and state Assemblies these days is not proper for the country’s constitutional democracy, and stressed the need for constructive debate and discussion in Houses to make democracy “lively and active”. Inaugurating a two-day orientation programme […]

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Karnataka Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) Chief Nalin Kumar Kateel on Wednesday sparked a row as he spoke about the 18th century Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan and called for the “killing” of all his ardent followers. Reiterating the common right-wing stand that considers Tipu Sultan a tyrant who forcefully converted thousands to Islam, Kateel said he […]

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Police have asked the authorities of the Bhadrakali temple at Thiruvananthapuram’s Vellayani to use multicoloured decorations for the temple’s festival instead of using only saffron. The temple’s festival committee, however, alleged that the police were implementing the agenda of the CPI(M)-led government. It has approached the Kerala High Court with the matter. “This is the […]

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Religion is at the center of a political controversy in Maharashtra now as the Opposition has hit out at the BJP-Eknath Shinde combine for an advertisement by the Assam government which claims that India’s sixth Jyotirlinga lies in the state. The advertisement has triggered opposition parties, with several political leaders from Congress, NCP and Shiv […]

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By K Raveendran It is no joke that under Indian laws anyone can be hauled up at any time, anywhere, because there are some laws that can be slapped against anyone who the authorities are not well-disposed towards. In fact, these laws have become a tool of repression and reprisal at the hands of the […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak India have been listening PM Narendra Modi and his supporters claiming the “great work done” for the workforce in the country, especially during the pandemic. However, the revelation made by Union Labour Minister Bhupender Yadav in the Lok Sabha on February 13 is quite shocking. A total of 1.12 lakh daily […]

The post Daily Wage Workers’ Suicides During Pandemic Is Shocking first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty Why is it that when certain things (for want of a better word) are constitutionally set and there cannot be two ways about it – also no ‘ifs’ and ‘buts’- that such matters are taken to court and the courts, as if this was the first time such a matter had come […]

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By James M Dorsey This could be India’s decade if it plays its cards right. The sub-continental state is poised to be the next China, even if its path will likely be less straightforward than that of China and more of a Leninist two steps forward, one step backwards. Leaving aside the multiple domestic issues […]

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BJP Karnataka president Nalin Kumar Kateel during his speech at the ‘Vijay Sankalpa Yatra’ in Koppal district has not only spoken about Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan but also attacked former chief minister Siddaramaiah by calling him a “broker” who was previously striking deals with the JDS and now with the Congress to become the CM […]

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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has hit out at Governor RN Ravi over the delay in according assent to the Bill to ban online gambling and regulate online gaming in the state. The state assembly had approved an Ordinance for ban after an expert committee recommended the action to prevent the ill-effects of the […]

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n Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday sparked a fresh row by claiming that a “blatant intelligence failure” was responsible for the death of 40 CRPF personnel in the Pulwama terror attack of 2019. A tweet by Singh on the fourth anniversary of the suicide bombing of a CRPF convoy evoked a sharp reaction […]

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Around 60 locations across Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala were raided by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in a massive crackdown against suspects having links with the banned terror outfit ISIS, sources have said. Searches are being carried out in connection with last year’s blasts in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore and Karnataka’s Mangaluru, they said. The October […]

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