By K R Sudhaman As is the practice, there is a demand galore before the 2023-24 budget for tax sops, whether justified or not. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has a difficult task cut out for her as she may have to address some of the genuine demands this time as it will be the last […]
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggested to the party leaders present in the BJP’s national executive meeting on January 15 to undertake tasks that will be instrumental in unifying the country in the true sense in the context of the 2024 Lok Sabha poll. PM will address the concluding session of the BJP’s National Executive Meeting […]
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Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Monday once again trained his guns on Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot – this time over the recent exam paper leak. Pilot, who was addressing farmers and the youth at a Kisan Sammelan in Nagaur’s Parbatsar, said the state government must act against the masterminds or the “big sharks” behind […]
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By Arun Srivastava BSP chief Mayawati’s announcement that her Bahujan Samaj Party would contest the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and other assembly elections all alone has not come as surprise. What has been really intriguing is her accusing the Congress and Samajwadi Party of spreading rumours about a “possible tie-up” with the BJP in the […]
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BSP chief Mayawati on Sunday ruled out an alliance with any party for the assembly polls in various states and the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Key states of Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Telangana would go for polls this year, besides states from the North-East. Speaking to reporters here on her 67th birthday, the […]
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There seems to be no end to the brewing cold war in Congress ruled Rajasthan. Cracks between the Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his former deputy Sachin Pilot continues to widen. The two leaders have packed schedules the next couple of days albeit without unity being on the top agenda. CM Ashok Gehlot will lead […]
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Balkaur Singh, father of late singer Sidhu Moose Wala, on Sunday joined Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra which is currently in Punjab. The padyatra resumed today from the Khalsa College Ground in Jalandhar after it was suspended for 24 hours in view of the death of Congress MP Santokh Singh Chaudhary. 76-years-old Chaudhary died on […]
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By Tirthankar Mitra “If they answer not your call, walk alone, walk alone” one of Rabindranath Tagore’s great poems, set to music used to be one of the favourite songs of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the most famous Congressman to don khadi. If the charismatic prophet of non-violence sang it in many a trying times, another […]
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By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s virtual speech to the Global South leaders has come in for a degree of praise not expected for a leader under siege in his home country. A large constituency of Indians consider Prime Minister Modi’s nearly nine years in power not worth the calendars they were published in. […]
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By Ashis Biswas In Tripura, on the eve of the state assembly polls next month, a fresh development has taken place giving some relief to the ruling BJP which has been struggling to get the support of the tribals to retain power . The CPI(M) , following its State Committee meeting attended by senior politburo […]
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Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Karnataka election in-charge Dilip Pandey on Thursday said that the state and district units of the party have been disbanded to prepare for the upcoming assembly elections, and an “active team” will be formed soon. He said the party led by its national Convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will […]
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The Congress in Karnataka on Wednesday promised to provide every household in the state with 200 units of free electricity, every month, in the event of the party coming to power. Projecting it as the party’s “first guarantee” to the people, ahead of Assembly polls due by May, the Congress made this commitment as it […]
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Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra completed the Haryana leg of its nationwide rally on Tuesday, bringing all warring factions of the party together ahead of the state’s polls due next year. Senior leader Jairam Ramesh said the party has vowed to connect with all representatives of the state, and is confident of returning to power in […]
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By Sushil Kutty The Congress strategy to defeat the BJP and dislodge Prime Minister Narendra Modi from his pedestal is three-pronged. One, Muslims must be made to vote for the Congress, the Congress alone. Two, the Hindu voter should be convinced that the ‘Tapasvi Rahul’ is the alternative to the ‘Pujari Modi’. Three, the rest […]
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By Ashis Biswas With most major parties adopting an ethnicity-based approach in their pre-poll campaigning, voting in the coming Assembly elections in Meghalaya could be sharply polarised, according to observers. Intriguingly, such a trend may be less noticeable in Tripura. The involvement of Assam-based political heavyweight leaders with elections in neighbouring Meghalaya, which used to […]
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BJP is embarking on a mission to woo the Other Backward Castes (OBCs) by visiting each and every village and household with the significant number of voters from the community to showcase the measures taken by the Modi government for their welfare. The party has managed to make in-roads into the community over years and […]
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NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday took a “pujari” dig at Union home minister Amit Shah for announcing that the Ram temple in Ayodhya will be ready by January 1, 2024 and said the matter is being raised to divert attention from real issues. Pawar wondered whether the temple issue pertains to the Union home […]
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Asking the Election Commission (EC) to ensure free and fair elections in Tripura, former chief minister Manik Sarkar alleged the poll panel set a bad precedent in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and the last by-elections as people could not vote freely. His comment came just two days before the scheduled arrival of the full […]
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday called questions regarding the party’s chief ministerial and Prime Ministerial candidates “distraction attempts”. Addressing a press conference in Haryana’s Samana, Gandhi said the media is not giving enough coverage to Bharat Jodo Yatra. Answering a question on the chief ministerial face of Congress for the Haryana assembly polls, Gandhi said, “I have said this in earlier […]
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By James M Dorsey An official visit to Xinjiang to assess the fate of Turkic Muslims in the troubled north-western Chinese Province is a risky proposition by any definition. Even so, it would be worth the risk if China and Turkey could agree on the terms of a visit. The problem is that the terms […]
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By Ashis Biswas In Tripura, the main contending formations in the coming Assembly elections have stepped up efforts to secure an alliance with the pace-setting tribal Tipra Motha (TM) party. So far, the TM has maintained an equidistance from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)/IPFT alliance and the Left front/Congress grouping. Observers find such tactics […]
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By Sushil Kutty Union Home Minister Amit Shah has spoken. And the timing is telling, just in time for a clutch of assembly elections in 2023, and the big one in 2024. Shah announced that a grand Ram temple will be inaugurated in Ayodhya on January 1, 2024. That means the Bharatiya Janata Party will […]
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By Rahil Nora Chopra There is a chance of a massive rejig in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Cabinet after January 14, when the ongoing Kharmas period, which is believed and considered to be inauspicious as per the Hindu calendar concludes . According to sources, Prime Minister Narendra Modi may expand his Cabinet and add leaders […]
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar hinted that his proposed country-wide tour for forging Opposition unity to take on the BJP in the next Lok Sabha polls may take place after the budget session of the assembly next month. Kumar had earlier said several times that he was working hard to unite the Opposition parties ahead […]
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