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By C.J. Atkins Tally another victory for the neo-fascist, anti-immigrant right wing in Europe. Giorgia Meloni, leader of the Brothers of Italy party—the successor to the post-World War II Italian Social Movement—is set to be the next prime minister of that country following Sunday’s national election. Almost exactly a hundred years after fascist leader Benito […]

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Sonia Gandhi is not known to show her anger publicly, but those who know say that when she does, it means trouble and a determination to do whatever it takes. So when the observers went to meet her, it was an angry Congress president who confronted them. Sources say she expressed her displeasure and anger […]

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Rajasthan Congress MLA Shanti Dhariwal on Monday lashed out at the party’s central observer Ajay Maken, alleging that he was part of a “conspiracy” to oust CM Ashok Gehlot. Dhariwal, a Gehlot loyalist who had held a meeting of MLAs on Sunday to oppose Sachin Pilot’s possible elevation to the CM post, said that Rajasthan […]

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Champa Singh Thapa and Moreshwar Raje who had served former Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray at his residence ‘Matoshree’ for almost three decades on Monday joined the faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde In Thane. Thapa, the trusted Man Friday of the Sena patriarch, had served him devotedly for 27 years before the […]

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Gehlot loyalists claim that over 90 MLAs went to Joshi’s home, but the number could not be verified independently. The Congress has 108 MLAs in the House of 200. There was no word from the Speaker’s office on the resignation letters. Late at night, there were efforts by Kharge and Maken to persuade Gehlot loyalists […]

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Bihar Chief Mnister Nitish Kumar — the self-appointed interlocuter of the opposition — met Sonia Gandhi in Delhi with Bihar ally Lalu Yadav in a strong message of the importance of the Congress in any opposition front against the BJP. Yadav, the Rashtriya Janata Dal chief, spelled it out after the meeting. “Without the Congress, […]

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The United States would respond decisively to any Russian use of nuclear weapons against Ukraine and has spelled out to Moscow the “catastrophic consequences” it would face, U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said today. Sullivan’s remarks represented the latest American warning following the thinly veiled nuclear threat made by Vladimir Putin last Wednesday in […]

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Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday welcomed the statement by Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) where he raised the issue of Kashmir. Mufti said that the process of dialogue on the Kashmir issue can be beneficial for India and Pakistan because both countries are suffering […]

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With an aim to unite the entire Opposition to counter the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad will meet Congress President Sonia Gandhi in the national capital on Sunday. It is pertinent to mention that it will be […]

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By Subhankar Gupta With less than two months left before the national elections in Nepal, the refusal of the President of Nepal, Vidya Devi Bhandari, to approve the Citizenship Amendment Bill even after the passage of the proposed enactment by both houses of the parliament has thrown the Himalayan state into a vortex of political […]

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The internet is abuzz with speculation about China President Xi Jinping being under house arrest. According to several posts on social media, Xi Jinping has been removed as the head of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and has been placed under house arrest. Neither the country’s ruling Chinese Communist Party nor the state media have […]

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By Sushil Kutty Shashi Tharoor and Ashok Gehlot will contest the Congress president’s post election and Tharoor will walk into it already sidelined. Gandhi family loyalist Ashok Gehlot is naturally a hot favourite. Tharoor is not going to get the advantage of being fellow Kerala MP to Rahul Gandhi. In fact, if a poll to […]

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By Rahil Nora Chopra A thrilling game of check-and-mate has started within the Congress, with speculations looming large on whether Sachin Pilot would get the throne of Rajasthan in case Ashok Gehlot has to vacate the Chief Minister’s post. Till date, all the questions have remained unanswered in Congress. Meanwhile, Ashok Gehlot called a meeting […]

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Hours after Union Home Minister Home Minister Amit Shah accused Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of “backstabbing” the BJP to join the RJD and cautioned people about the return of ‘jungle raj’, Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Friday dubbed his speech as a “comedy show”. The RJD leader also alleged that Shah visited Bihar […]

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Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, who has announced that he would fight the Congress presidential polls, on Friday said the debate on ‘one man-one post’ was unnecessary and that he would like to serve the people of his home state all his life. Talking to reporters here, he also said that his statements on wanting […]

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Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra would participate in the Karnataka leg of the “Bharat Jodo Yatra” led by Rahul Gandhi that will be entering the state on September 30, state party chief D K Shivakumar said on Friday. Noting that the Karnataka Congress has made preparations for the yatra by giving responsibility […]

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The Aam Aadmi Party versus Governor tussle in Punjab over a possible trust vote reached the next level, with  Governor Banwarilal Purohit asking for the agenda of a second special assembly session proposed by the cabinet. While asking for Governor’s consent for an assembly session, a list of legislative business is usually provided. But Chief […]

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Sachin Pilot, CP Joshi or Govind Singh Dotasra — the race in the Congress on who will be the next chief minister of Rajasthan is boiling down to these three names as Ashok Gehlot has made it clear that he will contest for Congress president and step down as the Rajasthan chief minister if he […]

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Sachin Pilot is seeing support from the Rajasthan leadership to become the replacement of Gehlot in Rajasthan. The leader is expected to stay in Delhi and meet the party brass today, said sources. Rajasthan minister Rajendra Gudha, one of the six BSP turned Congress MLAs, on Thursday said they would not oppose if Sachin Pilot […]

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Congress leader Gourav Vallabh slammed Shashi Tharoor’s potential AICC president bid on Thursday, saying his “only major contribution” to the party was to send letters to Sonia Gandhi while she was hospitalised. In the first sign of leaders taking sides in the upcoming presidential election, Vallabh also expressed support for another likely contender, Rajasthan Chief […]

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The two top leaders of the Grand Alliance in Bihar — Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Rashtriya Janata Dal’s Lalu Yadav — will meet Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in Delhi on Sunday evening, sources have said. This will be their first meet in more than six years. Sources said the two Bihar leaders had also […]

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