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The escalating friction between Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor and the ruling Aam Aadmi Party spiked with VK Saxena accusing Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of “diversionary tactics and false accusations”. Caught in a tussle over the excise policy, AAP had accused the Lieutenant Governor of being involved in corruption during demonetisation. “I called for good governance, zero […]

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By Prakash Karat On the last day of his tenure as chief justice on August 26, Justice Ramana referred the pleas on political parties promising freebies to a three-judge bench to be decided by the new chief justice of India.  The Supreme Court, getting into the freebies issue, is an example of misplaced priorities and […]

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By Krishna Jha When in 2016, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) was targeted by the new regime, the students and teachers refused to submit. Classes continued under the open skies since authorities had locked the class rooms. Teachers kept their promise. Students debated the concepts that were posed as challenges to them. The undeterred steps showed […]

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The video of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao repeatedly asking his Bihar counterpart to ‘Please sit down, please sit down’ and let him answer the media’s questions is now going viral. The BJP, which has shared the video, blamed Nitish’s ‘self-conceited’ nature behind it, while adding that KCR had ‘brought it upon himself’. KCR […]

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By Ashis Biswas When it comes to dealing with the BJP-controlled central Government, Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Mamata Banerjee still behaves like an eternally malcontent oppositionist, despite her long years spent in the ruling establishment in Kolkata and Delhi. There is more to the story about the TMC as a regional political force, never mind […]

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By James M Dorsey A potential revival of the Iran nuclear accord is likely to test the sustainability of Middle Eastern efforts to dial down tensions and manage differences by improving diplomatic relations and fostering economic cooperation. In the latest fence mending, two Gulf states, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates announced their ambassadors’ return […]

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By Dr. Arun Mitra The war between Russia and Ukraine with an overt involvement of the NATO has killed thousands, pushed millions to refugee status and caused immense destruction of resources. Much in danger are the nuclear power plants in Ukraine which if damaged by intentional attack, accident, technology failure or cybercrime, would become potential […]

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Ghulam Nabi Azad, the latest high-profile exit from the Congress, launched a scorching attack on his former colleague, Jairam Ramesh, accusing him of being a nobody in the party and whose only job is to “plant stories”. The former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister ended his five-decade association with the party on August 26 with […]

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As the suspense over the fate of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren continues to raise the political temperatures in the state, the opposition BJP on Sunday lashed out at him over his ”picnic” on a boat with MLAs at Latratu dam in Khunti district the day before. Senior BJP leader Babulal Marandi said the CM […]

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his pitch for Khadi, alleging that his words and actions ”never match”. The prime minister on Saturday said Khadi can become a source of inspiration for achieving the dream of a developed and Atmanirbhar Bharat. Attacking the prime minister, Gandhi said, ”’Khadi for […]

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Ghulam Nabi Azad, who quit the Congress today with a scathing critique of the Gandhis, mainly Rahul Gandhi, will launch a new party in Jammu and Kashmir. The former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister told news agency PTI that he “will launch a new party soon. The first unit will be in Jammu and Kashmir […]

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Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai trashed talks about leadership change in the government, reiterating that he has been given a “free hand” by the BJP leadership. In an exclusive interview with NDTV, he said “nothing is there”, when asked a direct question whether he will be replaced. Asked about how his predecessor BS Yediyurappa was […]

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Suspended Telangana BJP MLA Raja Singh, whose remarks about Prophet Mohammed led to violent protests in Hyderabad, has been booked Singh has now been re-arresed  under the Preventive Detention Act. Raja Singh was arrested by the city police on Tuesday for making remarks against Islam and Prophet Muhammad in a video, which was later pulled down […]

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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister, the BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis, has strongly criticised the grand welcome given to the 11 men convicted for the rape of Bilkis Bano after their release from jail. The men were released on Independence Day by the Gujarat government under an old remission policy. Videos of their being welcomed with sweets and […]

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After the CBI registered an offence against Delhi’s deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, the Punjab Congress has now launched an attack on the Bhagwant Mann government seeking a probe into Punjab’s excise policy alleging that it had been ‘manipulated’ on the lines of Delhi. A battery of senior party leaders lead by state Congress president […]

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TRS president and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Saturday accused the NDA government at the Centre of not deciding on the State’s share of Krishna river water and also of taking up several anti-people measures, even as he talked of working with the Left parties in future. Rao, also known as KCR, made […]

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Amid an eventful two days for the Congress in Karnataka after Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah’s car was attacked with eggs in Kodagu on Thursday, the grand old party went a step ahead and alleged that the chief minister’s post in the state was “for sale”. Leader of opposition in the Karnataka legislative council, BK Hariprasad […]

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The New York Times story on Delhi’s education system was based on “an impartial and on-the-ground reporting”, the American newspaper said on Friday, rejecting a ‘paid news’ charge that was being hurled between the BJP and AAP amid a CBI raid on Manish Sisodia’s residence. The report had triggered a war of words between the […]

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“Nyay ke saath vikas, kanoon ka raj (justice and development, rule of law and order),” proclaims a giant hoarding with a full-length image of Nitish Kumar outside the Janata Dal (United) office in Patna. Nearby, at the Bharatiya Janata Party’s office, the leading opposition party is highlighting a spree of crimes in Bihar’s capital, to […]

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Jailed don Anant Singh and his right-hand man, Bihar’s new Law Minister Kartikeya Kumar, have become a headache for the newly sworn-in Nitish Kumar-Tejashwi Yadav government in the state. Anant Singh, the RJD’s leader from Mokama popularly called ‘Chote Sarkar’, was sentenced to 10 years in jail just two months ago and hence lost his […]

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