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By Nitya Chakraborty The explosive facts mentioned by the former Jammu & Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik in his interview with The news portal The Wire last week, have not elicited any response till now from the PM’s office though the veteran politician blamed the Prime Minister and the then Home Minister Rajnath Singh for […]

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The Congress in Kerala on Tuesday continued their attack on BJP over the saffron party’s recent outreach towards the Christian community by stating the people understand the “hypocrisy” of the Sangh Parivar. Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the state Assembly V D Satheesan said the Christian community in Kerala will not accept the BJP which […]

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By Ashis Biswas In northeast Indian states, upset Christians feel they must protest more vigorously against the recent demolition of a few churches in Manipur and Assam, for which they hold the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accountable. Intriguingly, Nagaland-based Christians have reacted more sharply than their follow religionists in the region. The Nagaland Pradesh Congress […]

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By P. Sudhir The visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Sacred Heart Cathedral in New Delhi on Easter day was notable, as it was his first visit to a church since becoming prime minister over nine years ago. On the same day, Easter Sunday, BJP leaders conducted an outreach in different places by […]

The post BJP Is Taking A Cynical Approach Towards Christians In Kerala first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava “We will win all the 40 seats” is the clarion call of the BJP Chanakya Amit Shah to his cadres and sympathisers in Bihar. But the task ahead is arduous. Riding on the shoulders of the RSS, Narendra Modi and his lieutenant Shah may talk of accomplishing the mission, but the ground […]

The post Amit Shah’s Strategy To Gain Majority Seats In Bihar In Lok Sabha Polls Floundering first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Nitya Chakraborty The 26th tranche of the electoral bonds is on sale from April 3 and it will continue till April 12. Karnataka assembly elections are scheduled on May 10. The principal beneficiary of the electoral bonds, will be in a position to make full use of the money available from the bonds for […]

The post Supreme Court Must Come Out With An Interim Stay On The Sale Of Electoral Bonds first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) thinks it has made a prize catch by getting the elder son of senior Congress leader A K Antony, Anil Antony to join the party. But the ground reality being what it is, the party will realize sooner than later, that such tinkering won’t fetch the […]

The post Anil Antony Is No Prize Catch For BJP In Kerala first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup In May 2005, a Griha Puja — a family only affair — was organized at 12, Tughlak Lane. Soon after Rahul Gandhi moved into the house in Lutyens Delhi allotted to him months earlier as a newly member of the Lok Sabha. It was a time when Rahul, winning from the family […]

The post Rahul Gandhi’s 18 Years Stay At 12 Tughlak Lane House Witnessed His Roller Coaster Ride first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Hitting back at Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad for targeting Rahul Gandhi, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday said no one had thought that the duo would start speaking such a low level language against the Gandhi scion. He said the BJP leaders are tired because Gandhi has […]

The post Gehlot regrets ‘low-level’ language by Scindia, Azad first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Prakash Karat The violence and clashes that erupted in various places during Ram Navami observance on March 30 was an event foretold.  Over the years, the Hindutva forces have shaped the Ram Navami processions into an instrument for aggression and attacks on Muslims.  Last year, in 2022, the Ram Navami processions led to widespread […]

The post BJP, RSS Spreading Communal Tensions In States During Hindu Festivals first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty The significance of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin’s ‘social justice federation’ cannot be overstated though only the politically illiterate will think of it as a social justice forum, when in reality, it’s a group of like-minded opposition parties seeking to cement opposition unity to dethrone the BJP from all positions of […]

The post Chennai Conclave Of Opposition On Social Justice Has Significance For 2024 Polls first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty After the United States dived in, it was the turn of Germany to wade in. Rahul Gandhi’s “disqualified MP” status is bothering both democracies. What Rahul Gandhi’s London remarks could not do, his disqualification from the Lok Sabha did, make both countries sit up and react. Also prove to Rahul Gandhi that […]

The post World Is Keenly Watching What Narendra Modi Is Doing In ‘Mother Of Democracy’ first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: In an unexpected turn of events, a section of Christians living in Pakistan has issued its strong endorsement of the new citizenship legislation introduced by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Government in India. The small yet commonly persecuted Pak-based Christian community is hopeful that it may be possible for its members […]

The post Pakistani Christians Applaud CAA Legislation Of Narendra Modi Government first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Nantoo Banerjee The punishment meted out to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi by the Surat court in a 2019 criminal defamation case filed against him by a BJP MLA over his “why all thieves have Modi surname” remarks may have been considered by many as disproportionate to his sin of verbally abusing the prime minister […]

The post Punishment To Rahul Gandhi May Have Been Disproportionate To His Offence first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh, who is still on the run, may be headed to Delhi after his last location was traced to neighbouring Haryana, sources have said. Sources say the police have stepped up vigil across the national capital after Amritpal sneaked out of Punjab and was last spotted in Haryana. An alert has been issued in Dehradun, […]

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By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The statements by two influential bishops of the Catholic Church on rubber prices and support to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have taken the political parties in the State by surprise. If the offer is backed by various Christian bodies, it could signal a paradigm shift in Kerala politics. The first […]

The post Paradigm Shift In Kerala Politics In Offing? first appeared on IPA Newspack.

With the hunt for Khalistani leader Amritpal Singh entering the fourth day, his uncle Harjit Singh was flown to Dibrugarh in Assam this morning. On Sunday, his other four arrested associates were also taken to Dibrugarh Central Jail. Amritpal Singh’s uncle and six other aides have been charged under the stringent National Security Act (NSA), […]

The post Amritpal Singh’s uncle flown to Assam as Centre takes over case first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Nitya Chakraborty There are lot of discussions in the media about the recent meeting of the Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee with the Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav in which both of them said that they would explore the possibility of bringing together the political parties opposed to both the Congress and the BJP. […]

The post There Is No Scope For Pre-Lok Sabha Poll Total Opposition Unity To Take On Narendra Modi first appeared on IPA Newspack.

As the chase for Khalistani leader Amritpal Singh entered Day 3, his uncle and driver surrendered today. His uncle Harijit Singh and driver Harpreet turned themselves in at Punjab’s Mehatpur. Amritpal Singh’s uncle Harijit Singh was driving a Mercedes when the police were chasing the Khalistani leader and his aides on Saturday. Harijit Singh said he […]

The post Hunt on for Khalistani leader, 4 aides charged under NSA first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Security agencies had raised a red flag after intelligence inputs suggested that pro-Khalistan preacher Amritpal Singh was using drug de-addiction centres and a gurdwara for stockpiling weapons and preparing youths to carry out suicide attacks, officials said on Sunday. A thick dossier prepared with inputs from various security agencies claimed that Singh, who returned from […]

The post Rehab centres were used to recruit ‘human bombs’ first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By James M Dorsey Chinese mediation between Saudi Arabia and Iran potentially signals paradigm shifts in Middle Eastern diplomacy and alliances. The mediation suggests a more productive approach than that of the United States by seeking to manage rather than resolve conflicts based on principles enunciated by China in 2021. The successful mediation between the […]

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