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By S.N. Sahu A Supreme Court Bench comprising the Chief Justice of India Dr D.Y. Chandrachud and Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, in its Order of November 9, 2023, disapproved Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit’s stand not to give assent to some Bills passed by the state assembly. Purohit has earlier questioned the validity of […]

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NEW DELHI: The upcoming Digital India Bill is likely to have provisions for penalties against anti-competitive practices in digital space, and commercial arrangements such as tying and bundling of services by online intermediaries may be prohibited, sources said. With a chapter on Open Internet, the new Bill would aim to ensure that internet-based services are […]

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By Avikal Somvanshi Every year, post Dussehra, Delhi loses sight of the Sun. There are many factors contributing to these nightmarish levels of air pollution. Weather, geography, local pollution (traffic, industries, etc.), agricultural practices, water security and climate change are the key factors at play. On surface it looks like an insurmountable problem but it […]

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Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday said the draft of the Uniform Civil Code for the state is in its last stage. He said the government is trying to complete the process on a priority basis. “We have already said that as we will get the draft of the UCC committee, whose draft […]

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The air quality in Delhi and nearby cities reached hazardous levels a day after Diwali with the widespread violation of the firecracker ban across the National Capital Region (NCR) on Sunday raising pollution concerns. Most realtime air monitoring platforms this morning pegged the air quality index (AQI) above 500, with some places reaching as high […]

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By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The tension between the Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government and Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan escalated with the former moving the Supreme court against him for the second time. The Government has accused the Governor of trying to “defeat the rights of the people” of the State by indefinitely sitting on […]

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NEW DELHI: Sanjeev Sanyal, member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, thinks given the strengths of India’s macroeconomic fundamentals, its sovereign rating should be “at least two notches higher” than the current level (lowest investment grade). According to him, by around 2030, Indian rupee will be an international hard currency, since many steps have […]

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By K Raveendran The Supreme Court strictures against the Punjab governor for sitting over the bills passed by the state assembly by questioning the validity of the house session that passed those bills are a verdict against what has come to be regarded as the standard operating practice of the Union home ministry to use […]

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By Sushil Kutty The way the lay of the land lies, courts have the last word and among the courts, the Supreme Court. So, it’s a “big victory” for the AAP government and a lesson for the Punjab Governor who had withheld consent to four bills passed by the Punjab assembly while also ruling an […]

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By Arun Srivastava The Lok Sabha Ethics committee has made Mahua Moitra a martyr. The indiscreet decision proves beyond doubt that the personal and political life of an individual daring to raise an accusing finger towards Narendra Modi and his tycoon friend Gautam Adani would have to face the wrath of the combined establishment. The […]

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By Prabhat Patnaik In an economy like ours where the work-force is not neatly divided into “the employed” and “the unemployed”, and instead there is massive and growing casualisation of work, measuring unemployment is a tricky business. It necessarily means asking a person how much work that person got over a certain period in the […]

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The Gujarat High Court on Thursday rejected Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s petition seeking review of its earlier order setting aside the Central Information Commission’s (CIC) directive to Gujarat University to provide information about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s educational degree. Justice Biren Vaishnav on Thursday rejected the Aam Aadmi Party leader’s review plea filed in […]

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Nitish Kumar has sprung a political surprise with his proposed new quota in Bihar, which seems to have hit two targets: changing the discourse over his derogatory statements while putting the BJP in a political fix. The proposed increase in quota from 50 per cent — the ceiling set by the Supreme Court—to 65 per […]

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By Nantoo Banerjee It is difficult to believe that there has been no listed ‘code-of-conduct’ for the directly elected representatives of Lok Sabha since the country held its first general elections between October 21, 1951 and February 21, 1952. Paradoxically though, Lok Sabha has an ethics committee with the members remaining in the dark about […]

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By P. Sudhir One of the ways federalism and the powers of the elected state legislatures are being undermined, is by governors sitting over the bills passed by the legislatures without taking any decision regarding them. According to the constitution, bills passed by the state legislatures have to be given assent by the governor in […]

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By Nitya Chakraborty Dhruba Narayan Ghosh, known as D N Ghosh, the young official who played the leading role in preparing the draft of the ordinance on bank nationalisation issued on July19, 1969, passed away in Kolkata on November 6. He was 95. Originally, a member of the Indian Audit and Accounts Service (IAAS), Ghosh […]

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By K Raveendran The Supreme Court’s displeasure with the way the Centre is using its agencies to suppress criticism or force adversaries into submission is finding expression at increasing frequency. “It can’t be a State that is run only through its agencies,” Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul said while hearing a petition urging the court to […]

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By Arun Srivastava Once again, the Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has proved that his bête noire Narendra Modi could not match his political craftsmanship and administrative acumen. Though the middle class bhakts of Modi claim that he has perfect understanding of the time, when to strike and how to mutilate his opponent, the Tuesday […]

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After a meeting with Aam Aadmi Party MLAs on November 6, AAP convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal met his councillors in the assembly on the 7th. The meeting lasted about one and a half hours. Kejriwal did not speak to the media afterwards. But AAP MLA and MCD incharge Durgesh Pathak told reporters, […]

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By Arun Srivastava The problem with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has been his own overblown ego. He treats himself as the most astute politician possessing the highest order of intellect and wisdom. He also nurtures the feeling that no other politician could read his mind and make out of his future moves. None had […]

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Aam Aadmi Party national convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal held a meeting with all AAP MLAs in the assembly even as the buzz surrounding his imminent arrest refused to die down. And yet another AAP MLA, this time from Punjab, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate under a case of a Rs 40-crore […]

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By Nantoo Banerjee Increasing secret business donations to political parties to help fight state and general elections threaten to harm India’s democratic system. The practice protects the anonymity of contributors. If France, one of the world’s most vibrant democracies, can ban political donations by business corporations, why do political parties in India need to raise […]

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Jailed Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh on Friday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi High Court order dismissing his plea against his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case related to the now-scrapped excise policy of the city government. The high court had on October 20 refused to […]

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The Enforcement Directorate on Friday alleged that Delhi minister and AAP leader Raaj Kumar Anand has been accused by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) of making hawala payments to China and evading customs duty of Rs 7 crore on imports. The federal probe agency raided the premises of the 57-year-old minister in connection with […]

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