Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday dared his rival Eknath Shinde and his ally BJP to face fresh elections, a day after the Supreme Court’s verdict in the tussle between the two factions of the Shiv Sena. “Let’s all face fresh elections and let people take the final decision. As I resigned, the […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak The unanimous verdict delivered on May 11 by a five-judge constitutional bench of the Supreme Court of India on power struggle in Delhi between the elected government of the National Capital Territory and the Centre’s steps of usurping the powers of the state is significant for the country, since Modi government […]
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By Prakash Karat The state of press freedom in India has been accurately captured by the World Press Freedom Index. This year’s index was issued on May 3, which is observed as World Press Freedom Day. The Reporters without Borders (RSF), which has prepared the World Press Freedom Index has placed India in the 161st […]
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By Sushil Kutty The Supreme Court Thursday refused to rule Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde out of his job because it was snatched from Uddhav Thackeray who should have faced the floor test and not fled the scene. The top court’s refusal was disappointing because everything else the court said prior to expressing helplessness gave […]
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The Supreme Court gave Chief Minister Eknath Shinde a reprieve to stay in office, but flayed the action of the governor to hold a trust vote to enable Shinde to prove his majority. Since the Uddav Thakur government had resigned on its own, the court said it cannot be brought back. The court has also […]
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In a major victory for Arvind Kejriwal’s Delhi government, the Supreme Court today held that the Delhi government has control over administrative services in the National Capital, excluding matters relating to public order, police and land. Constitution Bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice MR Shah, Justice Krishna Murari, Justice Hima Kohli and Justice PS […]
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By Sushil Kutty There’s this voter who was born in Mangalore and he has lots of BJP “karyakarta” friends. Good fellows who do the booth management for the world’s largest-richest political party. The commitment of such people wins elections. But, this time in Karnataka, the BJP did not have the confidence that booth management alone […]
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By Arun Srivastava Notwithstanding Supreme Court glare on the release of Bilkis Bano convicts, the chances are quite bleak that their release would be declared null and void and they would ever be sent back to the prisons. The entire saffron eco system is out to protect them and their pursuit. They are too willing […]
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By Sushil Kutty NCP Chief Sharad Pawar was the last political stalwart to jump into the Karnataka electoral showdown and predict the Congress will get the Karnataka electorate’s thumbs up in the May 10 assembly elections results of which will be out by May 13 afternoon. Pawar based his projection on hearsay because the NCP […]
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Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Monday called the Enforcement Directorate an ”agent” of the Bharatiya Janata Party and dubbed the ED’s claim of unearthing an alleged liquor scam in the state as false and baseless. As the Assembly polls were nearing in the state, the ”disappointed” BJP was trying to defame the Congress government […]
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In Rawalpindi, Imran Khan’s supporters smashed the main gate of the army’s sprawling headquarters. Supporters of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan, protesting against his arrest, have entered the compound of the army commanders’ residence in Lahore. Media footage showed them also storming the army headquarters in Rawalpindi. In Peshawar, the Radio Pakistan building has […]
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By Arun Srivastava Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh shirking of his moral accountability to resolve the differences between the two communities Meities and Kukis, and instead blaming the “prevailing misunderstandings between two sections of society” on the issue of inclusion of the majority Meitei community in the Scheduled Tribes (ST) category has been primarily […]
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By Tirthankar Mitra Pep talk and tall talk are separated by a wide gulf. Unofficial number two in Trinamool Congress hierarchy Abhishek Banerjee’s recent claim of his party bagging 40 out of 42 seats from West Bengal in next year’s Lok Sabha elections will be taken as pep talk by many among his party faithful; […]
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The Aam Aadmi Party has demanded that the Enforcement Directorate arrest Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and probe his role in the alleged liquor scam in the state. The federal agency on Saturday arrested liquor businessman Anwar Dhebar, the brother of Congress leader and Raipur Mayor Aijaz Dhebar, in connection with the alleged scam. In […]
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By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Will the controversial film, “The Kerala Story”, further the propaganda of the Sangh Parivar? That is the million dollar question resonating in the political corridors of Kerala. Secular parties in the state say that the film seeks to portray Kerala, a bastion of secularism, as the epicentre of religious terrorism. The […]
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This latest version of Mecho’s flagship product will provide even more flexible features and financing options, helping corporate fleet owners and individuals streamline the auto repairs and maintenance process. LAGOS, NIGERIA – EQS Newswire – 3 May 2023 – Mecho Autotech (“Mecho”) (www.MechoAutotech.com), a Nigerian platform providing global automotive spare parts and vehicle repairs and maintenance services, will launch a version v2.0 of its vehicle management app […]
By Sushil Kutty The toughest foreign minister in the hemisphere, India’s EAM S. Jaishankar cannot suffer fellow foreign ministers who pour scorn on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, call him names and think they can make a clean getaway! And, if the erring foreign minister happens to be Pakistan’s, woe betide that gentleman or lady like […]
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By Prabir Purkayastha MAY 3rd is World Press Freedom Day, a reminder that the role of news organisations is to speak truth to power. Not to manufacture consent – to use Chomsky’s famous words – for the government and the ruling classes. While doing that, I want to remember two men who exemplify the need […]
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By Arun Srivastava Cruel joke is being played with the women wrestlers who enhanced the prestige of India in global fraternity by winning medals in international championships. In the evening of May 3 while addressing the election rally in Karnataka, Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed that he was a celebrant of the Nari Shakti (women’s’ […]
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By Eric A. Gordon In director Stephen Williams’s big-budget new film Chevalier, now playing in US theatres Joseph Bologne (Kelvin Harrison), the illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner on the lucrative French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, rises to improbable heights in Parisian society as a celebrated violinist-composer and fencer. After […]
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By Prabhat Patnaik The data on unemployment brought out by the Centre for Monitoring the Indian Economy (CMIE) present a grim picture. Not only has the unemployment rate increased sharply for some years now, starting from even before the pandemic, but the figure which had shot up during the pandemic has not come down much […]
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Amid ongoing protests against the Congress election manifesto which proposed decisive action against organisations spreading hatred amongst communities on the event of the party coming to power in Karnataka, senior leader M Veerappa Moily on Thursday said there was no proposal to ban Bajrang Dal, the youth wing of the RSS-affiliated VHP. The former Karnataka […]
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Blockchain Association CEO Kristin Smith wrote in a letter to Coindesk that the organisation is shifting resources out of New York State and e…
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Hounding the leaders of opposition, allegedly by Prime Minister Narendra Modi led Centre through Enforcement Directorate (ED), has reached an unprecedented level under directorship of Sanjay K Mishra, and hence his extension of service has been naturally opposed by the forces against abuse of power. However, extension of ED Chief Sanjay […]
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