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Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar on Wednesday claimed “religious colour” was being given to some small issues in Maharashtra and the ruling parties are encouraging such things, which he said is a cause of concern. Pawar’s remarks came against the backdrop of some youths displaying photos of 17th Century Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in […]

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By Sushil Kutty So it is India is democratic versus India is undemocratic. Are we stuck with the binary? Both Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are fighting each other overseas in preparation for the ‘Big Fight 2024’ at home. Rahul Gandhi’s observation that “NRIs” got India her freedom from the British […]

The post Rahul Gandhi Has Finally Given A Jolt To Narendra Modi In Indian Diaspora first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Senior Congress leader Sam Pitroda has courted controversy over his remark that “temples are not going to create jobs”, drawing fire from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Pitroda, who accompanied Rahul Gandhi during his US trip, alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government is ignoring development issues and focusing on religious matters. “We have a […]

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Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday took an apparent swipe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks made in the US, saying one should look in the rear-view mirror to notice those out to taint, tarnish and destroy the country’s institutions. He also said that by 2047, India will be the number one nation. […]

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By Kalyani Shankar Why do Indian politicians woo the Diaspora in the United States and elsewhere? Why does the Diaspora, who can’t vote in India, take an interest in their homeland? It is perhaps because, as India’s GDP grows, the Diaspora’s role in India’s foreign policy also rises. The 32 million-strong global Indian Diaspora has […]

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By Sushil Kutty In the mid-1990s and about the time when the Bharatiya Janata Party was still building its formidable cadre, the Telugu Desam Party’s N. Chandrababu Naidu used to be the busiest political body in Delhi and everybody knew if something political was cooking it would be in Naidu’s kitchen. Current Congress leader Rajiv […]

The post Cornered In South After Karnataka Debacle, BJP Woos TDP For Telangana, Andhra Pradesh first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Though India is currently the third largest polluter in the world in terms of CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) emission as estimated in 2020 after China and the United States, its pollution is less than half of the US and one-fourth of the China. Moreover, if taken historically, India’s contribution in pollution between […]

The post Developed Nations Should Appreciate India’s Work In Fighting Pollution first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Bharatiya Janata Party president JP Nadda has accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of running a “nafrat ka mega shopping mall (shopping mall of hate)” rather than his touted “mohabbat ki dukaan (shop of love)”. The latter is the theme of Rahul Gandhi’s ongoing trip to the United States. “Rahul Gandhi can’t swallow our country’s glory. […]

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By Nantoo Banerjee The cat is out of the bag. India is not the only country using imported Russian oil to export processed petro-products. West Asian oil giants, led by Saudi Arabia, are buying millions of barrels of Russian diesel oil, which is banned in Europe, to sell the product to buyers in the European […]

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By Sushil Kutty Sulking is common to non-BJP Chief Ministers. And opposition unity suffers. Right now the tribe of non-BJP Chief Ministers sees opportunity in Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s problems. The Modi government’s ordinance upturning the Supreme Court’s verdict that gave Delhi’s AAP government control over “services” is the magnet for opposition unity and […]

The post Questions Galore About BRS Decision Not To Join Crucial Opposition Conclave first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Only few years ago, the Union Minister of Railways had claimed in the Parliament of India that they made railway journey safe, though the trains were running late in the country. The claim had come in reply to a question as to why trains were being run late. The Minister had […]

The post Secure Railway System To Prevent Balasore Like Deadly Accidents first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava For nine long years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been dictating political actions in India, but the expected opposition meet will not only redefine the nature of the political discourse of the country, but would set a completely new political narrative, engineering a different political activism and vision in the public domain. […]

The post Opposition Is Looking Confident Of Defeating RSS-BJP Combine In 2024 first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty The June 12 Patna conclave of opposition parties is keenly awaited. Finally, opposition unity looks a possibility. Rahul Gandhi and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge are giving it a miss, but somebody from the Congress will be deputed. Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is in the United States taking pot-shots at Prime Minister […]

The post Rahul Gandhi’s Alternative Vision Can Be A Good Basis For June 12 Discussion first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Manish Rai After facing the toughest challenge of his political career to date, Turkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdogan got re-elected to a third term. Defeating Kemal Kilicdaroglu, presidential candidate of the six-party strong opposition alliance. Erdogan prevailed over Kilicdaroglu in a run-off election held on May 28 after the first round of voting did […]

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By Eoghan Gilmartin It’s been described by Spanish media as both political suicide and a stroke of tactical brilliance. Just hours after suffering heavy losses in Sunday’s local and regional polls, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called a surprise general election for July 23. This may seem counterintuitive. Sánchez’s ruling center-left Socialist Party (PSOE) had just […]

The post July 23 General Election In Spain Is The Test Of Left For Its Political Survival first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Amid the Opposition’s call for his resignation following the tragic three-train accident in Odisha’s Balasore district, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday said this is not the right time to indulge in politics, as all efforts should be focused on restoration work currently underway at the site. Addressing the media after his verbal duel with West Bengal Chief Minister […]

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By K Raveendran The Law Commission has taken a political stand in its report about sedition rather than a policy stand, which a body of its very nature was expected to do. The commission’s non-statutory status does not preclude it from having an independent mind, which the present panel under the chairmanship of retired high […]

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The Congress on Friday hit back at the BJP over its criticism of Rahul Gandhi for calling the Indian Union Muslim League “completely secular”, saying the party he referred to was different from the Muslim League, for which the BJP has “more love” and whose leader Muhammad Ali Jinnah was hailed by L K Advani. […]

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