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Jammu and Kashmir is not one-of-a-kind and Punjab and the Northeast have faced similar situations, the Supreme Court pointed out yesterday, questioning the need for bifurcation of the border state in August 2019. Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud also questioned how to ensure that the power to bifurcate a state will not be “misused” […]

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The Karnataka government will launch on Wednesday a scheme offering Rs 2,000 monthly financial assistance to more than one crore women who are heads of their households, in the presence of AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in the district headquarters town of Mysuru, officials said on Monday. According to officials, about […]

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By Nitya Chakraborty As the leaders of the INDIA alliance prepare for their third meeting in Mumbai on August 31 and September 1 to take forward the decisions taken at the last conclave in Bengaluru on July 17 and 18, one issue that should figure most prominently in their minds is how to project the

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Spine-chilling causes and effects have emerged in the evolving tale of the two alliances in India. INDIA opposition alliance was born on June 23 at Patna Conclave with 16 anti-BJP political parties on board. The birth of INDIA alliance shook the BJP out of its overconfidence and complacency. Only a few […]

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By Sushil Kutty The paranoia is what you see. The reason why New Delhi has been shut tight and out of bounds for ordinary Indians. The Modi regime is convinced Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s adversaries will go to any extent to derail the G20 Summit to tarnish Modi’s reputation in the eyes of 20-plus heads […]

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By Ashis Biswas As both India and Bangladesh prepare to hold general elections early next year, concerned authorities are finding it extremely hard to maintain effective foodgrains supply chains and contain inflation. In addition, Nepal has been urging India to sell significant quantities of rice, wheat and paddy to meet rising demands in the coming […]

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China on Monday claimed ownership of Arunachal Pradesh – which Beijing calls South Tibet – and Aksai Chin – occupied during the 1962 war – in the 2023 edition of its ‘standard map’. The Indian government has yet to react to this controversial move, which is sandwiched between the G20 Summit in New Delhi next […]

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West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Monday claimed that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may go for early Lok Sabha polls which are due in April-May next year. The TMC chief, who was speaking at a TMC youth wing rally, claimed that all choppers have been booked by the […]

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The crucial one-day session of the Manipur Assembly on Tuesday is likely to hold a discussion on the state’s prevailing situation of ethnic strife, though most of the Kuki MLAs, regardless of party affiliations, are likely to skip the session over safety concerns. Six of the ten MLAs from Kuki dominated areas have already sought […]

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A metropolitan court in Ahmedabad on Monday issued summons to Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav in a criminal defamation case filed against him over his reported remarks that ”only Gujaratis can be thugs (fraudster).” The court of Additional Metropolitan Magistrate DJ Parmar issued summons to the senior Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader to appear […]

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In just a matter of a few hours, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad is all set to hold the second ‘Jalabhishek Yatra’ taking the same route in Haryana’s trouble-torn Nuh despite being denied permission for it. What makes it tricky for chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar is that the decision to have another yatra was essentially […]

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By Nantoo Banerjee The growing power tussle between the Centre and opposition-ruled states over the management control of the University Grants Commission-funded universities in states threatens to ruin the sanctity of the country’s higher education system. Chief ministers of a number of opposition states and centrally-appointed governors there are at loggerheads with each other over […]

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By Kalyani Shankar India successfully landed the Chandrayaan 3 spacecraft on the Moon last week. It is the fourth country to do so. Congratulations to ISRO for this achievement, which fills every Indian with pride. Scientists worldwide are especially interested in the Moon’s South Pole region. The Chandrayaan 3 success has boosted

By Arun Srivastava After making inroads into school education, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is striving to take control of higher education, particularly functioning of the universities. RSS has already set up Shiksha Bharti, an educational wing to control and define the school level education. However, it has also started the process for creating a separate […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak INDIA alliance is all set to expand with more political parties on board. A concrete roadmap for general election 2024 is being prepared for the Mumbai meet to be held on August 31 – September 1, in which it would be formalized. Several other issues are also on the agenda which […]

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As the race for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls hots up, all eyes are on the opposition bloc INDIA’s meeting in Mumbai where a logo of the coalition is likely to be unveiled and strategic issues including seat sharing are expected to be deliberated upon. There is also talk of the 26-party opposition alliance expanding […]

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The Congress has hit out at those “unable to digest the contribution” of Jawaharlal Nehru that led to the setting up of ISRO and asserted that India’s first prime minister used to encourage the scientific approach. The Congress and the BJP have been engaged in a war of words over Nehru and other Congress prime […]

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The Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee is keen to field senior leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra from Varanasi and will soon send a proposal in this regard to the top leadership, said newly appointed party’s state president Ajay Rai on Sunday. Rai has lost three Lok Sabha elections from Varanasi — as a Congress candidate in 2014 […]

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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday hit out at the BJP over the reported killing of a Dalit man in Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar and alleged that the ruling party has made the state a ”laboratory” for atrocities on the community. He also asserted that the BJP will not return to power in the state in […]

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By Sushil Kutty The best part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Greece visit, the first by an Indian PM in 40 years, was the Meghalaya Shawl and Chhattisgarh’s Dhokra Art, along with the Telangana Bidri Art vases, that Prime Minister Narendra Modi gifted to the President and Prime Minister of Greece with their spouses equal […]

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By Harihar Swarup India successfully crossed a decisive milestone by accomplishing the demanding task of soft landing a robotic spacecraft on the Moon. Chandrayan-3’s Vikram lander is now firmly sitting on the South polar region of the lunar surface and getting ready to collect valuable data about the moon, its interior as well as the […]

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By James M Dorsey Saudi Arabia’s stunning sports acquisition blitz, alongside Qatari and Emirati European club purchases, may reshape the beautiful game, just not in ways Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and other Gulf rulers like Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani envisioned. The Gulf’s impact on European and world soccer could be

By Steven Forti While all of Spain was busy celebrating the national team’s epic triumph in the women’s soccer World Cup, the country’s tormented political situation was also becoming clearer. In the corridors of power, something has shifted during these heatwave-stricken mid-August weeks. This, even if the final outcome is not yet written

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Saturday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking an investigation into the toilet construction in the state during the previous BJP government. Despite Chhattisgarh being declared an Open Defecation-Free (ODF) state in 2018, around 15 lakh families are yet to have access to advanced toilet facilities, he […]

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Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday said that Rahul Gandhi is Congress’ prime ministerial candidate for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. He said that this decision was taken by all the 26 opposition parties in the INDIA alliance after deliberations and discussions. Congress has decided to make Rahul Gandhi the PM candidate, Gehlot told […]

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People from states such as Bihar and Uttar Pradesh want Nitish Kumar to be the prime ministerial candidate of the INDIA bloc, Bihar minister and JD(U) leader Sharvan Kumar said on Saturday. However, Nitish Kumar himself does not aspire to become the PM nominee or the alliance coordinator, he added. The Bihar minister’s remarks came […]

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday demanded the resignation of Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot over a “red diary” which, he alleged, contained details of corruption and black deeds of the state government. Addressing a “Sahakar Kisan Sammelan” in Gangapur City in the poll-bound state, Shah said the BJP-led central government raised the agriculture […]

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Karnataka Congress took a dig at leaders of the state unit of the BJP for being spotted behind barricades to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Bengaluru on Saturday. The prime minister was in the city to interact with ISRO scientists for the successful soft landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the moon’s south pole. The Congress […]

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By Girish Linganna Bhutan, in the Himalayas, is nestled in a strategically sensitive geographical position between two Asian superpowers, India and China. Over the years, Delhi has been offering Thimphu hundreds of millions of dollars in military and economic aid, not without its own geopolitical compulsions. Both India and Bhutan are yet to resolve their

By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Friday, August 25th, commemorates the sixth anniversary of the commencement of a massive offensive launched by Myanmar’s military against the predominantly Muslim minority residing in Rakhine state. During this devastating event, around 10,000 Rohingya individuals, encompassing men, women, children, and even newborns, lost their lives. Over 300 villages were razed to […]

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By K Raveendran SEBI has filed another wishy-washy report on its investigations into alleged stock manipulations by the Adani group in the wake of the sensational Hindenburg report, which accused the group of gross violations and malpractices. An interim report submitted by the market regulator to the Supreme Court, which had sought detailed investigation of […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak India may be heading towards a much intensified, aggressive, and confrontational workers and farmers movement in the country. On Quit India anniversary on August 9, the country witnessed a massive mobilization of workers and farmers, and only a fortnight later on August 24, their joint convention has called for a determined […]

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Ahead of the INDIA bloc’s meeting in Mumbai later this month, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel on Friday said he would want Rahul Gandhi to be its prime ministerial face. He said the BJP is rattled by the popularity of Rahul Gandhi after his Kanyakumari-to-Kashmir Bharat Jodo Yatra and that is why […]

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Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced regularisation of 2,792 unauthorised colonies across the state, which is expected to benefit 35 lakh residents. The announcement was made by Chouhan on Friday, months ahead of the state assembly polls that are scheduled to be held by the year-end. “I am happy to announce regularisation […]

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