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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday alleged that opposition parties stalled the women’s reservation bill for three decades, and are now trying to divide women on the lines of caste and religion when the bill has been passed. He was speaking at a program in Vadodara, organised by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party to thank […]

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By K Raveendran There is renewed hope for those who have dared to challenge the Modi government’s practice of using Enforcement Directorate to go after political adversaries. The Supreme Court has made it known that a three-judge special bench has been constituted to review a controversial judgment passed by another bench last year, upholding the

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Congress is in dominant position in the three election bound states of the Hindi belt – Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh. Hence, the party may decide not to initiate seat sharing talks with Samajwadi Party (SP), which has only marginal presence in Madhya Pradesh, while very little presence in Rajasthan, and […]

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By Sushil Kutty To be intuitive is not a criteria to understand what’s troubling the Bharatiya Janata Party as it gets set for the next set of assembly elections including in Madhya Pradesh, where the party has released its second list of 39 candidates. There’s a message in the list, for all those who

By Manish Rai The recent bold attacks by the Pakistani Taliban, also known as the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan or TTP, wreaking havoc paints an alarming picture of rising instability across Pakistan. Especially the TTP’s recent incursion into Chitral district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa bordering Afghanistan is very concerning. Because it may be the attempt by the group […]

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A day after a senior Punjab Congress leader claimed that at least 32 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators were in touch with him, chief minister Bhagwant Mann dared the opposition party to “topple” an elected government. The claims and counterclaims have again unravelled the differences in the INDIA bloc at the state level. Though both […]

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NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday termed as painful the remark made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on women’s reservation bill targeting the opposition, and said several women-centric decisions were taken during the previous Congress rule. Addressing a press conference here, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) founder listed a number of women-centric decisions taken by […]

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A political controversy erupted in Maharashtra after the state’s BJP unit Chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule was caught telling party workers “to take journalists to tea shops and treat them well to avoid negative publicity ahead of the polls.” The BJP leader’s audio clip went viral on social media and sparked a political slugfest in no time. […]

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Officials of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation met the chief priest of the Ram Janmabhoomi, along with local Congress leaders, and expressed the possibility that Rahul Gandhi may visit the Ram temple. Congress sources, however, said no decision on the visit has been taken yet. “Office-bearers of the Rajiv Gandhi foundation, along with some local Congress […]

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The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) is the “biggest cheat” in the country as it sells cows from its gaushalas (cowsheds) to butchers, BJP MP Maneka Gandhi said in a scathing attack on the religious organization. The ISKCON, the most influential Krishna sect in the world, is yet to respond to the charges levelled by […]

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By Arun Srivastava Not the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, instead the RSS chief Mogan Bhagwat would leadplay the key role from behind to lead the saffron brigade to the 2024 Lok Sabha electoral battle. This is a major departure from the old practice when RSS led by his predecessors used to provide electoral wherewithal

By Sushil Kutty The alliance between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is over, “khaalaas” as it is said in the Gulf countries — in UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia… After weeks and months of being taken down by the state unit of the BJP and with the […]

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By Dr Arun Mitra The declaration on health at the G20 summit has highlighted several objectives. These include Food security; Pandemic preparedness; equitable access to vaccines, therapeutics, diagnostics, and other medical countermeasures. Concern was shown for growing Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), Mental health problems and the impact of climate change on health. The declaration also gives

By Dr. Gyan Pathak PM Narendra Modi has been expressing deep concern for women in every election rally in the country after the passage of Women’s Reservation Bill in the Parliament of India with near unanimity, barring only two AIMIM members who opposed it in the Lok Sabha. However, the concern he expresses does not […]

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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday ruled out returning to the NDA, an alliance he parted with a year ago, to which the BJP retorted he would not be welcome even if he begged for another chance. Kumar snapped at reporters asking him about speculations on the possibility of the JD(U)’s return to the […]

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 BJP Tamil Nadu party chief K Annamalai said the national leadership will give a timely response about the AIADMK’s decision to walk out of the NDA alliance. After a tumultuous relationship over the past few months, the AIADMK on Monday announced to sever ties with its ally Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and walked out of […]

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What led to the AIADMK breaking off its alliance with the BJP and walking out of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Monday? According to sources, the southern party wanted the BJP to remove or rein in its Tamil Nadu unit chief K Annamalai. When the saffron party refused, the AIADMK announced its break-up with […]

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The Congress on Sunday alleged that the government has mismanaged the economy across all sectors and since it is “too inept” in fixing issues such as unemployment and price rise, it is distorting the data instead. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said now that the special session of Parliament is over, it is clear that […]

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Amid a huge diplomatic row over the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Canada has updated its travel advisory, asking its citizens in India to “stay vigilant and exercise caution”. “In the context of recent developments in Canada and in India, there are calls for protests and some negative sentiment towards Canada on social […]

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By Nitya Chakraborty After the passing of the Women’s Reservation Bill in Parliament in the special session last week, the think-tanks of the BJP aided, by veteran poll strategists, have been busy working out the best time suited to the party for holding the Lok Sabha elections, due in April/May of next year. Preliminary studies […]

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By Nantoo Banerjee Had Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau, father of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, been alive today, he would have probably been a little embarrassed, if not distressed, to see his beloved country has become a home of small migrant Sikh terrorist groups hopelessly engineering to separate the Indian state of Punjab,

By Kalyani Shankar The ongoing massive diplomatic row has brought a sudden spotlight on the Canada-India relationship. Differences emerged between the two countries after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau alleged Indian involvement in killing a separatist Sikh activist, Nijjar. Outraged, New Delhi vehemently denied the claim and dismissed it as “absurd and motivated.” On June […]

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By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the front-runner though INDIA’s Rahul Gandhi could be ahead. Ask random Congress leaders and their faith in the Gandhi scion is unwavering. They are adamant Modi has slid behind Rahul Gandhi in people’s reckoning and that the Wayanad MP has left everybody else in the field

The Congress will hold press conferences in 21 cities on Monday in which 21 women leaders will “expose the Modi government” on the issue of women’s reservation, the party said. While MP Rajani Patil will hold a press conference in Ahmedabad, Mahila Congress chief Netta D’Souza will hold a presser in Hyderabad. Ranjeet Ranjan will […]

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said his party is sure of a win in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, while it is a “very close” contest in Rajasthan and a likely win in Telangana. He said he is confident about the party’s performance in the upcoming assembly elections and the Congress not registering a win in any […]

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Protests over the Cauvery water dispute intensified in Tamil Nadu on Sunday, with farmers in Trichy demanding the release of river water into their state while pro-Kannada outfits as well as farmers in Karnataka’s Mandya also continued to agitate. The DMK said Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin is doing everything possible to handle the […]

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West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee was on Sunday advised 10 days of rest by doctors, after she suffered an injury on her left knee during a recent trip to Spain and Dubai. Doctors conducted medical tests, including an MRI at the Woodburn Block of the state-run SSKM Hospital, where Banerjee had gone for a […]

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Amid strains in India-Canada ties, Canadian Defence Minister has called his country’s ties with India “important”. He, however, also said that Canada wants a thorough investigation into the allegations. The statement comes days after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kicked up a massive diplomatic row between the two countries over the murder of Khalistani terrorist, […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak The Era of Joblessness that begun with Prime Minister  Narendra Modi assuming second term in 2019, has been worsening with pace of regular job creation substantially decreasing. Coupled with high prices and inflation, the situation pushed people in unprecedented economic distress that led rise in self-employment rather than the so-called economic […]

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By Girish Linganna Prime Minister Narendra Modi is really hopeful about the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), which he introduced at the G20 summit in New Delhi recently. However, some people think that not all countries in this project see it as something against China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Building a smooth transportation route connecting […]

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By James M Dorsey It’s a no-brainer to suggest that we live in an increasingly polarised world. Geopolitics are polarised, so are societies. Polarisation marks the transition from a unipolar world dominated by the United States to a bipolar world with China, or more likely a tripolar world that includes India, in which middle powers […]

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By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: An incident of caste discrimination in the most progressive state in the country! Unbelievable? But it is true. The execrable act occurred in Kerala, “God’s Own Country’, in January this year. The horrendous details of the abomination first. The shocking incident took place at a lamp-lighting ceremony in Payyannur Nambiatrakovval Shiva […]

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While the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has positioned itself to take all the credit for the ‘Women’s Reservation Bill’ passed unanimously during the recent special session of Parliament, former Union minister Uma Bharti has voiced her disappointment. Bharti, a former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, said she was disappointed at there not being a […]

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The Kerala unit of the JD(S), which joined the National Democratic Alliance on Friday (September 22), is in a tough spot now. In this state, the party is in alliance with the ruling Left Democratic Front while their representative is also a minister in the Pinarayi Vijayan-led cabinet. The state unit of the party, however, […]

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