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A BJP minister in Maharashtra found himself embroiled in controversy on Monday, following his statement that linked the daily consumption of fish to the prospect of having eyes as beautiful as those of actor Aishwarya Rai. The comments made by state tribal minister Vijaykumar Gavit during a public event in the Nandurbar district of north […]

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Senior Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is likely to visit Manipur and Tripura soon, a party leader said on Monday. Senior Congress MLA of Tripura Sudip Roy Barman said he has already spoken to her regarding the visit. “I have already spoken to our leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and she is scheduled to visit Manipur […]

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Even though part of Opposition bloc Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee targeted the Left and Congress at the All India Imam-Muazzin Social and Welfare Organisation event in Kolkata on Monday. She announced a Rs-500 raise in stipend […]

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As Prime Minister Narendra Modi left for South Africa to attend the BRICS Summit, sources say there is a possibility of a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The Prime Minister will join the leaders of Brazil, China, Russia and South Africa at the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg. This will be the first […]

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By Satyaki Chakraborty Latin America created a history on Sunday, August 20 when the left wing candidates swept the Presidential elections in two countries Guatemala and Ecuador by defeating the right wing and the establishment candidates. Guatemalan anti-corruption crusader Bernardo Arevalo was voted as president by getting 58 percent of the votes polled while in […]

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By Nantoo Banerjee Last week’s Supreme Court order to temporarily stay the demolition drive of the Railways to clear “encroachment” near Krishna Janmasthan in Mathura could be a matter of concern for both the railways and 135-family dwellings on the government land. Neither the Railways nor the dwellers on the original Railway land are sure […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak The newly constituted Congress Working Committee (CWC) under the Indian National Congress (INC) president Mallikarjun Kharge presents indeed a delicate political balancing within the party that was necessitated due to the forthcoming Vidhan Sabha Elections in five states by the end of 2023 and the Lok Sabha election by May 2024, […]

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By Sushil Kutty The other day, a top prime-time television anchor asked Minority Affairs Minister Smriti Irani if the rising price of tomatoes was the subject of discussion around her family’s dinner table when tomato prices shot up to over Rs 250 per kg? Ms. Irani, caught napping on live television, returned

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday termed dynastic politics as ”poison” and said that under this system, the control over a party and the government led by it remains in the hands of one family alone. He accused the Congress, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) of indulging in […]

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In a bid to make inroads in Madhya Pradesh ahead of the upcoming assembly elections, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal strongly criticised its ‘ally’ Congress on Sunday, stating that the people have provided “enough opportunities” over 75 years and pledged that the AAP is committed to fulfilling all 10 […]

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In a significant event ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee will be the chief guest at the All India Imam-Muazzin Social and Welfare Organisation’s congregation in Kolkata on Monday. Imams and muezzins, who give the call for prayer from mosques, from across the […]

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The logo of opposition INDIA alliance is likely to be unveiled during the front’s meeting in Mumbai on August 31 and September 1, sources said on Sunday. Approximately 80 leaders from more than 26 political parties are expected to attend the third meeting of the INDIA alliance in the country’s financial capital, they said. At […]

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Team Kharge is ready, with the challenge to make the Congress battle-ready. The two inclusions to the Congress Working Committee (CWC) — Shashi Tharoor and Sachin Pilot — are significant, with powerful messaging. First, Tharoor. When he decided to contest the Congress presidential polls against Mallikarjun Kharge, who clearly was the chosen one, many in […]

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  By Arun Kumar Shrivastav G20 Leaders’ Summit will take place on September 9-10 in New Delhi. In the discussions before the summit, India is expected to present a crypto guidance note summarizing all the work member countries have done on cryptocurrency. This guidance note is significant as it may form the basis of some

By Dr. Gyan Pathak The migrant workers in India have ultimately been getting attention of the Centre led by PM Narendra Modi while he is seeking third term in the forthcoming Lok Sabha election 2024. It has been reported that the pan-India surveys for migrant and domestic workers would soon be released so that targeted […]

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By Sushil Kutty Quite likely newly appointed UPCC Chief Ajay Rai was appointed with the diktat he made sure Rahul Gandhi won the 2024 general elections from his old pocket-borough Amethi, which is currently represented by Union Minority Affairs Minister Smriti Irani who had defeated Rahul Gandhi in 2019 with more than 55000 votes to

By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: With the installation of Ajay Rai as Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee President, The Congress party high command wants to bring back party in fighting mode to take on BJP in the Lok Sabha elections in 2024. Considered to be an aggressive politician, Ajay Rai can help in the revival of fortunes […]

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Shiv Sena (UBT) on Saturday alleged that senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis, who was earlier the chief minister of Maharashtra, has become intolerant and arrogant ever since he was made deputy CM, triggering sharp reactions from the saffron party. Fadnavis was a tolerant person earlier, but his frustration after being made the deputy chief minister […]

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A day after the Congress party’s announcement that Rahul Gandhi will be a candidate in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Amethi, senior leader Harish Rawat revealed that Gandhi will also fight the poll battle from Wayanad. “Amethi is Rahul Gandhi’s ‘natural seat’ but he will also fight from Wayanad because Wayanad supported him at […]

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Seeking to make inroads in Chhattisgarh, Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday announced ten ”guarantees” for the upcoming assembly polls in the Congress-ruled state including free electricity, monthly `samman rashi’ for women and Rs 3,000 monthly allowance for the unemployed. Addressing an AAP workers’ convention here, the Delhi chief minister said his party’s […]

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Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Saturday claimed that communal riots would be engineered in Madhya Pradesh ahead of assembly elections as the ruling BJP knows that it is facing a tough challenge. The former chief minister was speaking at ‘Vidhik Vimarsh 2023’, a gathering of lawyers organised by the state Congress’s Legal and Human […]

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If the BJP is unable to declare its leader in Rajasthan for the upcoming assembly polls, then it has already surrendered, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot claimed on Saturday. Gehlot, who was speaking after taking part in the meeting of Congress’ state election committee here, also asserted that ‘winnability’ would be the only criteria for giving […]

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By Anjan Roy China is walking into a  real financial crisis. A major part of Chinese financial architecture, the shadow banks, are facing serious liquidity problems and they have not paid their investors the amounts of returns they promised. This has raised doubts over their future. Three real estate companies, which placed their funds with […]

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By Harihar Swarup Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Days speech seems to have disappointed two very different kinds of political observers. For Modi admirers, the speech does not offer any new mantra. Except for the slogan, “demography, democracy and diversity”. Modi did not make any extraordinary or unexpected claim that could be highlighted as master

By K R Sudhaman Prime Minister Narendra Modi might be happy to announce that the Indian economy would become the third largest in the World in the next 4 or 5 years. These numbers do not mean anything as long as millions of people are still living below the poverty line in India. Statistics can

By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Two moves both by the BJP and Congress in Madhya Pradesh have not only surprised the rank and file of the two parties but also general public. The two moves include one by the ruling BJP. According to this, 39 candidates for such Vidhan Sabha seats which the party lost […]

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Like 2019, Amethi could be the big fight in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, too, with Congress’s Rahul Gandhi against Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Smriti Irani. According to newly appointed state Congress president Ajay Rai, Gandhi will contest from Amethi in 2024. In 2019, Gandhi was defeated by Irani, who emerged as the giant killer. […]

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Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal has announced that if his party comes to power in Punjab in 2027, it will terminate all river water-sharing agreements with any state. “The Shiromani Akali Dal, on coming to power in 2027, will terminate all water sharing agreements of Punjab signed by any government at any point […]

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The privileges committee of Lok Sabha met on Friday to discuss the suspension of Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury. The panel will meet again to take the issue further when the suspended MP may also be asked to make an appearance, sources said. According to sources privy to the development, the committee and its members […]

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In a fresh trouble for Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav, the Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a plea moved by the CBI seeking cancellation of bail granted to him in the Doranda treasury case in which he has been sentenced to five years in prison. A bench of Chief Justice […]

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The Haryana government has defended its demolition drive in Nuh, saying no structure was razed against the law and that the exercise was “not remotely a case of ethnic cleansing”. In a reply that it will submit to the Punjab and Haryana High Court registry, the state government has said though the Muslim-Hindu population ratio […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak BJP has released its first list of candidates for Vidhan Sabha elections in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh on August 17, almost two months earlier than the expected date of announcement of elections. BJP’s central leadership has taken a simplistic view of the complex phenomenon called ‘political contest’, and presumed that their […]

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By Sushil Kutty Whether Telugu Desam Party head Chandrababu Naidu has a role in national politics in 2024 will depend on whether he is in the NDA or not. Naidu insists he will have a role and if talk of the TDP joining hands with the BJP is true, he may have a certain role. […]

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By Rahil Nora Chopra The Delhi unit of the Congress is in a bind, with its own party leaders putting the blame on it for not being able to effectively counter the ruling AAP on important issues. The grand old party is all set to give its Delhi unit a new chief, with the hope