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By Kalyani Shankar Can the Manipur crisis impact the newly formed opposition coalition I.N.D.I.A. to its advantage? Can Congress leader Rahul Gandhi utilize it as another Opposition leader Mamata Banerjee did in Singur and Nandigram Moment in West Bengal to win in 2011 assembly elections? These significant moments are rare and unforgettable. Rahul Gandhi may […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak The idea of Congress-AAP alliance has travelled one step forward. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal’s expression of intent before the Congress leadership Sonia Gandhi to have an alliance with the Congress is a significant development, since the birth of Congress-AAP alliance could imperil BJP’s political prospects in 5 states […]

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By Sushil Kutty Meta-Man versus X-Man. The Mark Zuckerberg-Elon Musk fight everybody was waiting for is off. The two gladiator billionaires with too much on their plates but not enough patience to make it a battlefront fight. Of both, Musk is the braggart and Mark self-effacing. The Meta billionaire says he has given up on […]

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Stating his stance quite clearly, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar on Sunday said his party will not go with the BJP, even though some “well-wishers” are trying to make that happen. “As the national president of the NCP, I am making it clear that my party (NCP) will not go with the BJP. Any […]

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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in Madhya Pradesh warned of action against Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra over her social media post, in which she accused the saffron party-led government in the state of indulging in corruption. Terming her allegation as false, MP Home Minister Narottam Mishra sought a proof from the Congress leader […]

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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that his government has rendered the health system of the country “sick” with even AIIMS facilities grappling with a shortage of doctors and staff. The Congress chief also claimed that people have been awakened and the time has come for the […]

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Pointing out the “lawlessness” prevailing in Andhra Pradesh, former chief minister and TDP supremo, Nara Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday sought the interference of President Droupadi Murmu, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to bring back things to order. In separate letters to the president Murmu, and PM Modi, the TDP supremo expressed serious concerns over the anarchy […]

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The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Bill which is proposed to replace the British-era Indian Penal Code (IPC) does away with two contentious provisions on unnatural sex and adultery that were diluted and struck down respectively by the Supreme Court in 2018. Under the IPC, Section 377 says “whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order […]

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By Sushil Kutty The New York Times does a hit piece on a left-liberal news outlet and a grateful Modi Government picks it up and makes an announcement in the Lok Sabha, including naming the three journalists whom the media of the Modi government immediately label “anti-national.” In episode 2, the police of BJP-ruled Haryana

By Tirthankar Mitra Manipur is passing through the worst of times. The border state in one of the hinges of India’s North East needs special treatment from the centre. Bordering Myanmar, after having witnessed one of the bloodiest battles of freedom struggle where Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose led Indian National Army fought with British forces, […]

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By James M Dorsey An Indonesian push for a Southeast Asian return to values rooted in an ancient Indo civilisation amounts to an innovative attempt to manage polarisation. Exploiting its rotating chairmanship of the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Indonesia this week inaugurated the ASEAN Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue. The dialogue opened by […]

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By Eric Peterson Near the start of Netflix’s now-long-running reality show Selling Sunset, real estate agent Heather Rae El Moussa (née Young) pans to the camera and makes a rather Marxian observation about labour in a wage-based economy. The impeccably made-up agent (it has been reported that she and her coworkers, not Netflix,

Days after BJP MP Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore sparked a row over his statement in the Lok Sabha that Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi “should be tried for treason,” the senior leader from Rajasthan on Saturday cited “secret deal with China” during the 2008 Beijing Olympics and said, “I stand by my words.” Rathore […]

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The Congress on Saturday strongly condemned the Lakshadweep administration’s move to introduce a new pattern of uniforms in schools in the union territory and warned them of intense protests, including mass class boycotts by students against it. Lakshadweep Congress leader and ex-MP Hamdullah Sayeed alleged that the new dress code directive, which is silent on […]

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said Dalits, OBCs and tribals are getting due respect from his government whereas previous rulers neglected these sections and remembered them only during elections. He also alleged the erstwhile governments failed to provide water to the poor whereas Dalit bastis, underprivileged localities, and tribal areas are now getting piped […]

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National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Saturday said promoting border tourism or holding rallies in Jammu and Kashmir is only a tamasha which will go on until India and Pakistan hold talks with honesty on the Kashmir issue. “The hearts of both the countries should be pure. There has been enough show-off,” the Srinagar […]

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Over two weeks after the violence in Haryana’s Nuh that killed six people, a Mahapanchayat was planned there by a Hindu group today to discuss “completing” the Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s religious march that was attacked last month in Nuh, triggering a communal riot. However, it was shifted to Palwal, around 35 km away, after being […]

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By Harihar Swarup Over the last year, Rahul Gandhi has been attempting political resurrection. First, via the five-month walkathon of Bharat Jodo Yatra that saw him play the role of a doughty fighter. Second, a subsequent five month spent outside of Parliament which allowed Gandhi to assume the role of a

By K Raveendran Home Minister Amit Shah’s legislative package in relation to the country’s criminal law system, hailed by his ruling party as pathbreaking, has more symbolism than real reform and even includes a good measure of deception. Of course, there are a couple of good things, such as stringent punishment for mob lynching, though

By Dr. Gyan Pathak ‘Quit India’ anniversary on August 9, 2023 saw a massive mobilization of workers and farmers across the country against the ruling establishment led by PM Narendra Modi. CTUs and farmers’ unions said it the beginning of a “united struggle of non-cooperation and defiance to anti-worker, anti-farmer, anti-people and anti-national policy of […]

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By Subrata Majumder Morgan Stanley in its recent review portrayed India as the most attractive destination for foreign investment in Asian emerging market. It upgraded India from 6th position to top in the region. Macroeconomic stability and faster growth in the post COVID years were reasons. India proved resilient to global volatility, stoked by US

The ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu on Friday strongly opposed the naming of the central bills to enact new criminal laws in the country, calling it ”Hindi imposition” and an ”audacious attempt” to tamper with India’s diversity. DMK President and Chief Minister M K Stalin said the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have no […]

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The BJP on Friday hailed the three bills introduced in Lok Sabha which seek to overhaul the criminal justice system, saying they remove the colonial legacy of the past and are pathbreaking and pro-people. Senior party leader and former law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told reporters that the changes prescribed by the proposed legislations, introduced […]

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Taking potshots at Leader of Opposition Akhilesh Yadav, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday stressed that those born with a silver spoon in their mouths will never understand the problems of farmers, Dalits, backward classes and the poor. Adityanath said that his government has been working for the welfare of farmers. ”Those who […]

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Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said Indian Army “won’t be able to solve anything” in Manipur, and the solution to the ethnic violence that has now continued for over 100 days should come “from the heart and not bullets”. Sarma asked if Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, who suggested the Army could “stop […]

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Jama Masjid’s Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari on Friday expressed concerns over the “storm of hatred” in the country, and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to listen to the ‘Mann Ki Baat’ of Muslims. Citing recent incidents like the Nuh riots and the killing of four persons by a railway police jawan on a running […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Prime Minister Narendra Modi finally opened his mouth on Manipur violence in Lok Sabha on August 10 to reply the no-confidence motion brought by the opposition INDIA alliance, but only to expose himself to be sanctimonious – talking piously and giving assurances – in the backdrop of inaction and ‘complete breakdown […]

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By Sushil Kutty To multitudes, nothing beats the scare more than the one that he’ll be in the Lok Sabha in 2028 fighting yet another no-confidence motion and looking for yet another prime ministerial term. As if India’s electorate couldn’t have more of him. As if two Modi stints weren’t enough

By Rahil Nora Chopra Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is once again in the spotlight. He received immense welcome after being reinstated as the Lok Sabha MP from Wayanad, Kerala, with the slogans of “Na Darenge, Na Jhukenge” and “NafratHatao, Bharat Jodo” being heard at the AICC headquarters in Delhi. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge distributed sweets […]

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By Anjan Roy One misses Atal Behari Vajpayee sometimes. When price of tomatoes is going through the roof, we hardly hear any of those ringing metaphors. No one is turning puns on tomato prices as effectively as Vajpayee had once done on onion prices. A general election is fast approaching and prices are a

The government has introduced a bill for the complete overhaul of colonial-era Indian criminal laws. The Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure and Indian Evidence Act will be replaced by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita will replace the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Bharatiya Sakshya will replace Indian Evidence […]

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The Gujarat High Court judge who refused to stay Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s conviction in the criminal defamation case over his ‘Modi surname’ remark features in the Supreme Court Collegium’s latest list of recommendations for transfer. Justice Hemant M Prachchhak, in a 123-page verdict passed in July, observed that no case was made out to stay […]

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Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury was suspended from Lok Sabha on Thursday for ”repeated misconduct” pending an investigation by the privileges committee. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi moved a resolution for Chowdhury’s suspension, saying he disturbs the House whenever Prime Minister Narendra Modi and ministers speak or a debate is going on. The resolution was […]

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The Karnataka Cabinet on Thursday decided to withdraw criminal cases relating to violation of Covid-19 guidelines by state Congress and its leaders including, now Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar during the ’Mekedatu padayatra’ organised by the party in 2022. The Congress, then in opposition, had organised the padayatra (foot march), […]

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