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Targetting the Centre, Shiv Sena (UBT) President and former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday asked ‘why does the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) need a 38-party National Democratic Alliance’ since it has the ED, I-T and CBI. “After many years, it has emerged that an amoeba called NDA is alive in the country… We, […]

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By K Raveendran   It would be an ideal situation if political parties are brought under the purview of the rights to information  (RTI) Act as it would introduce complete transparency in the functioning of the parties. But unfortunately, many ideal situations are never practical and as such remain unattainable. The demand by the Association […]

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By Arun Srivastava   Prime Minister Narendra Modi deriding and insulting the united opposition front, INDIA, and drawing parallels with the likes of the erstwhile British East India Company, the outlawed outfit Indian Mujahideen and the Popular Front of India — has certainly not come as a shock. Expecting PM Modi to speak respectfully of […]

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  By Dr. Gyan Pathak   There is no end in sight to the woes of the MSMEs in India, that suddenly started worsening with the sudden announcement of demonetization on November 8, 2016 by PM Narendra Modi, further exacerbated by introduction of GST next year from July 1, 2017, and intensified with lockdown of […]

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  By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANTHAPURAM: The stage is set for a prestigious battle in the by-election to be held in Puthuppally Assembly constituency in Kottayam district of Kerala. The by-election has been necessitated by the death of incumbent MLA and former chief minister of Kerala Oommen Chandy.  Though almost three years of the current Assembly […]

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday wrote to leaders of opposition Mallikarjun Kharge and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury seeking their “invaluable cooperation” to discuss the Manipur issue in Parliament. In identical letters to Kharge, who is the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, and Chowdhury, the Congress leader in Lok Sabha, Shah said the government […]

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The Congress hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday over his remarks targeting the opposition alliance, with Rahul Gandhi saying “Call us whatever you want”, but “we are INDIA” and will rebuild the idea of India in Manipur. Speaking in the Rajya Sabha, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said while “we are talking about […]

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The Union Cabinet on Tuesday gave its nod for a bill to be placed in Parliament to replace the ordinance on control of services in Delhi. The Centre had on May 19 promulgated the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Ordinance, 2023 to create an authority for transfer and posting of Group-A officers […]

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The Shiv Sena (UBT) on Tuesday said conditions in the country are such that veteran social activist Anna Hazare should once again “lit the torch” and fight against “corruption and dictatorship” in the country. An editorial in party mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ said Hazare has demanded the death penalty for those who disrobed and paraded two women […]

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Congress has filed a no-trust motion against the Narendra Modi-led government amid a impasse in the parliament over the violence in Manipur. The ongoing ethnic clashes in Manipur have been a key reason for the continuous logjam in both the Houses of Parliament since the Monsoon Session began on July 20. A separate no-confidence motion […]

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By Arun Srivastava   Lying has acquired the character of political culture of the BJP. Certainly it has not come as a surprise. While the so-called conscience keeper of New India, the RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, has not been

  By Dr. Soma Marla   Successful launch of Chandrayan 3, the latest mission of Indian Space Research Organisation to moon, is a remarkable scientific endeavour. It took off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikotain

  BY James M Dorsey   For Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, religious reform has long been a question of when rather than if. Bin Salman’s potential embrace of religious, not just social and economic reform, could have

The monsoon session of the Maharashtra legislature adjourned for the day amidst strong protests by the opposition on the opening day. The Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies staged a protest and raised slogans against the ruling Shiv Sena-BJP-NCP (breakaway faction) outside the Vidhan Bhavan as the session started. The NCP MLAs received two contrasting instructions for seating […]

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  By Nitya Chakraborty   Nearly a week has passed since the holding of the Bengaluru conclave of the opposition parties which gave birth to the new front INDIA consisting of 26 anti-BJP parties. In the following days since July 18, the focus of both media and the BJP leaders has been on

By Kalyani Shankar   Why did the Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi consciously keep a low profile at the Opposition unity meeting in Bangalore or earlier in Patna? Insiders say that it was a calculated decision. Congress decided two things after the Party failed to unite the Opposition. One is

By Gyan Pathak   India is in election mode, and the Narendra  Modi government takes special care of big companies that are not only helping the BJP through finance, especially through electoral bonds, but also through making favourable propaganda on behalf of the government. In the pre-election year 2022-23, Rs 2.09 lakh crore loans

By Sushil Kutty   It will take a dozen oxen of 1000 horsepower each to drag Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Parliament and then, too, there is no guarantee the Prime Minister will make a statement on “Manipur”, the forbidden topic as far as the Prime Minister is concerned. For reasons beyond grasp, Prime Minister […]

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The logjam in parliament over Manipur is likely to be the backdrop for the government’s big push on the legislative front. Sources said the government is not expecting the opposition to back down from its demand that Prime Minister Narendra Modi speak in parliament on the Manipur issue. On its part, the government is firm […]

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The BJP on Monday accused the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government in Rajasthan of ”breaking all records of corruption”, claiming that the political existence of many leaders will be under threat if the contents of the ”red diary” spill out. This comes a day after former Rajasthan minister and Congress MLA Rajendra Gudha claimed that he […]

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The Rajasthan Assembly on Monday witnessed high-voltage drama after sacked Congress minister arrived at the House waving a ‘Red Diary’ which he claims carries information regarding alleged financial irregularities by the Ashok Gehlot government. Rajendra Gudha, who was recently sacked by the Rajasthan government as minister of state, also alleged that Congress MLAs dragged him […]

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Delhi CM and AAP National Convenor, Arvind Kejriwal on Monday thanked Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for “standing with the people of Delhi” over the ordinance issue. “Thank u Kharge ji for standing with the people of Delhi. This ordinance is anti-India and anti-national and ought to be fought tooth and nail,” Kejriwal said in a […]

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  By Satyaki Chakraborty  Spanish voters finally gave a big rebuff to the Far Right People’s Party(PP) and the fascist VOX by denying them majority in the 350 member house of national assembly elections to which were held on Sunday, July23. Despite all opinion poll predictions about the defeat of the coalition government headed by […]

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By Nantoo Banerjee   It can happen only in India when wholesale prices shoot up and retail prices drop sharply. Or, when consumer prices flare up, wholesale prices are deeply depressed. Ordinarily, they may look somewhat absurd, but are often seen as true by the data provided under India’s government-run price indices such as the […]

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  By Tirthankar Mitra   KOLKATA: Congress national leadership has a tough task ahead of it to make some of its West Bengal unit leaders cooperate with Trinamool Congress in 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Given earlier intra-party differences coupled with panchayat election clashes, the bonhomie between Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee and former Congress chiefs

  By Sushil Kutty   We can do without #ModiVsChandrachud, the entire lot of us bifurcated people of India. The fight is not imaginary and is not limited to social media alone. The perception that the CJI is waging an all-out war against the Prime Minister and is weighing in on the side

The Monsoon Session of Parliament reconvened on Monday on a rocky start as the INDIA Opposition alliance hardened its stance on the Manipur violence with demands of a statement from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the matter while the BJP held a protest in front of the Gandhi statue in the Parliament premises over the […]

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Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) leader Chirag Paswan said on Tuesday that his party has joined the NDA following a positive discussion with the BJP over his ”concerns” and asserted the ruling combine will win all 40 seats in Bihar in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. While declining to share details of his talks with […]

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The Supreme Court has stayed the operations of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) as part of the  “scientific survey” of Varanasi’s Gyanvapi mosque till July 26 in response to a petition filed by the  mosque management committee against the Varanasi district court’s order allowing the inspection. The survey began at 7 am and was […]

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The Congress is not interested in gaining power or staking claim to prime ministership in 2024, party president Mallikarjun Kharge told leaders of 26 opposition parties on Tuesday when they met for a brainstorming session in Bengaluru to take on the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections next year. Sources told News18 that, at the […]

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The all-time high rising prices of Tomatoes have sparked memes and strong reactions on social media platforms but Uttar Pradesh Minister Pratibha Shukla has a solution. In a bizarre statement, which went viral, the Uttar Pradesh minister advised people to not eat tomatoes anymore as it would bring the prices down. In a viral clip,

Former minister and Congress MLA Rajendra Gudha on Sunday said he had saved Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot from trouble but was removed without being given an opportunity to explain himself. “If Rajendra Gudha was not there, the chief minister would have been in jail,” he claimed at a programme in Jhunjhunu district. Speaking to […]

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Senior Congress leader and former Union minister Salman Khurshid on Sunday said the country is facing criticism from the whole world over the May 4 parading of two women naked in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district. Khurshid is on a two-day visit here along with his wife and former MLA Louise Khurshid to distribute relief materials in […]

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  By Harihar Swarup Uttar Pradesh’s political waters are calm, for now. Or, perhaps, that is just how it seems, as no grand  alliances have been formed, no active partnerships sought, and there has been no getting together of likeminded parties. The 2024 elections are still months away. That is too long a time in […]

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