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The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday alleged that the BJP-led central government was “snooping” on its party headquarters here and called it a “serious matter”. Addressing a press conference, AAP chief spokesperson and Delhi Cabinet minister Saurabh Bharadwaj questioned the reasons behind the move. “A few days ago, there were officials who were snooping […]

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Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the benched chief of the country’s Wrestling Federation accused of sexual harassment, has refused to step down despite the chargesheet filed against him by the Delhi Police. Asked the question by Times Now, the six-time MP not only refused, but also misbehaved with the reporter and slammed a car door on […]

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By Kalyani Shankar The Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar claims he is neither ‘tired nor retired’ at 82. Undeterred by the recent political crisis in his party, the Grand old man has begun to rebuild his shrinking party after the BJP engineered the division in the NCP. Pawar founded the party in

By Dr. Gyan Pathak As the Vidhan Sabha election to the five states – Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, and Mizoram – are approaching, Prime  Minister  Narendra Modi has upped the ante against both the Congress and its leader Rahul Gandhi, not against any other party or leader in opposition, betraying his heightened political threat […]

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By Anjan Roy Goldman Sachs is at its old game again — that is, exceedingly long term projections of the comparative growth of economies and trying to foresee the shape of the global economy over, say, fifty years. The global investment bank’s latest projections show India in an exceedingly happy colour.

By Sushil Kutty Nearly five years after the abrogation of Article 370 and Article 35 spoken of in the past tense, the Centre is once again hoping to get electoral dividends out of the abrogation. At least that is the feeling one gets. For the majority, the abrogation of Article 370 was a

Former Congress President Sonia Gandhi is expected to attend the next meeting of opposition parties in Bengaluru on July 17 and 18, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar said on Monday. He said the Congress party will hold a silent protest at Freedom Park here on July 12 as a mark of protest against […]

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Ahead of year-end Assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday said his government will ensure a monthly income of Rs 10,000 for women from economically weaker sections who are homemakers. To ensure this, these women will be able to avail bank loans at an interest rate of just 2 per […]

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Rajasthan BJP President CP Joshi on Monday said that the party has taken a resolution to take out a massive protest against the Congress-led state government on corruption and breaking of law and order. Talking to reporters after the party’s two-day ’Vijay Chintan’ camp in Sawaimadhopur, Joshi said, ”BJP has resolved to take out a […]

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Evacuation of people living in low lying areas of Yamuna floodplains began Monday evening with the river crossing the danger mark due to release of water from Hathnikund barrage in Haryana amid heavy rains in the northern belt of the country. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal chaired a high-level meeting to discuss the waterlogging situation

Taking up a batch of petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir and the state’s bifurcation into two Union Territories after a gap of three years, the Supreme Court today decided to hear the petitions on a day-to-day basis from August 2. “The hearing of the petitions before the Constitution Bench […]

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By Nantoo Banerjee Stock exchange is expected to serve as an economic barometer that is indicative of a country’s state of the economy. Key market indices should provide the pulse of the economy. However, the theory is of little practical value in India. Indian stock markets have become punters’ paradise, a big gambling den for […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak In a rally organized in Pratapgarh on July 4, 2023 in the poll-bound state Rajasthan, the Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways of India Nitin Gadkari, has said that an innovative proposal has been made to reduce the price of petrol to Rs 15 per litre. On that day

By Arun Srivastava The nature and character of the West Bengal panchayat poll violence, which claimed 17 lives, two less than the 2018 poll violence, underscores an ominous development for the ruling Trinamool Congress, was at the receiving end of the brutality. This also underlines a significant shift in the pattern of the violence, on […]

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By S Sethuraman The long and bitter exchanges between DMK leaders and Governor R N Ravi in Tamil Nadu over DMK “ideology” and other policy differences have led to Chief Minister M K Stalin taking the matter to President Draupadi Murmu. He dubbed Mr Ravi “biased and unfit” to hold

The AAP on Sunday launched the ‘Bijli Andolan’ in Haryana – on the lines of its electoral strategy in Delhi and Punjab – indicating that it was trying to pitch electricity as a major poll issue for next year’s assembly elections. National convener Arvind Kejriwal announced that the state will get 24-hour and free electricity […]

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Former Bihar BJP President, Sanjay Jaiswal, claimed that 40 per cent MLAs of JD-U under the leadership of Lalan Singh may join RJD and make Tejashwi Yadav as the chief minister of Bihar. Lalan Singh is JD-U National President. The statement of the BJP leader Sanjay Jaiswal may be an attempt to destabilise the Nitish […]

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Governor R N Ravi ”instigates communal hatred” and he is a ”threat” to Tamil Nadu’s peace, Chief Minister M K Stalin has conveyed to President Droupadi Murmu, the government said on Sunday. In a letter to Murmu, Stalin said that Ravi has violated the oath of office he took under Article 159 of the Constitution, […]

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Amid a raging debate over a Uniform Civil Code (UCC), Congress leader Sachin Pilot has said the talk about it is just ”kite-flying” as there is no concrete proposal and alleged that the BJP-led Centre has bowled this ”googly” to divert attention from the real issues concerning people. In an interview with PTI, Pilot said […]

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Alleging that the BJP deployed ”dirty tricks” to disqualify Rahul Gandhi from Parliament, the Congress on Sunday announced that as a mark of protest, its workers and leaders will hold a ’maun satyagraha’ near Mahatma Gandhi statues in every state capital on July 12. In a statement, Congress general secretary in-charge organization K C Venugopal […]

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By Harihar Swarup The air in Patna was thick with pre-monsoon moisture and a buzz about a meeting that could heavily impact next year’s Lok Sabha elections. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who played host at his 1 Anne Marg residence, had posters of several opposition party leaders put up throughout the city. The party

By Girish Linganna Narendra Modi, India’s Prime Minister, recently visited the White House representing one of the world’s rapidly growing major economies. With an annual growth rate of 6%, India is currently the fifth-largest economy globally. The country’s technology industry is thriving, and there is a significant focus on renewable energy with widespread installation of […]

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By James M Dorsey The sigh of relief in a swath of land stretching from China to Africa’s Atlantic coast was audible when Yevgeny Prigozhin, a Russian oligarch who heads the Wagner Group, a state-funded private military company, called off his mutiny against President Vladimir Putin’s military and security establishment. So were the concerns and […]

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By C.J. Atkins A group of former top U.S. diplomats has been conducting secret peace talks with officials at the highest level of the Russian government since at least April with the goal of negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine. That according to NBC News, which published an exclusive report on the talks

By S. Sethuraman Political turbulence in Maharashtra and ruling BJP’s military-style command to fight to hold power at all levels after 2024 Lok Sabha polls and charging all opposition and anything else on the way as corruption, characterise the national scene amid concerns for survival of Indian Democracy. The sense of pride that India ought […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Prime Minister  Narendra Modi led Union Government of India goes on disrupting the employers’ and workers’ organisations’ independence by interfering in their internal processes and thereby worsening the fate of workers in a fast-changing world of work. This attitude of the Centre has even been censured recently in 111th Session of […]

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By Sushil Kutty The Gujarat High Court has said its piece on the conviction of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in the Modi surname defamation case. It does not take genius to deduct that the judge does not hold a candle for the disqualified MP. Just like BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala and recent BJP recruit

By K Raveendran With the Supreme Court repeatedly upholding privacy as a fundamental right, it has become a serious challenge for lawmakers, law enforcers and even the courts to deal with enforcement of rules and regulations that often encroach upon this right of the citizens. The task has been further complicated by recent court observations, […]

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Terming the urination incident disrespectful to the entire tribal community, Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijaya Singh on Friday said that merely washing the victim’s feet won’t be enough. It is a disrespect to the entire tribal community and merely washing feet will not be sufficient. BJP’s policies are anti-tribal and its […]

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The Congress on Friday said it will move the Supreme Court after the Gujarat High Court refused to stay Rahul Gandhi’s conviction in a defamation case, and alleged that the government is finding newer techniques to throttle his voice as it is rattled by his speaking truth. The party said the verdict redoubles its resolve […]

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The BJP on Friday welcomed the Gujarat High Court’s decision rejecting Rahul Gandhi’s plea to stay his conviction in a defamation case, and alleged it is a “chronic habit” of the Congress leader to abuse and defame others. Addressing a press conference here, BJP leader and former Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the Congress […]

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Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray claimed that CM Eknath Shinde has been asked to resign. Speaking to ANI on the rumoured upheaval in the Shinde-led Sena-BJP-NCP (Ajit Pawar faction) government in Maharashtra, Aaditya Thackeray said, “I have heard that CM (Eknath Shinde) has been asked to resign and there might be some change in […]

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NCP leader Praful Patel on Friday said the party had not broken up, and Ajit Pawar was unanimously appointed as party president by its legislature and organizational wings on June 30. Addressing a press conference here, Patel said they had submitted a petition to the Election Commission of India (ECI) with affidavits of more than […]

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By Sushil Kutty Finally, the Congress is on track to win Rajasthan after the Bharatiya Janata Party poured urine over its prospects in Madhya Pradesh which along with Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh are among five states that will go to polls before the 2024 general elections. So, has Sachin Pilot’s truce with Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok […]

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