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Shiv Sena (UBT) Priyanka Chaturvedi extended support to ex-colleague and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in the row over his alleged ‘flying kiss’ in the Lok Sabha yesterday, and called it an “affectionate” gesture. “I don’t understand that when he was speaking, all the ministers were standing up. Ministers were creating obstructions. He made an affectionate […]

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BJP will go it alone in the Sikkim assembly election, which is due in April next year, and will field candidates for all the 32 seats, party state unit spokesperson Kamal Adhikari said on Wednesday. ”We are not satisfied with our alliance with the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM),” Adhikari told reporters here. He, however, did […]

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today reply to the no-confidence motion brought by the Opposition parties in a bid to corner the government over the violence raging in Manipur. The parliament witnessed a fierce debate last two days with the Opposition accusing the government of creating a great divide in Manipur. The government has defended […]

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By K Raveendran   A spurt in crude oil prices, which appeared menacing to importing countries such as India, has lost steam, thanks to the emerging realities about the Chinese economy as well as the shock of the American rating downgrade. In the net effect, the optimism imparted by a much-hyped Chinese move to support […]

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By Gyan Pathak   Potential threat to continuance of the BJP rule under Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the 2024 Lok Sabha election tends to surge despite the BJP trying to reenergize the NDA and reaching out to even non-NDA political parties, to widen and strengthen NDA. PM Modi is also trying to get outside […]

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By Sushil Kutty   Reinstated Lok Sabha MP Rahul Gandhi told BJP MPs on  August 9 not to be afraid of his “return”. ‘Aapko Darna Nahi Hai’, he echoed former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan who is now behind bars. Rahul Gandhi’s conviction in the Modi surname defamation case was stayed by the Supreme Court.

By Dr Arun Mitra   Recent happenings in several parts of the country have shaken the consciousness of saner elements in the society. At the time of independence education level was very low, poverty was at its peak, GDP was a mere Rs. 2.7 lakh crore for a population of 34 Crore which accounted for […]

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The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren for interrogation in a money laundering case, an official said here on Tuesday. He has been asked to depose on August 14 at the federal agency’s office here and record his statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, the official said. He is expected […]

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Senior Madhya Pradesh Congress leader Kamal Nath on Tuesday asked whether it is needed to say separately that India is a “Hindu Rashtra” given the fact that 82 per cent of Hindus live in the country. “World’s largest Hindu population lives in our country. 82 per cent of Hindus reside here. It is not a […]

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Congress leader Sachin Pilot said the restoration of former party chief Rahul Gandhi’s Lok Sabha membership will re-energise party workers and strengthen the opposition INDIA alliance. The Supreme Court court order has shown that democracy is still alive and the voice of a leader cannot be suppressed by hatching a conspiracy, Pilot told reporters in […]

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The Congress on Tuesday slammed Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for his criticism of the grand old party in handling the northeast over the years, calling him a “product of the BJP washing machine”. Sarma on Tuesday alleged that the Congress has blood on its hands in the northeast, and none of its PMs […]

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As the Ram Janmbhoomi movement gathered steam in 1992, BJP leader Vijaya Raje Scindia had assured then prime minister PV Narasimha Rao that nothing would happen to Babri Masjid and he believed her against the advice of his ministers, NCP chief Sharad Pawar revealed on Tuesday. At the launch of senior journalist Neerja Chowdhury’s book […]

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By Kalyani Shankar   In democratic countries like India and the United States, it is often surprising that politicians with controversial pasts are still elected. However, the reasons for this still need to be better understood. For instance, multiple indictments have been filed against ex-President Donald Trump. Does a leader have the right to use […]

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By  Dr. Gyan Pathak   Demolition of houses of any particular community by the states in India, especially after communal violences, has long been used as a political tool by the ruling establishments to supress the religious minorities, political dissenters, and the poor, and to appease the particular bigger vote bank. The demolition drives are […]

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By Arun Srivastava   Making unethical and unfounded remarks against his adversaries and political enemies and always being in the denial mode, have been the chief traits of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Obviously, the submissions of the Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, before the Supreme Court, on behalf of the Modi government, in the matter of […]

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By Sushil Kutty   Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha is in trouble. Five fellow Rajya Sabha MPs have asked for a privilege motion against Chadha for allegedly forging their signatures to a select committee proposal on the Delhi Services Bill which was passed in the Rajya Sabha late in the

RJD national vice president Shivanand Tiwary on Monday sought a clarification from the Congress on its top leaders in Madhya Pradesh attending a congregation of controversial godman Dhirendra Shastri alias Bageshwar Baba. Tiwary, a veteran socialist leader, underscored Shastri’s advocacy for ’Hindu Rashtra’ and claimed that the gesture of Madhya Pradesh Congress president Kamal Nath […]

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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday wondered whether the BJP or its “brother” was behind the “fake letter” accusing Agriculture Minister N Chaluvarayaswamy of demanding bribe from officers after the governor asked the government to probe the complaint. In the letter, seven assistant agriculture directors of Mandya district have accused the Chaluvarayaswamy of demanding Rs […]

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah strongly defended the ‘Delhi Services Bill’ that was passed amidst vigorous parliamentary discourse on Monday. He stated that the legislation aims to make the country corruption-free and it adheres to the directives of the Supreme Court. The BJP leader was also seen tearing into Congress as he was interrupted by […]

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The Opposition’s No-Confidence Motion against the Narendra Modi government will come up in parliament today – in absence of the Prime Minister. Congress’s Rahul Gandhi, freshly reinstated in parliament, will open the debate, sources have said. The BJP has called a meeting of its parliamentary party on Tuesday ahead of the no-confidence motion, which can […]

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The language used by Rahul Gandhi in his “Modi surname” comments was exceptionally disrespectful, and the Supreme Court’s decision to suspend his conviction was driven by concerns for his constituency, former Solicitor General of India Harish Salve has said. In an interview with NDTV, Harish Salve said Rahul Gandhi’s comments were not expected of a […]

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By Nitya Chakraborty   British-American filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s latest film ‘Oppenheimer’ is creating waves in the cinema halls all over the world, including India, bringing to the fore once again the history behind the making of the atom bomb that was dropped by the Americans on Hiroshima on August 6 and Nagasaki on August 9, […]

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By Nantoo Banerjee   China, the world’s largest steelmaker with annual crude steel output of over one billion tonnes, is out to dampen India’s bid to double its production capacity from the present level of 150 million tonnes to 300 mt by 2030 by continuously dumping its ferrous metals on India. China is exporting steel […]

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By Arun Srivastava   Just eight months ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP is facing the same organisational and political crisis that the Congress faced before the 2014 general elections. However, there’s one very significant difference. While in 2014 the Congress had no support mechanism to fall back upon, this time the […]

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By Sushil Kutty   Wayanad got its Member of Parliament back on Monday, August 7, 2023. The Lok Sabha Secretariat reinstated disqualified Congress MP Rahul Gandhi though there were complaints Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla did not display the same alacrity the Lok Sabha Secretariat had shown when disqualifying Rahul Gandhi after his conviction and

Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Sunday invited his successor Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to join the Congress party after three Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders switched their loyalties to the grand old party. In a sarcastic remark during a meeting at the party headquarters in Bhopal, Kamal Nath said, ‘even Shivraj Singh Chouhan wants to join the Congress’ […]

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday rained down on the Opposition and said, “Khud kuch karenge nahi, Na kisi aur ko karne denge (they will neither do anything for the development of the country by themselves nor let anyone else do anything).” PM Modi made the statement while launching a project to revamp 508 railway stations […]

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was today reinstated to the parliament following a stay on his conviction in a criminal defamation case for his ‘Modi surname’ remark. Mr Gandhi will be back in the Lok Sabha, representing his constituency Wayanad, at a time when the parliament has seen repeated disruptions over the Opposition bloc INDIA’s demand […]

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NDA ally Kuki People’s Alliance (KPA) on Sunday withdrew their support from the N Biren Singh-led government in Manipur which is rocked by ethnic violence since May this year. However, the breaking away of KPA from the NDA will not have any effect on the government as the ruling coalition enjoys the majority in the […]

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DMK president and Chief Minister M K Stalin on Sunday asked why the BJP regime at the Centre has not restored the Lok Sabha membership of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and demanded if it was afraid of him. On his tweeter handle, Stalin said: “Why hasn’t Thiru @RahulGandhi been restored as an MP despite the […]

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The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has issued a three-line whip to its Rajya Sabha MPs requiring their presence in the Parliament on Monday. The development comes a day before Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to present the controversial Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill 2023, in the Upper House. The […]

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By K Raveendran  When empires fall, they don’t exactly come crashing down. It is a process that takes time to complete. So when rating agency Fitch decided to lower the credit rating of the United States triple A to AA+, the market was not expecting the heavens to fall. But it is a clear disapproval […]

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  By Arun Srivastava   Notwithstanding Rahul Gandhi reiterating his absolute belief that ultimately truth had prevailed, as Supreme Court suspended his defamation conviction allowing him to return to Parliament, it would be sheer naiveté to believe that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would accept this humiliation lying low. The manner in which Rahul was framed […]

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  By Sushil Kutty   Lalu Prasad Yadav fed him Champaran-style mutton curry and Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said Rahul Gandhi is the only opposition leader who can trounce Narendra Modi and become the Prime Minister of 2024 India. “He is the Congress party’s Prime Ministerial Face,” Gehlot said, quite willing