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The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) disqualified nine rebel MLAs including Ajit Pawar who were sworn in as ministers in the Shinde-Fadnavis government ‘for indulging in anti-party activities’. Ajit Pawar and Chhagan Bhujbal along with Dilip Patil, Hasan Mushrif, Dhananjay Mundo, Dharmaraobaba Atram, Aditi Tatkare, Sanjay Bansode, and Anil Patil joined Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis-led Maharashtra government […]

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By Kalyani Shankar Is Prime Minister Narendra Modi trying to complete all the three core agenda of the Sangh Parivar? He had overseen the other two issues in the past nine years of his regime- building the Ram Temple in Ayodhya and revoking Article 370. Implementing a uniform civil code remains on the table.

By Nantoo Banerjee Electronics and defence production are expected to strongly accelerate the country’s economic growth engine in the coming years. Global manufacturers now find India as the most happening place as China used to be in the beginning of the current century. From just two small mobile phone manufacturing factories in less than 10 […]

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By Arun Srivastava Ajit Pawar, nephew of Sharad Pawar, joining the bandwagon of Prime Minister Narendra Modi — just after five days of his being described publicly as the most corrupt politician of Maharashtra, by none else but by Modi, at a public rally in Bhopal on June 27 — has not come as surprise. […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak In the light of ongoing efforts of opposition unity in the country, a sense of urgency has developed in the top BJP leadership to strengthen the NDA across the country in general and Uttar Pradesh in particular, since the state sent largest number of BJP and NDA MPs in the Lok […]

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Opposition parties on Sunday lashed out at the BJP after NCP leader Ajit Pawar and eight others were inducted into the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government, saying the ruling party’s “washing machine” has resumed its operation to clean tainted leaders and it was an “ED-facilitated power grab”. Ajit Pawar, who split the NCP and took oath […]

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The National Capital Civil Services Authority (NCCSA), set up by the Centre through an ordinance, has been reduced to a “complete farce” as bureaucrats are “overturning” Delhi chief minister’s decisions and “dictating” their own will, the CMO said on Sunday. The statement by the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) came two days after the second meeting […]

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Uniform Civil Code Updates: Sticking to its stand that uniform civil code (UCC) is undesirable at this stage, the Congress on Saturday decided to wait for the next move of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government over the issue and noted that it will comment further if a draft bill or a report on UCC comes up. “When […]

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The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) will seek Ajit Pawar’s disqualification from the Maharashtra assembly today over his switch to the Eknath Shinde-led state government, plunging the party into a crisis. The NCP has submitted a petition to the Speaker of Maharashtra assembly, Rahul Narvekar, seeking the disqualification of Ajit Pawar and eight other party leaders who […]

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Members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Law and Justice, which will meet on July 3 to discuss review of personal laws, has been provided with just the 21st Law Commission’s consultation paper on ‘Reform of Family Law’ which states “formulation of a Uniform Civil Code is neither necessary nor desirable at this

Nationalist Congress Party’s Ajit Pawar, along with nine party leaders, joined the Maharashtra government today. Pawar will share the Deputy Chief Minister post with BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis. Ajit Pawar, Chhagan Bhujbal, Dilip Walse Patil, Aditi Tatkare, Dhananjay Munde, Hasan Mushrif, Ramraje Nimbalkar, Sanjay Bansode, Dharmrav Baba Atram, and Anil Bhaidas Patil took oath today. According […]

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By K Raveendran Apple has become the first company to hit a market value of $3 trillion. Although largely symbolic, the milestone is nearly as much as the GDP of India, the country that the tech giant hopes will drive its new future as it seeks to diversify its manufacturing base away from

By Arun Srivastava Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been facing critical condemnation for not visiting Manipur, the state ruled by his party, the BJP, during the last two months while the state was burning and more than 160 persons lost their lives in the ethnic violence. Not only the leaders opposed to him, even the […]

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By Ashis Biswas Improved bilateral road and rail connectivity has helped the growth of Indo-Bangladesh import/export trade, during the past decade. In particular Tripura Chief Minister Mr Manik Saha, while welcoming the robust trend of bilateral trade, is hopeful of increasing exports from the state. However, India Government sources are concerned over the growing trade […]

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By Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury While evidence has emerged pointing to disturbing nexus between numerous politicians from the United States, United Kingdom and European Union as well as US President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden and an undesignated terrorist organization in Bangladesh, there is report about embattled MP from UK’s Tory Party, Bob Stewart, of […]

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The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) has divided both the Opposition and the Congress itself, just ahead of the parliamentary committee on law and justice meeting on July 3 to discuss UCC and Law Commission inputs on the same. A copy of the agenda and the consultation paper of August 31, 2018, issued by the 21st […]

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The upcoming Monsoon session of Parliament will commence from July 20 till August 11, Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi said on Saturday. Making the announcement, the Minister urged political parties to contribute towards productive discussions during the session. The parliament may start operating from the old building and then eventually move to the […]

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday took a dig at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar calling him a “Paltu babu” who was “hoodwinking” RJD supremo Lalu Prasad amid an escalating political slugfest over the recent opposition conclave to stitch an anti-BJP front for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. As Shah accused opposition leaders, who […]

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Bihar Education Minister and senior RJD leader Chandra Shekhar’s elder brother Ram Chandra Prasad Yadav has joined the BJP, asserting that the Lalu Prasad’s party did “nothing” for the upliftment of Dalits and marginalised people. Yadav joined the saffron camp in the presence of senior party leaders at its state unit headquarters in Patna on Friday. […]

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By Harihar Swarup May 15 was the 25th anniversary of National Democratic Alliance (NDA) which was formed in 1998. On May 26 Prime Minister Narendra Modi reminded his party that no alliance other than NDA has remained intact for a quarter century. And he was correct. While it’s right that the NDA in its current […]

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By Sushil Kutty With Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Pasmanda outreach marginalised Muslims are on test. Will they rise above identity and embrace an opportunity to enhance socio-economic circumstances which had kept them tied to the lowest rungs of Indian society? Ironically, and quite paradoxically, the Pasmanda, or the “left behind people”, are being seen as

By Dr. Gyan Pathak All expectations of recovery in labour market conditions have shattered. Unemployment rate has risen to 8.4 per cent as the CMIE dashboard shows on July 1, 2023, calculated on the basis of 30 days moving average, and with it deepens the livelihood crisis. There are little jobs in the market, a […]

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By Arun Kumar Goods and Services Tax (GST) has completed six years since it was launched on the midnight of June 30, 2017. It was billed as India’s second freedom. In a repetition of the then Parliament’s midnight meeting on August 14, 1947, the Parliament met dramatically in 2017 to hear the Prime

Kerala Chief Minister and Congress opposed the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code, calling it a “majority communal agenda” and “divisive” while Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena extended support for Balasaheb Thackeray’s vision of one nation, one law. Centre’s move can only be seen as a plan to implement the “majority communal agenda of ‘one nation, […]

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The Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government on Friday approached the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the Centre’s ordinance on control of services. In its petition, the AAP has deemed the ordinance as “unconstitutional” and sought an interim stay on its implementation. In the petition, the Delhi government has argued stating that the “ordinance violates the […]

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The Shinde-led Shiv Sena camp is roping in a close aide of Aaditya Thackeray, Rahul Kanal, who is all set to join the ruling outfit on July 1, when the Sena faction led by Uddav Thackery is holding a rally against gainst alleged irregularities and malpractices happening in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). Kanal had […]

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N Biren Singh on Friday clarified that he will not be resigning from the post of chief minister as it was a “crucial juncture” for Manipur. “At this crucial juncture, I wish to clarify that I will not be resigning from the post of Chief Minister,” he tweeted after high-voltage drama unfolded in Imphal over […]

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Union minister Nitin Gadkari shared the dais with senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh during a book release function near Pune city and praised the latter for his annual pilgrimage to Pandharpur, a temple town in Maharashtra. Singh visits Pandharpur, which houses the famous temple of Lord Vitthal and Goddess Rukmini in Solapur district, every year […]

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A day after he was attacked, Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar Aazad on Thursday demanded the resignation of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, claiming his government was providing protection to criminals on the basis of caste and religion. In a note posted on Twitter, Aazad alleged the law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh […]

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By Sushil Kutty Police stopped Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Manipur and without being asked “what next for Manipur?” the disqualified Congress Member of Parliament said, “Manipur needs healing” – the panacea the violence-hit Manipuris have been yearning for months. Distraught people everywhere, across time zones and over the years who have

By S. Sethuraman Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday night chaired a nearly five hour long huddle of the BJP top brass to discuss organisational and government changes, narrative focus and strategy and tools for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in 2024. The meeting at the official residence of PM here was

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Though Indian economy is projected to grow at 6.5 per cent during 2023-24 with risks evenly balanced at this juncture, the slower global growth, potential volatility in the global financial system, and the persistence of core inflation, notwithstanding a dip in April 2023, could pose risks to the growth trajectory. In […]

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By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Union Government’s failure to control the riots raging in Manipur and the move to bring in a uniform civil code in the country have evoked strong protests from the opposition parties not only in Kerala but also across the nation. At one stroke, the Manipur fiasco has caused a severe

Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi on Thursday withdrew his order to dismiss Senthil Balaji from the Council of Ministers and will take a legal opinion from the attorney general on the matter, sources said. According to sources, Raj Bhawan’s previous order stands suspended till the legal opinion and Balaji will continue to be in the cabinet. While dismissing […]

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