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By Tirthankar Mitra Fissures have appeared in Congress-Left Front alliance less than a month before panchayat elections are scheduled in West Bengal. CPI(M) has unilaterally declared candidates in Murshidabad, of all places, an area known to be the stronghold of

By Arun Kumar Shrivastav South Africa may not host the BRICS summit this year, and it is reportedly willing to pass the opportunity to China. As a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC), South Africa would be

By Satyaki Chakraborty At long last, there is some ray of light in the politics of Spain as the fifteen political parties belonging to all shades including green and the extreme Left entered into a historic agreement to jointly

Several Opposition leaders condemned the Enforcement Directorate (ED) searches against Tamil Nadu Electricity Minister V Senthil Balaji, slamming the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) misusing central agencies. Tamil Nadu CM and DMK chief MK Stalin said the BJP leadership is enacting “politics of intimidation”. BJP’s bid to intimidate through backdoor tactics like ED raids won’t work, […]

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High drama unfolded outside a government hospital in Chennai as Enforcement Directorate (ED) took Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji into custody in the wee hours of Wednesday. The minister broke down as the offices picked him up. Balaji has been admitted to the intensive care unit after he complained of chest pain. The ED […]

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Is all not well between the Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance in Maharashtra? There’s one more reason why the speculation is buzzing the state’s political circles. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena on Tuesday placed a full-page advertisement in several leading newspapers in Maharashtra titled ‘Modi for India, Shinde for Maharashtra’. The […]

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Mumbai Police on Monday arrested a man for alleged involvement in a death threat to Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar. Accused Sagar Barve is working in the data feeding and analytics section of a private firm, a Mumbai Police official said. “The Mumbai Crime Branch, which was probing the case, brought Barve to Mumbai. […]

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  Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday hit out at the Centre over its ordinance on control of services in the national capital, saying Delhi is the first to be “attacked” and similar ordinances will also be brought for other states. Addressing the Aam Aadmi Party’s “Maha Rally” at the Ramlila Maidan, the party’s […]

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By Kalyani Shankar Former Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi was many things to many people. He was ‘Thalaivar” to his cadres, a wily politician to his opponents and a visionary to his admirers. His autobiography ‘Nenjukku Neethi ‘ shows his life and struggle. Karunanidhi is among the half-a-dozen leaders who shaped Tamil Nadu. Considering […]

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By Sushil Kutty Unity on not allowing the thorny “who will be PM face” to play spoilsport with the Patna Conclave has made it relatively easy for cobbling unity among opposition parties. Ambitious opposition leaders are happy they didn’t have to stake claim for the “PM face”. Octogenarian NCP supremo Sharad Pawar took

By Dr. Gyan Pathak A decade of dominance of majoritarian Hindutva politics in India with critically fragmented secular democratic politics has lately been emanating signs of change. The majority of political parties in opposition having differing regional and national aspirations and contradictions have finally agreed to participate in Opposition Meet on June 23 called by […]

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  By Debabrata Biswas from Boston Former US president Donald Trump faces 37 counts in connection with keeping hundreds of classified documents, many of which are marked top secret, in his possession even after leaving the White House, according to a 49-page federal indictment unsealed on June 9.  “It is an extraordinary event that will […]

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Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Monday kickstarted her party’s campaign for the year-end Assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh with a rally in Jabalpur where she accused the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government of being mired in corruption and failing to provide jobs. She cited alleged corruption in Vyapam, ration distribution, mining, e-tender and the fight […]

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The Bharatiya Janata Party’s high command in a recent meeting with Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde expressed its displeasure over the working styles and performances of a few Shiv Sena ministers, sources told News18 on Monday. This, they added, has increased tensions in Shinde’s camp and also the distance between the allies. BJP state president […]

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Both chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar and his deputy Dushyant Chautala may have vouched for the continuation of the BJP-JJP government in Haryana, but there is an undeniable unease in the relationship between the two parties as insiders believe that both could not just explore breaking ties in the long run but in the near […]

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Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Monday filed an appeal before the High Court against the dismissal of his petition by a single judge in which he had challenged the sanction accorded by the state government to the CBI for prosecuting him. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justice […]

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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and YSRCP president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy expressed his distrust towards the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and speculated the eventual shutdown of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP). Addressing a gathering during the launch of the fourth phase of the Jagannanna Vidya Kanuka kits distribution program in Krosuru, Palnadu district, CM […]

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By Nantoo Banerjee Notwithstanding the hype being built around Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s forthcoming official state visit to the United States, it would be wrong to expect any major economic benefit to India as a result of the trip. On top of the agenda are the strategic issues which concern both the US and India. […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Political wind is blowing in favour of Congress in Rajasthan, despite rebellious Sachin Pilot. Central Congress Leadership has been successful so far in bringing a truce between Sachin and Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. Though the truce seems to be temporary and an uneasy one, Gehlot is heading to shatter the BJP […]

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By Sushil Kutty Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal returned to Ramlila Ground after 12 years and this time to sound the bugle against Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has unleashed “Hitlerism” on India. The one-time anti-corruption mascot, who has never signed a Delhi government document, is livid that he has been deprived the right to

By Tirthankar Mitra Declaration of the schedule of 2023 panchayat election has come during the Jan Jowar Yatra of Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee which apparently gives TMC a leg up in West Bengal rural polls scheduled to be held on 8 July. The polling date can be rescheduled to July 14 if Calcutta High […]

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that a Tamil from a poor family should become the Prime Minister of India, party sources said. Amit Shah, who is on a two-day visit to Tamil Nadu against backdrop of 2024 Lok Sabha election, was addressing a closed door party office bearers meeting at Chennai. Taking […]

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“Assi harao, BJP hatao (defeat BJP on all 80 UP Lok Sabha seats and oust it)” is the new Samajwadi Party slogan for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Samajwadi Party (SP) national president Akhilesh Yadav has said that if the BJP was to be removed from the seat of power in 2024, then Uttar Pradesh

The Congress on Sunday stepped up its attack on the Centre over rising airfares, alleging that the government has been incapable of preventing “predatory behaviour” on part of airlines and has “facilitated a loot at the hands of crony airport operators”. Senior Congress leader K C Venugopal and Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia engaged in a […]

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Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Sunday announced that he would contest the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from the Kaiserganj seat in Uttar Pradesh. Singh, a six-time Member of Parliament who has been accused of sexually harassing women wrestlers, addressed Sanyukt Morcha Sammelan in Gonda today. He […]

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The Congress on Sunday stepped up its attack on the Centre over rising airfares, alleging that the government has been incapable of preventing “predatory behaviour” on part of airlines and has “facilitated a loot at the hands of crony airport operators”. Senior Congress leader K C Venugopal and Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia engaged in a […]

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Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will kick off the Congress’s campaign for the year-end Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls from Jabalpur on Monday after praying at the banks of the Narmada river, a party leader said. Jabalpur is at the centre of the state’s Mahakoshal region, which has a sizable number of tribal voters. In the 2018 Assembly […]

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Even after the drubbing in the Assembly elections and losing its base in entire south India ahead of the Lok Sabha polls in 2024, the Karnataka BJP unit still remains a divided house. The party leadership is struggling to foster unity and the spirit of fighting against the odds among the cadre. The saffron party […]

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Union Minister Giriraj Singh stoked a controversy by calling Mahatma Gandhi’s killer Nathuram Godse a “good son of India” and said he was not an invader like Mughal rulers Babar and Aurangzeb as he was born in India. The Opposition shot back saying if Godse is the “good son” then Veerapan, dacoits of Chambal, Vijay […]

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Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President Sharad Pawar on Saturday named his daughter Supriya Sule and senior leader Praful Patel as new working presidents of the party. However, Pawar’s decision to not give any important responsibility to nephew Ajit Pawar has left many in political circles surprised. Pawar said that the situation in the country is […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Advancing social justice only can bring the workforce out from the prevailing grim scenario across the word, since the labour market insecurity is widespread. It is clearly emerging from the 111th Session of the International Labour Conference, 2023, which is undergoing in Geneva from June 5 and will be ending on […]

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By L S Herdenia BHOPAL Lokayukta enquiry against senior Minister Bhupendra Singh came as explosion in the political circles of Madhya Pradesh. Bhupendra Singh is considered to be very close to the state Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Besides, Lokayukta Chief Minister has also received serious complaints against Bhupendra Singh from two Ministers and about

By Satyaki Chakraborty The indictment of former US president Donald trump by the Federal Grand Jury in Miami on June 8 has imparted a new dimension to the American political scene with the possibility of the right wing Republican mobilizing the warring groups as also the party support base in general in favour of his […]

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By James M Dorsey Since arriving in Saudi Arabia five months ago, soccer superstar Ronaldo has scored 14 goals in 16 games for his new club, Al Nassr. Yet, more was needed for Al Nassr to win the Saudi championship or advance in the Saudi Cup. Even so, Ronaldo’s presence has helped improve the competitive […]

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