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By K Raveendran The Supreme Court has thwarted a move by market regulator SEBI to delay its investigation into the alleged manipulation of shares by the Adani group and issues that have been raised against the group in the wake of the Hindenburg report, which saw the share price of Adani companies nosedive. In March, […]

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By K R Sudhaman The welcome development in Indian economy is that Inflation, riding on base effect, has moved below five per cent mark in April this year. But worrying factor is slowdown in Industrial and consumer goods production as IIP growth decelerated to 1.1 per cent in March this year. As a result rating

By Ashis Biswas Union Home Minister Mr Amit Shah’s belated announcement assuring that no official decision would be made regarding a proposed alteration in the status of Meitei tribespeople in Manipur state without a comprehensive discussion among all concerned groups and stakeholders is most welcome. However, the violent Manipur episode has left several disturbing questions […]

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By Tirthankar Mitra Time was when hearts beat faster whenever Imran Khan charged in to bowl or looked the way the red ball moving at him as he raised his bat to send it to the ropes or outside the stadium. One does not recall too many occasions when the outstanding all rounder was stumped. […]

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Describing the Karnataka assembly poll results as a “ray of hope”, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday said she hopes that the rest of the country will also reject “communal politics” and vote for its development and prosperity. Mehbooba’s remarks came after the Congress emerged as the clear winner in the electoral battle in Karnataka. […]

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The Karnataka lectoral results are the “beginning of the end” for BJP, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed on Saturday. Banerjee also asserted the moral of the Karnataka assembly poll results is that people “want plurality” and that “no central design to dominate” can repress them. Adding for good measure, she said that the […]

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  If it were not for the herculean effort put in by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the last fortnight, the BJP may have won less than 50 seats in Karnataka So says the political wisdom at Lutyens Delhi after a major loss for the saffron camp in the only state where it was in […]

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday expressed gratitude to the people of Karnataka or allowing the BJP to serve them for many years and said the party under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi will continue to work for the welfare of the state and its people. The Congress returned to power on […]

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Sana Khanam, who was fielded by her husband and AAP functionary Mamoon Shah, created history by winning the Rampur Municipal seat, a stronghold of Samajwadi Party’s Azam Khan for 20 years in the Uttar Pradesh urban local body polls. Khanam’s achievement on Saturday occurred a month after her husband, a former Congress leader, got married […]

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By Sushil Kutty Yes. The verdict in the Karnataka assembly polls announced on May 13 is emphatic. The Congress has won majority in the 224 member house comfortably.  The Congress winning figure is   around 139 seats as against 62 by the BJP and 20 by JD(S) around afternoon. The final figures may  see a small […]

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By Harihar Swarup Congress has romped home in Karnataka convincingly ousting the BJP in the state assembly elections   held on May 10. This means there will be no presence of BJP in south India in any state government and it will remain only a North Indian party. If this trend continues, the Congress may do […]

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By S. Sethuraman True to predictions, Karnataka goes back to the Congress and its spectacular margin over ruling BJP not only reflects the strong anti-incumbency factor but also the negativity of all serious efforts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with bombastic roadshows for a turnaround. The third force in the State, JD(S) of Mr Deva […]

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By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: BJP has consolidated its position in Uttar Pradesh with capturing of four mayor seats and leading in remaining 13 seats out of total 17 seats. Significantly BJP won mayor seats in Lucknow, Jhansi, Ayodhya and Ghaziabad and was leading in rest of seats which not only strengthened the position

The Congress may be inching towards securing a victory in the Karnataka lections as per the latest trends but for the Grand Old Party, this will not be the end of challenges in the state. A win in Karnataka, if it happens, means the Congress is staring at its next speed breaker — who will […]

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A day after the Supreme Court verdict on the 2022 political crisis in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on Friday termed the 11-month-old Eknath Shinde-led government in the state as “unconstitutional” and claimed it will collapse in the next three months. He said the Supreme Court, in its verdict on Thursday, […]

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A tussle simmered between the Kejriwal government and the Centre on Friday, with the AAP dispensation accusing the central government of obstructing transfer of the city’s services secretary, a day after the Supreme Court gave the Delhi government control over the transfer and posting of its officers. Sources said the Delhi government is planning a […]

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Sachin Pilot’s ‘Jan Sangharsh Yatra’ is a “personal” one and the party “is keeping an eye on” it, Congress’ Rajasthan in-charge Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa said on Friday. He said a discussion on all issues would be held when Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge returns from Karnataka. Randhawa made the remarks after a meeting with state unit […]

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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday questioned the Supreme Court’s granting of relief to its “ladla” Imran Khan, saying its “double standards” have led to the death of justice in Pakistan. In a major relief for Khan, Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday declared his dramatic arrest “unlawful” and “invalid” and ordered his immediate release after […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak In the light of the unanimous judgement of a constitutional bench of the Supreme court of India delivered on May 11, 2023on powers of Elected government of Delhi, Narendra Modi government must now desist from – usurping the legislative and executive powers of the states and using governors as its pawns. […]

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By Sushil Kutty Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who heads the Biju Janata Dal, can make a salutary contribution to the combined opposition’s goal of ousting Prime Minister Narendra Modi only if his party makes a clean sweep of Odisha’s Lok Sabha seats in 2024. That being said, Naveen Patnaik is smarter than Bihar Chief […]

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By Nitya Chakraborty Mrinal Sen, the ace film maker who depicted both the political turmoil of Calcutta in 1960’s and 1970’s along with the selfishness and cowardice of the Bengali middle class through his 28 feature films, steps into his 100th year of birth on May 14 this year. The owner of the Dada Saheb […]

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By Rahil Nora Chopra Only after the declaration of results in Karnataka assembly polls, opposition unity is expected to acquire a definitive shape. The chief minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, has been working hard and moving across the country to meet the opposition leaders of various states to bring them at one platform against the […]

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By Binoy Viswam Manipur was like trump card for the BJP. Since their first ascendance to power in 2017, with the calculated plan of a conquest they treated Manipur as their spring board for North East. BJP’s gaining of power in the

By Arun Srivastava Amidst the conjecture making round the political circle that the next meet of the opposition leaders for taking forward the process of unity, would take place in Patna on May 18, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashvi Yadav left

By Girish Linganna Twenty-five years ago, as many Indians flew in a year as they do in a month now. That may sound like a measure of economic prosperity. Only two state-owned airlines had held half of the domestic aviation market then. In March this year, 57% of the 13 million tickets that were

By Ashis Biswas Despite timely steps taken by the Government to avert a Sri Lanka-type of economic meltdown, general concern for the Bangladeshi economy continues. While the International Monetary Fund (IMF) promised a $4.5 billion loan to Bangladesh to help it shore up declining forex

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who is on a four-day visit to New Delhi, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday. Patnaik said that the state’s demands and the upcoming international airport in Puri dominated the discussions. The chief minister also put forth four demands  during the meeting.

The Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP government in Delhi on Thursday removed Secretary of Services Department Ashish More from his post. The action was taken hours after the Supreme Court gave the ruling Aam Aadmi Party dispensation control over the transfer and posting of officers in the national capital. The Kejriwal government has appointed 1995 batch IAS […]

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Rajasthan BJP president CP Joshi hit back at Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot for calling the BJP and the RSS “fascist”, saying the Congress leader has an “RSS phobia” and that is why he makes such statements. He said whenever there is any calamity, RSS workers are ready to help. “The Congress has a phobia of […]

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The Nitish Kumar-led government in Bihar has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Patna High Court’s order to stay the ongoing caste-based survey. The state government’s appeal before the SC stated that the high court erroneously examined the merits of the case at the interim stage and touched

Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday dared his rival Eknath Shinde and his ally BJP to face fresh elections, a day after the Supreme Court’s verdict in the tussle between the two factions of the Shiv Sena. “Let’s all face fresh elections and let

By Arun Kumar Shrivastav The sudden arrest of Imran Khan by Pakistan military has come as the final straw for the people who were at the receiving end of fundamentalism, terrorism, and a collapsing economy. Thousands of irate mob vandalized public properties and expressed their frustration against the country’s ruling elite, including the defence forces. […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak The unanimous verdict delivered on May 11 by a five-judge constitutional bench of the Supreme Court of India on power struggle in Delhi between the elected government of the National Capital Territory and the Centre’s steps of usurping the powers of the state is significant for the country, since Modi government […]

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By Prakash Karat The state of press freedom in India has been accurately captured by the World Press Freedom Index.  This year’s index was issued on May 3, which is observed as World Press Freedom Day.  The Reporters without Borders (RSF), which has prepared the World Press Freedom Index has placed India in the 161st