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By Satyaki Chakraborty As expected, the ruling African National Congress (ANC) lost its majority in the national elections in South Africa held on May 29 paving the way for the formation of a coalition government as the leading partner after its uninterrupted rule for thirty years since the holding of first elections in 1994 after […]

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By Kalyani Shankar After the seven-phase elections, the June 1 exit polls indicate that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will likely win big. The INDIA block, a coalition of regional parties, also competed, but its chances were slim. The results on January 4 will reveal the actual winner. Election results often surprise. In 2004, the U.P.A. […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Apprehensions and expectations of India’s Central Trade Unions (CTUs) have reached their climax at the completion of the Lok Sabha elections on June 1, 2024. Since the fate of trade unionism and the workers’ rights amidst the rising working poverty in the country much depends on the outcome of the election […]

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By K Raveendran It may be time for an Anna Hazare-type agitation to reclaim the integrity and independence of the Election Commission, completely compromised by the incumbent commission like never before. Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar is no T N Seshan, who proved that the Election Commission had enough powers not to let anyone interfere […]

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The Congress’s decision to skip exit poll debates has provided fresh ammunition to the BJP ahead of the seventh and final phase of the Lok Sabha election, in which the party is hoping for a historic third term for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. After the announcement by senior Congress leader Pawan Khera, both BJP chief […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Campaign for the Lok Sabha election 2024 has brought India’s faultlines in sharp focus – which included the falling credibility of the Election Commission of India (ECI) in ensuring free and fair election, the apparent threat to democracy and the Constitution, widening chasm between the religious majority and minorities, unprecedented level […]

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Delhi government has requested the Supreme Court for additional water supply from Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Himachal Pradesh for a month amid a severe shortage in the national capital. In its petition, Delhi said that the need for water has increased in the national capital amid sweltering heat. “Delhi’s need for water has increased in […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Lok Sabha Election 2024 campaign ended on Thursday May 30, but after raising unprecedented level of political dust which will take much longer time beyond its result on June 4 to settle. Irrespective of who or which political party or alliance wins, people will continue to suffer from the “We and […]

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Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said he was shocked to learn that a former member of his staff was detained at the Delhi airport for allegedly trying to smuggle gold. Shiv Prasad, an aide of Tharoor, was caught at the IGI Airport with gold worth Rs 35 lakh. Tharoor said that he supports the authorities in […]

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ISIS-K has called for a “Lone Wolf” attack on the India-Pakistan World Cup Cricket match here next month, a top police official has warned while putting security on high alert. In a video that has gone global, the terror group is “calling for that ‘Lone Wolf’ to act out”, said Patrick Ryder, the Police Commissioner […]

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By K Raveendran The credibility and trustworthiness of the Election Commission of India (ECI) have hit a new low in the current Lok Sabha elections and the situation has come to such a pass that it cannot be retrieved without certain cataclysmic changes in the system. India’s election commission had won the world’s admiration for […]

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  The Supreme Court will not hear Arvind Kejriwal’s request seeking a 7-day extension of his interim bail in a corruption case linked to the Delhi liquor policy. The Court last month granted interim bail to Kejriwal to campaign for the Lok Sabha elections and had asked him to surrender on June 2, a day […]

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By Satyaki Chakraborty For Latin American Left as also the Global Left, there seems to be a welcome news waiting on June 2 as nearly 100 million voters of Mexico including a record number of first timers will be polling to elect a new President as also many other positions including 628 member Parliament. All […]

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By Nantoo Banerjee Contrary to the wide publicity that the latest X-Putin agreement will push for “a comprehensive, sustainable and just settlement” of the Ukraine-Russia conflict through peaceful means, the document throws little light on how to solve the situation within a possible timeframe. China merely talks about a dialogue on a peaceful Ukraine war […]

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By Harihar Swarup “I am strict and I may be stern but I’m always fair and transparent. You get what you see”. This is one side. This was how T N Seshan, arguably, the Chief Election Commissioner who made the Election Commission of India an admired institution, used to describe himself. Then he would add […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Dearness allowance of workers, retirement benefits, and even death gratuity among other benefits have been put on hold in India. The reason being the Union Government led by PM Narendra Modi did not release the All India Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (AICPI-IW) since February 2024, from the eve of […]

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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge had a witty response ready when he was asked, yet again, who would be the Prime Ministerial candidate of the INDIA bloc. “It’s like asking ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’,” Kharge said, referring to the popular TV quiz show hosted by Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan. “If we form the government, all the leaders

By K Raveendran In asserting his ‘indestructability’, Narendra Modi has taken a leaf out of the books of Arab rulers, who assiduously promote the idea that rulers are God’s representatives on Earth. This belief has been historically used by Arab monarchs to legitimize their rule and suppress dissent. In what is seen as a most […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak In the penultimate phase of Lok Sabha Election 2024 on May 25, BJP has been facing the most difficult electoral battle so far in Uttar Pradesh. This is the sixth phase of election in which 14 Lok Sabha constituencies are going to poll. BJP and INDIA bloc candidates are in neck […]

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By Nitya Chakraborty The first five phases of polling for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections are over by now, with only 115 seats out of the total of 543 remaining for voting in the next two phases. The results will be out on June 4. In the last few days, all top leaders of the […]

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By K Raveendran The Election Commission of India (ECI) has wielded its regulatory wand, imposing a ban on exit polls between April 19 and June 1. During this period, media outlets are forbidden from publishing predictions or survey results. The rationale behind this prohibition is clear: to prevent undue influence on voters during the crucial […]

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By Arun Srivastava It was inevitable. It was to happen. Never before in its hundred years of existence, no Sarasaṅghacālaka, chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the right-wing organisation, the parent entente of the BJP, had faced this nature of humiliation as the incumbent Mohan Bhagwat has to suffer from none else but by […]

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By Nantoo Banerjee Any prediction of the possible outcome of the ongoing Parliamentary election is becoming increasingly tough in the absence of a visible wave in favour of either the rightist Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) or its principal opposition, a 26-party political combine, Indian National Development Inclusive Alliance (INDIA). The latter is […]

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died after his helicopter crashed in the mountains yesterday. Raisi was in line to be Iran’s next supreme leader, along with a clampdown on morality questions. Raisi’s hardline position had been all pervasive in domestic politics while he governed through a severe economic crisis and a historic escalation of the country’s […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Election Commission of India (ECI) had announced “No Violence” stand in West Bengal on March 4, only 12 days before announcement of Lok Sabha general election 2024, on March 16. However, election related violence continued across the country in various shades with varied intensity of seriousness. Now, to control post-poll violence […]

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, accompanied by senior leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), ahead of a planned march to the BJP headquarters today declared that Prime Minister Narendra Modi can send anyone he wishes to jail. Kejriwal alleged that the BJP sees AAP as a threat, prompting what he terms “Operation Jhaadu” – […]

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By Arun Srivastava After a epoch making victory in 2020 assembly election in Bihar, in which the CPI(ML) Liberation won 12 out of 16 it contested, the party is quite hopeful of sending its representatives to the Lok Sabha this time. In that election the three main Left parties had won 16 of the 29 […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Freebees, promised and actually delivered, have been by and large welcomed by the electorate over 40 years of age across the country throughout the first five phases of election campaigns. However, sharp fall in employment has made the unemployed youth little more concerned, though PM Narendra Modi tried his best to […]

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By K Raveendran The Supreme Court decision to declare the arrest of Prabir Purkayastha, founder of news website NewsClick as illegal has reignited the debate on the delicate balance between national security concerns and individual liberty. While Purkayastha’s release is a positive development, the court’s reasoning raises questions about the potential for continued arbitrary arrests […]

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By Sushil Kutty Fact-checker Muhammed Zubair checked and declared Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not speak the truth. Modi did indeed do ‘Hindu-Muslim’ as he went about drumming support from Hindus. But Zubair stopped short of asking Modi to “quit public life” as Modi said he would if he ever did ‘Hindu-Muslim’. Prime Minister Narendra […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak The first four phases of Lok Sabha election 2024 concluded on May 13, has brought serious level of anxiety in BJP leadership, chiefly PM Narendra Modi, who is seeking re-election for his third term. Contrary to his great hope on Hindi heartland, the party did not perform so well as to […]

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By Nantoo Banerjee It is good to note that India’s defence manufacturing industry is fast emerging as a major contributor to the country’s economy and quietly supporting the latest stock market surge. Defence manufacturers have never had it so good. The private sector defence manufacturing enterprises are doing extremely well alongside the traditional government-run publicly […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s top political adversary put behind bar with announcement of Lok Sabha Election is finally out in the electoral battlefield on the closing day of fourth phase of election campaign. Though he will have only few hours to campaign for the fourth phase of election scheduled on May […]

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Opposition leaders are being targeted by poll officials, the Congress alleged on Sunday, claiming that while its chief Mallikarjun Kharge’s helicopter was checked in Bihar’s Samastipur, leaders of the BJP-led NDA were being allowed to move “freely”. Mr Kharge on Saturday addressed back-to-back Lok Sabha election rallies in Samastipur and Muzaffarpur in the state. Congress […]

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