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The Supreme Court on Friday (March 15) categorically stated that the State Bank of India (SBI) has to disclose electoral bonds numbers as well, in addition to the details it has already disclosed regarding the purchase and redemption of the bonds. In the latest development in the court-mandated disclosure process concerning electoral bonds details, a […]

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The Supreme Court agreed on Friday, March 15, to hear a batch of petitions seeking a stay on the recently notified Citizenship Amendment Rules (CAR). The hearing will be held on Tuesday, March 19. The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was passed by the Parliament in 2019, sparking controversy for its alleged discriminatory nature. The Act […]

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Former Karnataka Chief Minister and BJP leader BS Yediyurappa has been charged under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act over allegations of sexually harassing a teen. The police in Bengaluru’s Sadashivanagar charged the senior BJP leader based on a complaint by the mother of the 17-year-old girl. According to sources in the […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak When politics on the ground is changing faster than a survey can comprehend, changing perhaps on a weekly basis, the opinion polls conducted a fortnight or a month ago lose their validity in the present time, even if we presume that they have been conducted in impartial manner. Therefore, the India […]

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Bureaucrats Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Gyanesh Kumar have been chosen for the two vacant posts in the top panel of Election Commission of India, Congress’s leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury told the media this afternoon. Chowdhury was part of the panel chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to select two Election Commissioners to […]

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah has dismissed former Congress president Rahul Gandhi and his party’s criticism of the Citizenship Amendment Act, rules of which were notified this week. In the interview with ANI, the Union Minister challenged the Congress leader to appear on a public platform and put forth the case of his party on […]

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The high-level committee headed by former president Ram Nath Kovind today submitted its report on ‘one nation, one election’. The report was submitted to President Droupadi Murmu this morning. The concept refers to holding simultaneous polls across the country. The proposal is to conduct elections for Lok Sabha and all state assemblies at the same […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Maharashtra, the second biggest state in India after Uttar Pradesh in terms of Lok Sabha seats, is heading for a rather complex electoral battle, between the NDA alliance (Mahayuti) and INDIA bloc (Maha Vikas Aghadi or MVA), and hence the outcome will likely to throw up surprises. Both the NDA and […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak BJP suffered serious political tremors having epicentre in Haryana on Tuesday which broke the NDA and the chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar had to resign. It’s a serious political development in the country at a time when BJP and PM Narendra Modi have been seeking third term in the Lok Sabha […]

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Ram Navami on April 18 this year has been declared a public holiday in West Bengal. The move came “too late”, said BJP, claiming Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wants to “redeem her anti-Hindu image”. Durga Puja, Kali Puja and Saraswati Puja – the major festivals in West Bengal – have been public holidays in the […]

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By Nantoo Banerjee The Election Commission of India (ECI) may be trying hard to control questionable electioneering practices which have been increasingly corrupting the process of free and fair election over the years, but it is unlikely to find it easy to influence or direct the behaviour of ruling political parties and their candidates. The […]

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In yet another serious setback to the Modi government and the State Bank of India, the Supreme Court has thrown out the plea by the SBI to grant an extension of the deadline set by the court to publish details of the electoral bond donors and the recipients from the original March 6 to June […]

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Arun Goel stirred up a row yesterday when he abruptly resigned from the Election Commission just weeks ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. His exit has left the three-member Election Commission of India with only one office-bearer – Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar. While he stated “personal reasons” in his resignation letter, sources have told […]

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By Harihar Swarup The Rajya Sabha elections have stirred a political commotion, not only because of cross-voting, as has often taken place in the past, but also because the BJP is out to get every seat it can and the defeat of the official Congress candidate in Himachal Pradesh and a Samajwadi Party (SP) nominee […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak As the BJP inches forward with its seat-sharing exercise with current and potential allies, including its estranged former partners in the NDA, its faultlines, till now given cover by PM Narendra Modi’s authoritarianism, have started coming out into the open. The BJP-BJD alliance talks took a direct hit after an open […]

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The much-anticipated pre-poll alliance and seat-sharing talks between Odisha’s ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have hit a roadblock, raising the prospect of both parties contesting the upcoming Lok Sabha and state assembly elections independently. The talks, which took place in Delhi, failed to resolve differences over two key constituencies […]

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Author and philanthropist Sudha Murty has been nominated to the Rajya Sabha by President Droupadi Murmu. Congratulating Ms Murty, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said her presence in the Rajya Sabha is a powerful testament to the country’s ‘Nari Shakti’ as the announcement came on International Women’s Day. I am delighted that the President of India […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) have agreed in principle for an alliance on the eve of Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha election 2024 in Andhra Pradesh. Both the BJP and the TDP are in urgent need to ally to protect their political interests at the national […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Talks for BJP-BJD alliance in Odisha is in advanced state. “There were discussions on the alliance among other issues,” said BJP MP Jual Oram, adding “the party’s central leadership will make the final call.” Obviously, there is greater possibility of pre-poll alliance between the two parties, and if it becomes a […]

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In the latest development in the drama surrounding the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) summons to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his refusal to appear before it, a Delhi court has asked the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader to appear in court on March 16. The fresh summons comes after the central agency, which wants to question […]

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By K Raveendran The Indian election season is a vibrant spectacle. Rallies thrum with energy, multi-coloured flags flutter, and manifestos lay out grand visions for the future. Yet, beneath the celebratory veneer lies a troubling question: are these promises merely a game of rhetoric, with little chance of translation into reality? Maybe, it is time […]

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Protesting farmers will start marching towards Delhi to press their various demands to the central government today. The announcement has prompted the police to increase security at the Punjab and Haryana borders. The Kisan Mazdoor Morcha and the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political), the two umbrella bodies that are leading the farmers’ protests, on March 3 […]

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By Nitya Chakraborty The State Bank of India’s plea to the Supreme Court seeking extension of time till June 30 this year to disclose details of electoral bonds encashed by political parties instead of March 6 as ordered by the apex court is nothing but a sordid attempt by the Finance Ministry to save the […]

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The Punjab Assembly on Monday witnessed chaotic scenes during the discussion on the state budget when Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann engaged in a heated argument with the Congress leader and Leader of Opposition (LoP) Partap Singh Bajwa following the former’s request to the Governor to “lock” the opposition in the assembly. Before the beginning of […]

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By Nantoo Banerjee Two ongoing devastating wars – one in Ukraine and the other in the Gaza strip – have so far killed and injured tens of thousands of civilians since last year. The Ukraine-Russia war started in February 2022. As of February 15, this year, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for […]

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Lawmakers in parliament and state legislatures are not immune from prosecution in bribery cases, the Supreme Court said today in a landmark verdict by a seven-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud. The verdict set aside a 1998 judgment in which a five-member Constitution bench had upheld the immunity for lawmakers in […]

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Delhi Finance minister Atishi on Monday announced the ‘Mukhyamantri Mahila Samman Yojana’ under which Rs 1,000 will be given monthly to all women aged above 18 from the fiscal year 2024-25. Atishi announced the scheme in her maiden budget speech. “The Kejriwal government will give a monthly amount of Rs 1,000 to every woman aged […]

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By K Raveendran In the high-stakes world of Indian politics, promises are currency. They sway voters, ignite debates, and shape the destiny of a nation. As the 2024 parliamentary elections loom large, the battle lines are drawn, and the air is thick with rhetoric. At the heart of this electoral drama lies the concept of […]

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As the BJP released its first list of 195 candidates for Lok Sabha polls, some omissions stood out more than the names that made it to the list. These include firebrand leader Pragya Thakur and sitting MPs from Delhi, Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma and Ramesh Bidhuri. The three leaders have made headlines for their controversial […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Government Employees and Trade Unions are up in arms against Modi government’s policies and preparing themselves for a more aggressive struggle in the coming weeks, including all Indian strike action from May 1 in the midst of Lok Sabha Election 2024. Election Commission of India (ECI) may therefore face some peculiar […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Election Commission of India (ECI) must take note of India Hate Lab report’s terming 2024 a “critical year” for hate speech in India, on account of Lok Sabha Election 2024, and must rise to the occasion to rein in political players, especially the ruling BJP and its top leaders, since the […]

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By K R Sudhaman Aaya ram gaya ram politics began in India when Indira Gandhi was Prime Minister. She used to be accused of decimating the opposition parties by buying wholesale elected representatives. It all started with the former Haryana Chief Minister Bhajan Lal who bought wholesale opposition MLAs to form a Congress government in […]

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Six Congress MLAs from Himachal Pradesh who cross-voted for the BJP in the Rajya Sabha election has been disqualified from the assembly, the Speaker announced today. The BJP had clapped for and congratulated the six MLAs for their ‘bravery’ yesterday when they came to the assembly, after staying the previous night in BJP-ruled Haryana. Their […]

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By Nitya Chakraborty The stage is set for the holding of the Lok Sabha elections in April/May this year. The two Left parties CPI and the CPI(M) which played a major role in the formation of the Congress led UPA government after the Lok Sabha polls in 2004, are struggling o be relevant in Parliamentary […]

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