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Why Lok Sabha Election For 20 Seats In Kerala Is Crucial For Future Of Left In Indian Politics?

By Satyaki Chakraborty The polling to the 20 Lok Sabha seats in Kerala in the second phase of elections on April 26 is of crucial significance to the two communist parties CPI(M) and the CPI for their future role in the turbulent post election days of the Indian polity....

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Organised Congress Offers BJP A Tough Electoral Battle In Rajasthan

By Dr. Gyan Pathak With second phase of election on April 26, Lok Sabha election on all 25 constituencies in Rajasthan will conclude. In every constituency, the Congress has offered BJP tough electoral battles, which made none less than Prime Minister Narendra Modi to lose his cool, who out...

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UBT Shiv Sena Forced To Sweat It Out As Polls Heat Up In Maharashtra

By Sushil Kutty Skies are clear and the heat unbearable. Will people step outdoors to vote? The first phase saw some reluctance. One more lacklustre phase and Prime Minister Narendra will have nothing new to coin. But voting is being tied to the ‘mangalsutra’ and it ain’t different in...

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Mamata-Kolkata High Court Confrontation Has Serious Implications

By Arun Srivastava Will the Calcutta High Court hold West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee guilty of contempt of court? Political circles are abuzz with anticipation ever since Banerjee came out with her sensation allegation: “They (the BJP) have bought off the Calcutta] High Court.” Her disenchantment with the...

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Prime Minister’s Vicious Speech Against Muslims In Poll Campaign Violates Constitution

By P. Sudhir The prime minister’s vitriolic speech of April 21, delivered two days after the first phase of polling of the Lok Sabha elections, has been widely condemned both in India and abroad. The language and bigotry which he displayed to incite hatred against the Muslim community and...

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May Day In 2024 Is A Reminder To The Indian Working Class Of A Long Battle For Rights

By Krishna Jha It was May Day when workers all over the world were waking up to the reality that they too have rights, as a class. For us in India, outcome was All India Trade Union Congress that came into existence in 1920, with Lala Lajpat Rai as...

Apr 25 · >

How Bhagawat Gita Egged Robert F Kennedy Jr. To Stand Against President Biden

By Anjan Roy Robert J Oppenheimer was inspired by it, T.S. Eliot was fascinated by the slokas and now an independent candidate aspiring for the White House revealed he was egged on to put a fight for the top job by the Bhagawat Gita. Robert F. Kennedy, nephew of...

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In Middle East War, U.S. Facing A Big Dilemma On How Far To Get Involved

By Girish Linganna Deterrence is straightforward! It means stopping the enemy from taking action by threatening military force. The US, with its powerful global military, should easily be able to deter Iran, which has outdated military equipment, including warships and fighter jets older than the first Moon landing. However,...

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Election Commission Has A Dismal Record On Acting Against Modi’s Breaches Of Poll Code

By K Raveendran For the sake of record, the Election Commission has said that it is examining the complaint made against the speech made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a rally in Rajasthan where he had said that if Congress is elected to power at the Centre, it...

Apr 24 · >

In The First Two Phases Of Polling, Trends Have Not Favoured BJP

By Dr. Gyan Pathak People gathered to hear PM Narendra Modi in Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh on April 22, just two days before the end of election campaigns for the second phase of Lok Sabha election 2024, were surprised when they heard him lowering the pitch from the high...

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