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Haryana Win Invigourates Narendra Modi’s Sagging Post Parliamentary Poll Morale
By K Raveendran It was vintage Modi on Tuesday night all the way. The prime minister’s victory speech after the BJP success in Haryana sounded as if he had won a convincing national election. And he said everything he had apparently planned to say after the 2024 Lok Sabha...
Tremors From Congress Setback In Haryana May Impact Maharashtra
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The political tremors emanating from Congress setback in Haryana assembly polls , was immediately felt in Maharashtra, since its current Vidhan Sabha is to expire on November 26, 2024, election for which is likely to be announced by the Election Commission of India anytime soon....
Hindu Consolidation And RSS Campaign Contributed To BJP’s Win In Haryana Polls
By Sushil Kutty The question is not “Did ‘Brand Modi’ and ‘Modi Magic’ win Haryana for the BJP?” The question is “Who won Haryana for Modi’s rehabilitation?” Consider this: Congress candidate Mamman Khan won from Muslim majority ‘Nuh’. His victory margin was more than one lakh votes, the highest...
In The Wake Of Haryana Assembly Results, BJP Focusing More On Smaller Castes In UP
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Enthused by the success in Haryana assembly polls, BJP is all to play aggressive backward and dalit card to dent in PDA base of Samajwadi Party led by Akhilesh Yadav. There is a realisation in BJP after Lok Sabha polls, Hindutva alone can not ensure...
ASEAN Leaders Talk To Myanmar Junta For Ending Civil War In Country
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Southeast Asian leaders held talks with a representative from Myanmar’s junta during a regional summit on Wednesday, as they sought to revive stalled diplomatic efforts aimed at ending the country’s ongoing civil war. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) convened its annual summit on...
How The U.S. Election Could Reshape Bangladesh’s Political Landscape
By M A Hossain The upcoming US presidential election on November 5, 2024, carries significant implications for the entire world, including Bangladesh’s political landscape. With the recent ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her fleeing the country thus taking refuge in India, Bangladesh stands at a political crossroads,...
India’s Arms Sales To Israel – Bad Legally, Worse Ethically
By Ravi Nair In the history of Indian bilateral defence cooperation with other countries since Independence, our armed forces had and continue to have good relations with some dodgy undemocratic partners. The most egregious of them in the past was Saddam’s Iraq, which just gassed the inhabitants of Halabja...
Indian Film Industry Icon Rekha Steps Into Her 70th Birthday Gracefully
By Tirthankar Mitra Indian screen is not the ideal place for dusky beauties. Yet Rekha (none would recognise her as Bhanu Rekha Ganeshan) has held her sway over it for decades together. As the lady from Chennai readies to celebrate her70thbirthday on October 10, one would hardly be doing...
Left Wingers In USA Have Many Doubts About Kamala Harris’s Credentials
By Linda Pentz Gunter NEW YORK: Donald Trump calls her “comrade Kamala.” Unfortunately, she is anything but. US Vice-President Kamala Harris, the unexpected Democratic presidential candidate after incumbent Joe Biden dropped out of the race on July 21, is following a studiously moderate path to the White House. Time...
Understanding GST Returns: Who Must File and the Various Types That Keep Your Business Compliant
Introduction The GST tax system in India was implemented by the government of India starting from 1st July 2017. It produced various benefits and had many indirect tax benefits. Most of the indirect taxes that were there, including VAT or Value Added Tax, service tax, and excise duty, were...
Spectacular Gain For BJP In Haryana Shows Strategic Excellence Of Leadership
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Haryana assembly election the result of which came out on Tuesday, has sprung up great surprise belying almost all political projections and analyses predicting Congress to wrest power from the BJP. However, Congress met a serious setback and the BJP spectacularly gained. It marks the...
Stage Is Set For Change In Jammu & Kashmir With NC-Congress’s Poll Win
By Sushil Kutty The Bharatiya Janata Party lost the Jammu & Kashmir assembly elections. The National Conference-Congress alliance romped home victorious. National Conference president Farooq Abdullah announced Omar Abdullah will be the next Chief Minister. The Valley had voted enormously for the NC-Congress alliance. Almost as if there’s no...
West Bengal’s Decision To Severe Ties With DVC On Floods Issue Is Not Sensible
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: In September every year, when the progress of the south-west monsoon is usually well-established and heavy rains in several districts of West Bengal’s southern part cause floods, chief minister Mamata Banerjee performs her ritual of blaming Damodar Valley Corporation for the “man-made floods” and...
Pakistan Govt Is Worried At Opposition Agitation Before SCO Meet
By Tirthankar Mitra Pakistan is on the boil. Clashes breaking out between security personnel of the country and former prime minister Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf (PTI) once again pose a threat to the law and order situation in the perennially troubled nation. Police personnel receiving injury in increasing number...
Multibillion Dollars Worth Weapons Supplies By US Have Boosted Israel In Last One Year
By C.J. Atkins NEW YORK: One year ago, as Israel launched its massive war on Gaza after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, the U.S. government was fully aware its ally was embarking on a campaign that would end up with Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders charged with war...
India Inc May See 10 Per Cent Rise In Profits
NEW DELHI: India Inc is expected to post a 10% rise year-on-year in aggregate net profits during the September quarter, according to analysts’ estimate. The headline numbers might appear muted due to the steep decline in profits expected for the oil marketing companies (OMC) in Q2. Relatively improved performance...
India Breaks The Mould, Signs Liberal Treaty With UAE
MUMBAI: A revamped India-UAE bilateral investment treaty (BIT), which came into force on August 31, makes conditions for enhanced investment flows from the West Asian kingdom, analysts said. It breaks the template of text of the model treaty by offering protection to portfolio investments, and lets investors seek international...
India’s Backward Districts Receive Only 2.5% Of CSR Funds: Study
NEW DELHI: India’s backward districts received a mere 2.5% of Rs 1.84 lakh crore of corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds spent by companies across the country over the past nine years, said a study, titled ‘State of CSR in India: 2014-2023’, by social impact and consulting firm Sattva Consulting....
