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Fear Of Repeatation Of Earlier Taliban Terror Haunts Afghanistan
By Sankar Ray “Throw away your diplomatic acrobatics. Our daughters spend sleepless nights as the Taliban thugs are on the doorsteps. Women’s education is under threat.’ These are the very beginning words of a message from a woman school teacher to a veteran western diplomatic correspondent (choosing anonymity as...
Rahul Gandhi Has Been Finally Emerging As A Mature Leader Of Opposition
By Sushil Kutty Rahul Gandhi raised the cup to the impending ouster of Narendra Modi at a breakfast meeting of opposition MPs, this week. The future is in the womb of time and if anybody must be crystal-gazing at this point in time, it should be Narendra Modi...
Papri Chaat And Pakoda: Which One Is More Parliamentary?
By K Raveendran Copious tears are being shed in the name of parliamentary democracy and the loss of business hours in the august houses, which no doubt is costing the nation dearly. But the accusers are as much at fault, if not more, than the accused as both sides...
Disruption Of Proceedings By Opposition Is Nothing New In Indian Parliament
By Arun Srivastava Political experts and academics are feeling bad at the disruption replacing discussion as the foundation of our legislative functioning and believe the best panacea is to increase the working days of Parliament. It is not that the Parliaments of developed countries sit on the 365 days...
World Of Work And Trade Unionism In Transition In Pandemic
By Gyan Pathak The world of work has been in transition for one and half years. So is the case with trade unionism. There are multiple reasons for it, which began with the outbreak of COVID-19, followed by lockdowns and containment measures put in forced shutdowns of establishments barring...
LDF Government In Kerala Must Listen To The Voices Of Reason
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It is, once again, an unredeeming tale of refusal to learn from past mistakes. A bitter product of the failure to listen to sage advice and the resultant legal snubs from the courts of the country. The Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left Democratic Front Government (LDF) defended...
Mystery Around The Name Of Union Minister Prahlad Singh Patel In Pegasus List
By HariharSwarup For those who have known Union Minister Prahlad Singh Patel, his name figured in Pegasus list, along with Railway & Railways and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, came as a surprise. “After all, he is someone who puts it all out there— where was the need to know...
Former Contra Rebel To Stand In Nicaraguan Presidential Elections On November 7
By Satyaki Chakraborty The political situation in Nicaragua, a country in Latin America, has turned tense, four months before the Presidential elections on November 7 as the present president Daniel Ortega has imprisoned some opposition leaders including a presidential potential candidate and the anti- Ortega parties are putting a...
Mamata Has Set A Fresh Narrative For Building Firm Unity Of Opposition Parties
By Kalyani Shankar West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee made a whirlwind trip last week to the capital, making another attempt to unite the Opposition parties. She met all the right people and made adequate noise about the eluding opposition unity. Will she be able to succeed where others...
Samyukta Kisan Manch’s Action Plan In Uttar Pradesh Rattles BJP
By Arun Srivastava Ahead of the September 5 programme of the Sanyukta Kisan Manch programme to seal all roads leading to Lucknow, the BJP-RSS is gearing for a fierce, if needed resorting to an aggressive violent confrontation with the farmers. Sangh strategy to win the 2024 Lok Sabha election...
