IPA Special
Mystery Of Triple Murder In West Bengal
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: Once more the professionalism of west Bengal police has come under the scanner and for the wrong reasons. Even normally, the sensational triple murder on October 8 of Bandhuprakash Pal, his wife and young son at their Jiaganj residence, Murshidabad district, would have launched...
Air Pollution Levels Reach Danger Zone Again
By Dr. Arun Mitra Like the past several years, we are once again faced with a situation where air quality index has crossed dangerous level. Those already suffering from respiratory illnesses are at the worst receiving end. One such serious situation occurred in 1998 when whole of...
NSS Sheds Its Policy Of Equidistance
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The campaigning in the five Assembly by-elections in the State has acquired a new dimension with the Nair Service Society (NSS), the powerful organisation of the Nairs, changing its political stance. Shedding its traditional policy of equidistance, the NSS has opted for the...
EU Offered Brexit On Platter To Boris Johnson
By Arun Srivastava LONDON: Apparently the UK prime minister Boris Johnson has got the Brexit deal, but an insight into the development gives rise to suspicion about the true nature of the deal and whether it prove to be successful. The deal is to be ratified by the...
Talibans Repent Destroying Bamyan Architectonics
By Sankar Ray The Taliban leadership today regrets its adventurist stand of ‘smashing the rare sandstone relief of Lord Buddha in the Bamyan province of Afghanistan in the very early March 2001. Although the Islamic fundamentalist outfit, is yet to admit this openly, the repentance was writ on...
Economy Is In Shambles, Democracy Is Under Attack
By D. Raja The Economy is in shambles. The experience has shown that NDA government has failed to manage the economy. The relentless neo-liberal drive towards privatization and crony capitalism has been the core of the governance. Moving away from pro-people Structural reforms, the Modi government exclusively remained...
Congress Is In A Bad Shape In Uttar Pradesh
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Priyanka Vadra Gandhi is the main face of Congress in Uttar Pradesh which is evident from the new executive announced recently. Ajay Kumar Lalloo who is serving second term as MLA from Tumkahiraj constituency in eastern UP, is the state President. Priyanka is...
Congress To Announce Its Delhi Chief Soon
By Rahil Nora Chopra The Congress party may announce its Delhi unit chief soon. The post of Delhi Congress president has been vacated since the death of Sheila Dikshit on July 20 this year. The absence of a Delhi Congress chief has impacted the Congress’s preparation for the...
Democratic Hopefuls Unite On Impeachment, Spar On Medicare-For-All
By Mark Gruenberg WESTERVILLE, Ohio: If there’s one issue the Democratic presidential hopefuls seemed to agree upon in their nationally televised debate on October 15, it’s the absolute need for an impeachment inquiry against their foe, incumbent GOP President Donald Trump. And, they said, the country agrees. ...
CJI Ranjan Gogoi’s Tryst With History
By K Raveendran If Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi manages to produce a verdict on the vexed Ayodhya land dispute before he retires next month, which he seems to be poised to do in all likelihood, his name will be etched in golden letters in the annals of Indian...
