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The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a petition filed by former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren challenging his
Congress leader Arvinder Singh Lovely today resigned as the chief of the party's Delhi unit over its alliance with the
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of insulting India's Rajas and Maharajas, but remaining silent
The Supreme Court today rejected petitions seeking 100% verification of votes cast on Electronic Voting Machines with paper slips generated
In a stunning own goal that has pushed the Congress on the backfoot, senior party leader Sam Pitroda today stoked
The Supreme Court will today pronounce its verdict on a batch of petitions seeking directions to tally Voter-Verifiable Paper Audit

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Left Parties Resurgence In Bihar Worries NDA In Lok Sabha Elections

By Arun Srivastava After a epoch making victory in 2020 assembly election in Bihar, in which the CPI(ML) Liberation won 12 out of 16 it contested, the party is quite hopeful of sending its representatives to the Lok Sabha this time. In that election the three main Left parties...

May 18 · >

Poll Related Violence Should Cause Serious Concern To ECI

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Election Commission of India (ECI) had announced “No Violence” stand in West Bengal on March 4, only 12 days before announcement of Lok Sabha general election 2024, on March 16. However, election related violence continued across the country in various shades with varied intensity of...

May 18 · >

China Emerges As Engine And Enigma For Precious Metal

By K Raveendran Gold has been hogging headlines with a certain monotonous regularity. In April alone, the precious metal clocked up 4 percent increase in price, despite lower imports by India, a key player in determining gold’s behaviour. One of the leading causes of the latest blip, however, is...

May 18 · >

Arvind Kejriwal Faces More Trouble After PA’s Arrest In Maliwal Case

By Sushil Kutty AAP leader Atishi Marlena’s talent is to look straight into the camera and say the piece given to her. AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal’s talent is to get into controversies. But the best thing that could happen to Kejriwal was the INDI-Alliance, without which Arvind would have...

May 18 · >

Health Care Needs Of Senior Citizens Must Get Priority

By Dr Arun Mitra The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI), has asked health insurance companies to abolish the age limit of 65 years and provide it to everyone, regardless of their age. This sounds to be a good decision. The question however is whether insurance based...

May 18 · >

Lok Sabha Battle In Maharashtra Is Crucial For Both The Alliances

By Harihar Swarup Injured pride can be a major motivating factor and there is a lot riding on it in Maharashtra. The aggressive BJP had outsmarted master strategist Sharad Pawar and Uddhav Thackeray, inheritor of Balasaheb Thackeray’s Maratha legacy, by supporting the split in their parties. For both leaders,...

May 18 · >

Indian Techies Have To Be Trained For Artificial Intelligence Skills On A Crash Basis

By Anjan Roy There are reports in the financial press that the International institutional investors are moving their funds out of the Indian technology scrip. The reason: there is the calculation that the Indian ITeS sector is not getting tuned to the new artificial intelligence tools and therefore likely...

May 18 · >

Amidst Beginning Of Issuing CAA Certificates, Bongaon Polling Is Crucial

By Tirthankar Mitra Come June 4, the outcome of poll battle in Bongaon constituency of West Bengal will be a nay or nod to CAA NRC and related issues not only in the state but also in bordering states far away from it. Predominantly inhabited by Matuas, a Hindu...

May 18 · >

President Biden Plays High-Risk Poker With Prime Minister Netanyahu

By James M Dorsey US President Joe Biden doesn’t fit the mould of a high-risk gambler. Yet, gambling is the crux of his velvet glove dealings with Israel. With one eye on Israeli politics and the other on presidential elections in the United States in six months, Biden is...

May 18 · >

Acute Joblessness Has Been A Major Issue In 2024 Lok Sabha Elections

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Freebees, promised and actually delivered, have been by and large welcomed by the electorate over 40 years of age across the country throughout the first five phases of election campaigns. However, sharp fall in employment has made the unemployed youth little more concerned, though PM...

May 17 · >
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