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By Shameen Faizee Our people are observing the Republic Dayat a time when the very basic ideological and theoretical concepts the Constitution of India propounded on January 26, 1950 by adopting the basic document of building a secular democratic society, are not only under threat but the Narendra...
By Harihar Swarup If Narendra Modi could not be become Prime Minister, irrespective of his dismal record, for the second time, there will be chaos in the country. Such observations have been made by middle rung BJP leaders without realizing the consequences of such irresponsible statements. Some Congress...
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: There was complete demoralisation in Congress camp when SP-BSP-RLD alliance left only two seats for Congress in Rae Bareli and Amethi. But the announcement of Priyanka Gandhi becoming AICC general secretary for Eastern UP has had an electrifying effect on Congress workers, who are now...
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The most significant feature of the seat allocation talks in the Congress and the party-led United Democratic Front (UDF) is the determined attempt by the Congress High Command to marginalise former chief minister and senior Congress leader Oommen Chandy. The wily politician that he...
Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah assured Hindu, Sikh, Christian and Buddhist refugees in West Bengal too will be granted citizenship under the proposed Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. The BJP chief was on a West Bengal trip to address rallies at different places. He accused the state government saying Trinamool...
By Rahil Nora Chopra The BJP is believed to have offered Ajit Singh a governorship and the RLD a ministerial berth in the UP government. The ruling party is keen to wean away the influential Jat leader from the SP-BSP alliance, which is making the party restless. But the...
By Dr Arun Mitra The Punjab government through a public notice given in the newspapers has invited expression of interest from private NGOs, doctors or others for providing services in the government hospitals and running of health institutions situated in difficult areas. This has drawn sharp reaction from...
By C.J. Atkins The coordination between Trump administration officials in Washington and the Venezuelan opposition in Caracas couldn’t have been more obvious. On Tuesday evening, the night before mass protests called by opposition leader and National Assembly head Juan Guaidó were expected in Venezuela, Vice President Mike Pence...
By Aditya Aamir Congress Party’s ‘mistress-stroke’ to the BJP’s ‘masterstroke’, Priyanka Gandhi’s induction into the Congress did not need a surgical strike, she was already in the silo in Uttar Pradesh, waiting to be fired. Now they say she’s the Brahmastra in the Congress armoury. That the coordinates...
By Anjan Roy China is now in fashion in the global circuit. The Davos Man, as the elite and the glitterati of the world are referred to, is only chattering about China and what is happening there. Under Xi Jinping China had suddenly burst upon the world...