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By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Appointment of Rishi Kumar Shukla, MP cadre IPS officer as CBI Chief and state Governor Anandi Ben Patel publicly seeking support for Prime Minister Narendra Modi have caused fierce controversy in the state. During an informal chat with a group of local people including...
By Nantoo Banerjee Full marks to Finance Minister Piyush Goyal for presenting an interim budget that could as well be described as the first draft of the ruling party’s election manifesto. Suffice it say that the political mission of this budget may not be easy to emulate by...
By Paul Dobson Self-proclaimed “interim president” Juan Guaidó of Venezuela named a number of “diplomatic representatives” to those countries which have recognized him during the past week. The government of Nicolás Maduro, the actual president of Venezuela, along with its international allies are responding to new U.S. oil sanctions...
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Central budget evoked mixed reaction in Madhya Pradesh. While BJP termed it as revolutionary Chief Minister Kamal Nath described it as Jumla. Kamal Nath said it is nothing but election budget. With this the last hope for aachhe din is lost. “The general budget...
By Harihar Swarup Howsoever hard Prime Minister Narendra Modi may try to construct Ram temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya, there appears to be no possibility of the temple coming up before 2019 Lok Sabha elections. That was why the PM has stated that the government would abide...
By Nitya Chakraborty The central trade unions representing both organised and unorganized workers of the country are seething with anger at the step motherly treatment to the entire working class of India in the interim budget of the Modi government presented on February 1. Only the BMS belonging to...
By Ceren Sagir ROUGH SLEEPING rose in most major cities in England last year, government figures revealed on Thursday, with thousands left to languish on the streets as temperatures drop below zero. The findings by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) showed that more than 4,600...
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: BJP-RSS and other organisations are working day and night to retain 71 seats won by the party in 2014 Lok Sabha elections. BJP and Sangh Parivar are working to take on the alliance of SP and BSP on one hand and resurgent Congress with the...
By Dr. C. Sadasiva The North-East is boiling with people there on the streets protesting over the ill-thought out amendment to the Citizenship Act. It is not just the people of north-eastern states but all the democratic and secular minded people of India are genuinely concerned at the way...
By B. Sivaraman They provide food for thousands of children every day in the schools. For this they receive a wage ofRs.1250 per month; or, Rs.42 per day. Unbelievable! In this day and age! But this is the reality of Nitish Kumar’s Bihar. Pointing to 42% of the country’s...