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BJP moves to court for permission to Rath Yatra in Bengal

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has moved to Calcutta High Court to seek legal permission for its high-profile Rath Yatra in Bengal that is scheduled to kickstart on December 7 from Cooch Behar. The rally will be conducted by the state unit of the party under banner Save Democracy Rally....

Dec 6 · >

New Leftist President To Intiate Fourth Transformation In Mexico

  By Nitya Chakraborty   Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, popularly called as AMLO took over as the new President of Mexico, on December 1 becoming the first President in the country with strong leftwing views and having an ambitious pro=people programmes like British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbin and...

Dec 5 · >

Bank Frauds: Ai Could Be The Way Forward

By K R Sudhaman   Borrowing a quote from Charles Dickens in his Tale of Two Cities, Indian banking industry witnessed best of times as well as worst of times; wisdom and foolishness; light and darkness, spring of hope and winter of despair; banks had everything as well as...

Dec 5 · >

BJP, RSS Getting Desperate On Temple Construction

  By Arun Srivastava   Desperation is writ large on the faces of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat. The prospect of defeat at the 2019 Lok Sabha elections stares at their faces.   For more than a year Bhagwat has been cautioning Modi to listen...

Dec 5 · >

Uma Bharti quits to contest 2019 Lok Sabha elections

Following the announcement of Sushma Swaraj for not contesting the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in 2019 the Union Minister Uma Bharti too echoed the same for herself. Bharti said she has opted to devote her time for Ram temple in Ayodhya and cleanliness of river Ganga for next one-and-a-half...

Dec 5 · >

How well does modi know his onions?

By Sushil Kutty   Onion prices have been plummeting these last few days and farmers in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh are dumping onions in the streets. Partly, it’s their fault. They shouldn’t have heaped last year’s produce in storage bins. Now, with the new produce in, there’s an onion...

Dec 4 · >

Weekly Round-Up of Major Decisions of the Courts in India as also Legal Policy Developments

  Report sought from the Chhattisgarh government on Nandini Sundar’s plea for quashing of FIR – The Chhattisgarh government had registered a case against Professor Nandini Sundar and three others for the murder of a tribal man in the Sukma district of the State. Sundar has now filed a...

Dec 4 · >

Death Penalty Review Is Again On Agenda

By Amritananda Chakravorty   Justice Kurian Joseph retired from the Supreme Court on 29th November, 2018, after a distinguished tenure of almost six years, being elevated to the Supreme Court in March, 2013. On 28th November, 2018, he was part of a three judge bench in deciding a criminal...

Dec 4 · >

CPI(ML) Chief Favours United Struggle Against BJP

  By Arun Srivastava   The electoral prospect of the Indian left is not so bad as it is being projected. In 2014 the left might have suffered the severe jolt ever since its electoral debut, but the 2019 is all set to witness resurgence of the left. This...

Dec 4 · >

Rahul Gandhi Emerges As Modi’s Most Formidable Challenger

By Kalyani Shankar   Will Congress President Rahul Gandhi emerge as a challenger to Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls?   He could, if the fortune smiles on him and if the Congress improves its position in the five state assembly polls currently going...

Dec 4 · >
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