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The legacy of IPA, founded by Nikhil Chakravartty, the doyen of journalism in India, to keep the flag of independent media flying high, is facing the threat of extinction due to the effect of the Covid pandemic. Only an emergency funding can avert such an eventuality. We appeal to all those who believe in the freedom of expression to contribute to this noble cause.Chandrababu Naidu Is In Driver’s Seat In National Politics After 2024 Polls
By Sushil Kutty Chandrababu Naidu is no ‘Comeback Kid’, not at his age. The only ‘kid’ in today’s Andhra Pradesh is Jana Sena founder Pawan Kalyan, the Telugu actor who played a stellar role in bringing together the Telugu Desam Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party. If any title...
India To Rename Two Dozen Places In Tibet Region Of China As Retaliation
By Girish Linganna India has initiated a retaliatory effort against China’s renaming of locations in India’s Arunachal Pradesh state. The Indian government intends to rename over two dozen places in China’s Tibet Autonomous Region as a response. According to The Diplomat, a media organization, they have obtained a comprehensive...
Post Electoral Reverse, Blame Game Starts In West Bengal Unit Of BJP
By Tirthankar Mitra With only 12 seats in its kitty even after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pre-poll announcement that BJP will give its best election performance in West Bengal, it is blame game time in the state saffron camp now. Chary of criticising the prime minister, factional feud has...
Modi’s Comment That The World Did Not Know About Gandhi Till 1982, Is A Mockery Of History
By Krishna Jha An evening on January 30, 1948, Sun was setting and Gandhi was entering the prayer meeting when suddenly Godse started firing at him. After three shots, Bapu was crumbling, looking at his murderer with immense love and forgiveness, on his lips were only two words, “Hey...
In 2024 Lok Sabha Polls, Left Win In Bihar And Rajasthan Is Significant
By Nitya Chakraborty The 2024 Lok Sabha elections have brought some cheers to the Left block comprising CPI, CPI(M) and the CPI(ML)-L as after a long gap, three members have been elected from the Hindi heartland states- two from Bihar belonging to the CPI(ML)-L and one from Rajasthan belonging...
A Bitter Success And A Sweetened Miss: Beautiful Verdict Of The 2024 Elections
By K Raveendran A success that tasted bitter and a loss that couldn’t be sweeter. This is the beautiful verdict that the people of India have handed to the parties in the 2024 elections. A big salute to the wisdom and maturity of the Indian electorate. They have once...
Congress On The Right Track, But Needs Organisational Finetuning
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Indian National Congress (INC) has finally come on the right track, as the Lok Sabha Election 2024 results show. The party that had touched its nadir in 2014 by winning only 44 seats, was somehow able to push up its tally by only 8 seats...
2024 Verdict Against Modi-Shah’s Politics Of Crony-Capitalist Hindutva
By Arun Srivastava Ayodhya, symbol of RSS’s Hindutva renaissance, did not respond to the call of the so-called Hindu Hridaya Samrat, Narendra Modi, and instead voted for 79-year-old veteran Dalit leader, belonging to Pasi caste, Awadesh Prasad. In a single stroke, the voters of Ayodhya shattered two myths: Modi’s...
Like A Falling Star, Naveen Patnaik Fell Off The Political Grid
By Sushil Kutty Only a sentimental romantic will think of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at this hour, the BJD Chief’s worst days in life. Naveen Patnaik is history and will be forgotten. The Bharatiya Janata Party, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi leading from the front, put a halt...
Big Organisational Mess Led To Congress Disaster In Madhya Pradesh
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Totally weak leadership, lack of organisational skill and wavering stand of Kamal Nath, and decision to sponsor Digvijay Singh as a candidate resulted in total rout of the Congress in all 29 Lok Sabha Constituencies in Madhya Pradesh. The Central leadership’s decision to make...
2024 Polls Outcome May Lead To Dilution Of Modi’s Authoritarianism
By Girish Linganna The perception of superiority surrounding Narendra Modi has unexpectedly collapsed. The election outcomes on Tuesday were disheartening for Modi, who has often referred to himself as “Sent with a purpose” and set an ambitious slogan of ‘Abki baar, 400 paar’ (This time, above 400). However, this...
Kerala Verdict: Task Cut Out For Secular Parties
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: There is no denying it. The Lok Sabha election results from Kerala have disappointed the Left Democratic Front (LDF), which was hoping to make gains this time around. We shall learn appropriate lessons from the setback and initiate corrective steps. That is the reaction –...
Rahul-Akhilesh Combine Stops BJP Caravan In Its Core Base Uttar Pradesh
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: The magic of two poster boys of opposition Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav weaved magic for brilliant performance of INDIA bloc in Uttar Pradesh which stopped BJP’s march for majority in 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Entire BJP leadership and PM Narendra Modi were banking on...
Imran Khan’s Acquittal Exposes Failed American Plot
By M A Hossain In a dramatic turn of events, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on June 3 acquitted the founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Imran Khan, and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in the much-hyped cipher case while terminating their imprisonment sentences. The former prime minister has...
NDA Has Scraped Through In Lok Sabha Polls But Narendra Modi Has Lost
By Nitya Chakraborty Democracy is the biggest winner in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections as the results declared on June 4 underline the diversity in the political views of the largest democracy of the world. Prime Minister Narendra Modi who was the one man mascot of the ruling party...
Hindi Belt Reins In PM Narendra Modi And BJP, Dashes Their Hopes
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Hindi Belt reins in Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP, and dashed their hopes of winning 370 seats for the party in the Lok Sabha Election 2024. There are 11 states/UTs in the Hindi Belt – Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan,...
Narendra Modi’s Continuing Pre-Poll Visits To South Have Yielded Dividends
By Sushil Kutty Telangana voted for Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Both parties shared the spoils, i.e., 17 Lok Sabha seats. But it is Andhra Pradesh which will prove crucial in government formation at the Centre, whether by the NDA or by the INDI-Alliance. Andhra Pradesh witnessed complete...
Trinamool Congress Continues Its Triumphant Run Defying Exit Polls
By Tirthankar Mitra Rubbishing the results of the exit polls which put BJP ahead of ruling dispensation of West Bengal, Trinamool Congress juggernaut rolled ahead flattening every political outfit that opposed it in the seven phase elections to the Lok Sabha.. Brushing off the initial jitters as the counting...
