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By Girish Linganna The United States authorities have decided to stop a major delivery of weapons to Israel due to concerns about the potential consequences of a large military operation being planned by Israeli forces in Rafah. Rafah is a heavily populated city in southern Gaza, where over a...
President Biden Facing His Biggest Diplomatic Challenge In Dealing With Gaza War
By Girish Linganna The US President, Joe Biden, is facing political challenges as he attempts to navigate the demands of both the Israel lobby and its critics. This has led to perceptions of his weakness and ineffectiveness. With the election just six months away, Biden is struggling with a...
Is It A Third Narendra Modi Term Or Pak Atom Bomb That Has Got Aiyar In A Twist?
By Sushil Kutty It is a Mani Shankar Aiyar habit to startle. The ‘Congress veteran’ is an amalgam of both politician and diplomat. And “respecting Pakistan” is an Aiyar trait. Now, Aiyar’s “respect for Pakistan” is tinged with known fear. Aiyar says “Respect Pakistan or they’ll drop atom bomb”....
The Battle Of Stars Is In Full Swing In The Industrial Belt Of Bengal
By Tirthankar Mitra Veterans of Trinamool Congress and BJP have locked horns in Burdwan-Durgapur-Asansol industrial belt of Bengal once the most go to place for a job seeking engineer or a manual labourer. A low voter turnout is not unlikely in these constituencies on May 13 -in the fourth...
There Is No Version Of Liberalism That Can Take Economies Out Of Present Stagnation
By Prabhat Patnaik Each strand of political praxis is informed by a political philosophy which analyses the world around us, especially, in modern times, its economic characteristics. On the basis of this analysis, the particular political philosophy sets out the objectives which have to be struggled for, and the...
Is Sharad Pawar Mulling Coming Back To The Congress?
By Rahil Nora Chopra Sharad Pawar’s remark that many regional parties may move closer to Congress post the elections has led to speculations of a possible merger of NCP(SP) with the Congress. However, the statement of Pawar assumes significance in the wake of BJP targeting the regional parties through...
BJP Has Done Well In The North Eastern States Where Polling Is Over
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: General satisfaction prevails among ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) circles that the Lok Sabha 2024 elections ended peacefully in the eight Northeastern states, but for a few minor incidents reported in Manipur. In three phases, altogether 25 seats were contested. Relief was more palpable, according...
Election Commission Is Abdicating Its Constitutional Responsibility To Hold Impartial Polls
By P. Sudhir Elections to half the seats in the Lok Sabha have been completed with the third phase of polling being over on May 7. This has provided enough experience and time to assess how the Election Commission (EC) has gone about superintending the conduct of a free...
After One Year Of Ethnic Tensions, Manipur Refuses To Be Normal
By Krishna Jha How long it takes to listen to the victim’s tearful cries? That too when she is a mother of a four-year old, dares to plead to the demons for her life as her death could be the death of her child too. Their assent to it...
Sam Pitroda Was Not Wrong, Only His Way Of Presentation Was Defective
By Anjan Roy If the noblest could be compared with the plebeian, the infinite with the infinitesimal, the dignified with crass, then the underlying sentiments expressed by Sam Pitroda were in the same veins as Rabindranath Tagore’s great poem “Bharat Tirtha”. All this hyper reaction by the BJP leaders...
Haryana Politics Undergoes Big Change Impacting Lok Sabha And Assembly Polls
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Politics in Haryana underwent a considerable change before the withdrawal of nomination on May 9 for the Lok Sabha Election scheduled in the penultimate phase VI on May 25. Election campaign would start from tomorrow in a backdrop of change of BJP’s chief minister on...
Modi’s Insinuation Against Rahul: PM Realises He’s Losing The Poll Plot
By Arun Srivastava Narendra Modi’s two latest remarks — first hitting out at Rahul Gandhi over Sam Pitroda’s ‘skin colour’ comments, and second charging Ambani and Adani with buying Rahul’s purported silence — have caused furore in the political circles. Not only have they shaken the trust level of...
Between The Lines Of Pitroda’s Declassification Of Indians
By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi couldn’t have been more thrilled than when Indian Overseas Congress head Sam Pitroda spoke. On May 8, Modi feigned anger and outrage and gave Indians reason to feel divided after Sam Pitroda did what he thought was an honest classification of Indians...
Bengal Congress Strongman Adhir Chowdhury Struggling Hard To Defend His Seat In Berhampore
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: Political difference is meshed with an almost personalised rivalry at Berhampore and Krishnanagar constituencies in the run up to May 13, the day of the electoral battle of the fourth phase of the 18th Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal. Careers of a stalwart and...
Major Politico-Legal Setback For Congress In Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Congress in Kerala suffered a severe legal as well as political setback when the vigilance court in Thiruvananthapuram rejected the petition filed by party MLA Mathew Kuzhalnadan seeking a probe against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his daughter Veena on the allegation that they...
Is Russia Mulling To Experiment With Using Nuclear Weapons In Space
By Girish Linganna Russia recently rejected a UN resolution proposed by the US and Japan, which aimed to prevent the development and use of nuclear weapons in space. This action by Russia indicates that they are moving closer to making the idea of using nuclear weapons in space a...
Rift Between RSS And BJP Getting Bigger With Every Phase Of Polling
By Arun Srivastava With the passing of every phase, the anguish gripping the RSS and traditional BJP cadres and supporters is getting more pronounced and discernible, notwithstanding the attempts of the top RSS leaders to make them relent and ensure the victory of the BJP candidates. Much against the...
Low Voter Turnout A Systemic Issue Globally, Needs Targetted Corrective Action
By K Raveendran The role of State Bank of India in suppressing information about the Supreme Court-struck down electoral bonds has been well-exposed. Now more evidence of SBI’s ‘political mandate’ is emerging. For no rhyme or reason, an inhouse economist has debunked what he describes as the myth of...
