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By Kalyani Shankar The Bihar polls at the end of the year are pretty unpredictable. As of now, there will be no cakewalk for the BJP, RJD, Congress or the JD(U). The churning is quietly taking place in Bihar politics. There could be a potential shift in power dynamics....
Supreme Court Must Not Take BJP MP Nishikant Dubey’s Insinuation Lightly
By Arun Srivastava Mahua Moitra is absolutely correct in saying: “Remember – a Pitbull does nothing without its master’s command.” Under the regimented operation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, no leader, irrespective of his stature, can dare to make any observation, on sensitive issues,...
Is Narendra Modi Airing His Views Through Nishikant Dubey Against Supreme Court?
By Sushil Kutty BJP MP Nishikant Dubey was in his ‘no holds barred’ role Saturday, targeting the Chief Justice of India, Sanjiv Khanna and the Supreme Court for “taking sides” in the alleged “religious wars”, Dubey claimed was raging in India. Dubey accused CJI Khanna of being the kingpin....
Contemptuous Tirade By VP Dhankar And BJP MP Against Judiciary Is Ominous
By Anchal Bhateja While describing Article 142 of the Constitution of India as a “nuclear missile against democratic forces, available to the judiciary 24×7,” Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar voiced strong concerns over the judiciary’s drift into executive and legislative functions. The trigger for his remarks was the judgement that...
Akhilesh Yadav’s Announcement To Fight 2027 Assembly Polls Under India Bloc Enthuses Cadres
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party national president and former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav’s announcement in Prayagraj that his party will contest 2027 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh under INDIA alliance has boosted the morale of his PDA (pichda, dalit and alpsangkhayak) core programme and the cadres of both...
Manipur Ethnic Strife Forced Upping Police Budget, Cut In Other Dept Allocation
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: Budgetary provision and mid-year revision for Manipur for fiscals 2024 and 2025 lost much of their relevance as the small state, currently under President’s rule since February 13, was witness to widespread ethnic violence that erupted on May 3, 2023 and higher spending on...
Time For Granting Urdu Language Its Due Place In Indian Culture
By Asad Mirza Last week, a Supreme Court bench’s observation on the use of Urdu, has once again opened a pandora’s box, on the treatment meted out to Urdu – a language of connoisseurs, but which has been appended to the Muslim community. As in the past, this time...
Left Alliance Fares Better Than Far Right In Regional Polls In Finland
By Mike Watson HELSINKI: Finland is widely seen in Western Europe and the United States as a progressive paradise. In truth, its center-right-led coalition government in office since June 2023 has presided over far-reaching austerity measures, leading to rising homelessness and cuts in local health provisions. Yet there are...
Supreme Court Produces A Please-All Interim Pause On Waqf Amendments Law
By K Raveendran The Supreme Court’s interim order on the controversial Waqf Amendments Act has created an unusual equilibrium among opposing camps, hinting at a calculated balancing act rather than a decisive intervention. While the order does not represent a full-fledged stay on the implementation of the amendments, it...
Informal Employment In India Remains Close To 90 Per Cent Since 2014
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Informal employment in the total employment in India remains almost stagnant at around 90 per cent since 2014, according to a latest ILO report. It was worse in 2024 than the global average of 58 per cent, Asia Pacific average of 66 per cent, and...
Ruling Power’s Battle With Central Bank On Interest Rate Is Common In Many Countries
By Anjan Roy As it is common among politicians facing serious economic issues, the government of the day heaps all reasons for economic ruin or downturn or a difficult situation on the heads of the central banks. Generally, the governments and finance ministers want their say in fixing interest...
Tejashvi Yadav Is The De Facto Chief Minister Face Of INDIA Bloc For Bihar Assembly Polls
By Arun Srivastava Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah are striving hard to find a consensus candidate as the NDA chief minister in Bihar. , but the Mahagathbandhan has struck a major psychological blow to Modi and Shah by creating a Coordination Committee headed by the...
In Electronics And Auto Components, Trump’s Tariff War Has Opened Up Fresh Opportunities To India
By Subrata Majumder With Trump’s tariff war escalating woes to China, a new plank is established for India to be the hub for global supply chain. Caught in the crossfire of highest hike in tariff by 245 percent on import from China by Trump administration, China will lose its...
Centre Has Gone One Step Back But Set To Defend The Amended Waqf Act
By Sushil Kutty Who won and who lost? The anti-waqf amendments lobby claims the government was forced to eat crow and give an undertaking to protect the status of notified and registered Waqf properties, including the all-important waqf-by-user properties. The government also had to promise not to appoint any...
Bangladesh Factor In Saudi Crackdown On Immigration And Visa Curbs
By Tajul Islam Saudi Arabia’s recent sweeping crackdown on immigration violations and a sudden tightening of visa regulations, particularly targeting 14 nations including Bangladesh, signals more than just internal security enforcement. Behind these actions lies a mounting strain in Saudi-Bangladesh relations-now further exacerbated by the controversial arrest of Bangladeshi...
Present Fractured Relationship Between USA And Europe Is An Outcome Of MAGA Programme
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: The United States – Europe relationship has reached such a low ebb in the last three months of Trump 2.0 rule that the political analysts in Washington are finding no hope of any immediate patch up between the two traditional allies as the...
Confusion Still Prevails In Bihar NDA Over The Chief Ministership After Assembly Polls
By Rahil Nora Chopra Ahead of Bihar Assembly elections, the issue of the chief ministerial candidate for the NDA Alliance is being prominently getting discussed. Posters were spotted outside the JD(U)’s Patna office saying “Nitish again from 2025 to 2030”, indicating that the Bihar Chief Minister was pitching for...
Bangladesh Interim Govt Chief Dr. Yunus Differing With Both BNP And Army Chief
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: Eight months after the change of power in Bangladesh, Dr M. Yunus, Chief Adviser to the interim government, has not yet been able to win over major pillars of political power, including leading political groups/parties or the armed forces — to his side. There was...
