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By Arun Srivastava BJP chief J P Nadda’s remark that his party may go to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections on its own is quite encumbered and notably coincides with the opposition initiative to field Nitish Kumar as INDIA candidate from any of the constituencies in eastern Uttar Pradesh....
Courts Beginning To Question ‘Law Taking Its Own Course’ As Claimed By Ruling Party
By K Raveendran The courts are making it increasingly clear that they are not impressed with the way the central agencies are proceeding with action against their victims. Going by the sharpness in the courts’ remarks, it seems that the day may not be far when the selective manner...
Sharad Pawar Shrugs Off Raised Eyebrows Over His Adani Friendship
By Harihar Swarup Hardworking, simple and down to earth. That is how former Union Minister and NCP founder, Sharad Pawar, describes industrialist Gautam Adani in his 2015 autobiography, Lok Majhe Sangati (People, My Companions). The Maratha strongman has never shied away from supporting Adani, even when Congress leader Rahul...
Delhi Liquor Scam: Curious Case Of The Missing Money Trail
By Sushil Kutty When the alleged Delhi liquor policy scam – a ‘whodunit’ if any – is spoken about in roadside tea stalls, it is a Sherlock Holmes narrative, especially the headline, “The Curious Case of AAP, Liquor and the Missing Money Trail” that prevails. It’s a question AAP...
Structural Changes Are Distorting Indian Labour Market
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Indian labour market is undergoing a structural change with the fast-changing world of work and the multiple crises therein. On the one hand a very large number of workforce is not able to get jobs, and on the other, employers have been reporting severe labour...
Swachhata Campaign Of Prime Minister Has Given A New Look To Govt Buildings
By K R Sudhaman Red tapes and White caps were common sight in ministries and government departments, a colonial hangover that persisted long after independence. The white caps worn by ministers and babus, particularly by peons in the corridors of power gradually disappeared from 1970s onwards. But Red taped...
Govt-Opposition Panel To Counter ED Probe Into Kerala Coop Sector
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It is a double whammy for the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which is probing the so-called ‘Karuvannur Cooperative Bank scam’ in Kerala. The central investigation agency suffered a twin setback when both the Supreme Court and the Kerala High court came down heavily on the ED’s...
Conservatives At Crossroads Before 2025 Election
By Tirthankar Mitra British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is on a mission to rebrand the Conservative Party. Time is running out for him in his bid to reach this goal as the elections are due in January 2025 in Great Britain. But there are shadows of doubt over the...
A Tunisian Party Evolves From Islamism To Muslim Democracy
By James M Dorsey Islamic Law is at the centre of debates about what constitutes moderate Islam and what it would take to reform Islam. Essentially, two schools of thought dominate the discussion. Islam’s traditional approach simply picks and chooses which elements of Sharia it opts to ignore. That...
Big Win By United Auto Workers Gives A Major Boost To Labour Movement In US
By Luis Feliz Leon On Facebook Live Friday afternoon, United Auto Workers (UAW) president Shawn Fain symbolically awarded roses to automakers General Motors, Stellantis, and Ford based on progress at the negotiating table, a reference to the reality show The Bachelor. The only thing missing was teary-eyed CEOs breathing...
Congress Must Initiate Now The State Level Alliance Talks For Lok Sabha Polls
By Satyaki Chakraborty The continuing raids by the central agencies in the last five days against the opposition leaders, journalists and the human rights activists in the country is a signal that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Sangh Parivar are getting panicky after the announcement of the...
Modi Government Going Tough On Opposition Before Lok Sabha Polls
By Dr. Gyan Pathak As India moves closer to the Lok Sabha election 2024, the number of raids on, arrests of, and seizures from the leaders of political parties in opposition has increased. Central agencies such as CBI, ED, NIA, and the Department of Income Tax have become super...
European Political Leaderships Are Complicit In US Efforts To Undermine Their Economies
By Prabhat Patnaik One of the most intriguing questions at present is why Europe’s political leadership has become complicit in what appear to be US efforts at undermining European economies. The well-known American investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, having already provided evidence that the United States was responsible for the...
US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s Ouster Is A Bad Sign For American Politics
By Anjan Roy This is all about what a super is. An internal politicking in the American capital —Washington— results in the overthrow of the US House Speaker and it puts countries across the world in a flutter. US House speaker, Rep Kevin McCarthy, was thrown out of his...
Modi’s Caste Politics Is Revenge Against The Poor And Backwards
By Arun Srivastava Ruthless attacks on his political opponents, unleashing the central agencies against social and cultural activists, and the latest to add to the long list of oppressed, the journalists, is mostly Prime Minister Narendra Modi taking revenge on his past. Till he was installed as the chief...
PM Versus Rahul Gandhi Battle In Telangana Campaign Has Become Interesting
By Sushil Kutty So, the ‘South’ is not the same as the ‘North’ is, and that is as old as independent India. But, this was the first time a Prime Minister of India took the trouble to remind the ‘South’ that it stood at a permanent disadvantage vis a...
Bihar Caste Census Throws Up The Numbers In Nitish-Lalu’s Favour
By Rahil Nora Chopra The much-awaited results of the caste survey in Bihar which has been made public, strengthening CM Nitish Kumar and RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, who were one of the prime supporters of the move. It is widely taken as a move to empower the ruling...
Jon Fosse, The Writer On Silence Traverses The Areas From Personal To Universal
By Tirthankar Mitra Jon Fosse writes on silence. Even as critics split hair whether the author of the “unsayable” who pens his thoughts in Norwegian Nynorsk language is the right recipient of Nobel Prize for literature this year, his readers are enjoying a joyous laughter. But it is not...
