By Tirthankar Mitra Any activist and leader of West Bengal unit of CPI(M) will face strong disciplinary action in the event of any understanding with BJP in the panchayat elections The riot act being read out at the recently concluded state committee meeting of the CPI(M) is a clear...
By Rahil Nora Chopra Even before the assumption that Opposition might come together in the hope of capturing power in 2024 could duly take hold in the public’s mind, the race has commenced on who would be the prime ministerial candidate. In this context, a huge banner of Delhi’s...
By Sushil Kutty On April 12 gangster-turned-politician-turned-jailbird Atiq Ahmed told journalists enough was enough, “now that I have been ground to dust, please spare my wife and children and let them live in peace”. The repentant with remorse. The next day, April 13, Atiq Ahmed’s favourite son Asad Ahmed...
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Tulsi Gabbard, a former presidential candidate and political commentator, has come out against the United States’ plans to develop a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). She argues that CBDCs will be used as tools of mass financial surveillance, which undermines freedom and autonomy. Gabbard stated...
By Luke Savage In the months surrounding Elon Musk’s $44 billion purchase of Twitter, a consensus seemed to hold among supporters and critics alike that he embraced a kind of free speech absolutism. To some, this was a virtue; to others, a concern. But most disagreement had to do...
By Arun Srivastava For naysayers it was a the doomsday as the “historic meet” between Nitish Kumar and Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday in presence of Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge not only sent a vibrant message that opposition unity was no more an illusion but would strengthen the ideological narrative...
By P. Sudhir The visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Sacred Heart Cathedral in New Delhi on Easter day was notable, as it was his first visit to a church since becoming prime minister over nine years ago. On the same day, Easter Sunday, BJP leaders conducted...
By Nitya Chakraborty Om Prakash Sabherwal, more known as OP in Delhi’s media circles, was a leading journalist in the national capital for more than five decades in the last century. He joined India Press Agency (IPA) in1959 at the call of IPA founder Nikhil Chakravartty and was connected...
By Sushil Kutty Following opposition parties’ feelers to each other, and after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s meeting with Congress party’s disqualified Member of Parliament Rahul Gandhi in the company of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejaswi Yadav, the Bharatiya Janata Party was in some...
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The profiles of the chief ministers of States and Union Territories of India do not instill hope among the common people. The electoral reform that have been carried out so far in the country has only been able to provide 43 per cent of chief...