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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.Testing Time For Uddhav And Sharad Pawar In Post Poll Maharashtra Politics
By Sushil Kutty The future is tense for NCP (Sharad Pawar) and Shiv Sena (UBT), but that doesn’t mean they’ll stop politics, the debilitating results of the Maharashtra Assembly elections, notwithstanding. Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Sharad Pawar and ex-Chief Minister Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray find themselves in a coarse political...
BJP Undergoes A Test Of Coalition Morality In Maharashtra
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Despite leading Mahayuti in Maharashtra to an impressive comeback to power, the BJP and its leadership had to undergo a difficult test of coalition morality within NDA to such an extent that it could not name its chief minister before the term of the Vidhan...
Hemant’s Arrest By ED Irked Voters, Generated Sympathy For JMM
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: It is not just that the Bharatiya Janata Party cut a sorry figure in the electoral battle 2024 for Jharkhand assembly despite a high octane campaigning that had strong communal overtones and in which the party’s money power was all too evident. Some new...
CPI, CPI(M) Fail Miserably In Jharkhand Polls By Fighting Outside INDIA Bloc
By Arun Srivastava With the identity quotient for Adivasis getting electoral prominence and political economic character of the labour force undergoing a major shift from the traditional features, the left parties in Jharkhand appear to be losing ground as is manifest from the votes they could poll. Both CPI...
Genesis Of Sambhal Violence Traced To Yogi Adityanath’s Divisive Slogan
By Sushil Kutty ‘Batenge Toh Katenge’ could have led to the Sambhal violence that claimed four lives. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 23 spoke of how ‘Ek Hain Toh Safe Hain’ had become the ‘Mahamantra’ of our times. It took Nationalist Congress Party heavyweight Sharad Pawar to put...
Uruguay’s Left Opposition Leader Yamandu Orsi Wins Presidential Elections
By Satyaki Chakraborty In a big boost to the Latin American Left, Uruguay’s left wing opposition candidate Yamandu Orsi became the country’s new president after defeating convincingly the candidate of the ruling far right coalition Alvaro Delgado in the presidential elections held on Sunday, November 24. With nearly all...
Bengal BJP Leadership’s Record Dismal In Achieving New Membership Target
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: Leadership of West Bengal unit of BJP is nervous lest it gets a rap on the knuckles from its national leadership for failing to fulfil the quota for party membership. The state leadership is in doubt apprehending that people believing in its ideology would be...
Bangladesh Media Turns Against Dr. Muhammad Yunus For His Confused Views
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: It is not often that an interview given by a country’s leader to a foreign media creates a major political controversy at home. But a recent interview given by Dr Mohammad Yunus, Chief Adviser to the caretaker Bangladesh administration, has done just that, generating a...
Madhya Pradesh Citizens Made A Major Contribution In Drafting Constitution
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Stalwarts like Dr Harisingh Gour, HV Kamath, Seth Govind Das and Raghu Vira were among the luminaries from Madhya Pradesh who contributed to the making of the Constitution of India which was passed on November 26, 1949. That way, November 26 is being observed...
Three Communist Parties In India Must Work For A Left Consolidation With A New Narrative
By Dr. Sobhanlal Dattagupta and Bhanudeb Datta KOLKATA: The Left in India is at present passing through a crisis which is unprecedented since independence. In contrast to the steady concentration of power in the hands of the Right, the rapid decline of the Left over the years is extremely...
U.S. Fossil Fuel Giants Eye Permanent Control Of Europe’s Energy Supply
By John Wojcik WASHINGTON DC: While much of the world has long recognized that the U.S. has been fighting a proxy war against Russia by arming Ukraine to the teeth, proof of a new twist in that story emerged recently from no other a source than the savagely pro-business...
US Indictment Of Adanis For Bribing Indian Officials Will Have Little Impact On The Group
By Nantoo Banerjee If bribery is a common practice in business, and often viewed as the normal way of doing business in many countries, including India, there is little too sensational about the US Department of Justice indictment, last week, against India’s US$37-billion infrastructure conglomerate Adani group head Gautam...
BJP’s Big Win In Bypolls In Uttar Pradesh Boosts Yogi’s Standing In Central Leadership
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh by-elections results have not only boosted the morale of BJP in the state but also consolidated the leadership of chief minister Yogi Adityanath at both state and central level. With victory in seven out nine assembly seats for NDA, UP Chief Minister Yogi...
Delhi Citizens Must Demand Firm Actions On Ensuring Clean Air Before Polls
By Kalyani Shankar Why do the residents of Delhi experience pollution every year while the ruling class blames it on stubble burning in the neighbouring states of Haryana, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh? Can’t they find a permanent solution instead of debating who will pay for the burning machines and...
India Getting Ready With Digital Base As Part Of Labour Reforms
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India is moving fast with its intention of implementing the next phase of labour reforms. Digital bases are being put in place, that may ultimately pave the way for smooth transition to new labour code regime, implementation of which is likely to be announced soon,...
Another Mandir-Masjid Dispute Is Disturbing Peace In Uttar Pradesh
By Sushil Kutty Five Sambhal residents, alive and kicking till yesterday (November 24), are now dead, from bullet wounds, in violence that raged at Sambhal in western Uttar Pradesh over a mosque-over-mandir dispute. This mandir is said to be that of ‘Bhagwan Kalki’, the next god avatar of Lord...
CPI(M) Win In Chelakkara Bypoll Is A Morale Booster For LDF In Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Left Democratic Front (LDF) scored a morale-boosting victory in the Kerala by-elections by retaining its sitting Assembly seat, Chelakkara and increasing its vote share in Palakkad, a Congress stronghold. Expectedly, Congress candidate Priyanka Gandhi won from Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency – her maiden election...
Modi And Bhagwat Are Patching Up After Maharashtra Victory
By Arun Srivastava Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath attributing the BJP victory in bye-elections in his state to Narendra Modi and hailing him as the visionary leader leaves no space for any doubt that the RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and Modi have opted for cease fire in the...
