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By Sushil Kutty The question is not “Did ‘Brand Modi’ and ‘Modi Magic’ win Haryana for the BJP?” The question is “Who won Haryana for Modi’s rehabilitation?” Consider this: Congress candidate Mamman Khan won from Muslim majority ‘Nuh’. His victory margin was more than one lakh votes, the highest...
In The Wake Of Haryana Assembly Results, BJP Focusing More On Smaller Castes In UP
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Enthused by the success in Haryana assembly polls, BJP is all to play aggressive backward and dalit card to dent in PDA base of Samajwadi Party led by Akhilesh Yadav. There is a realisation in BJP after Lok Sabha polls, Hindutva alone can not ensure...
ASEAN Leaders Talk To Myanmar Junta For Ending Civil War In Country
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Southeast Asian leaders held talks with a representative from Myanmar’s junta during a regional summit on Wednesday, as they sought to revive stalled diplomatic efforts aimed at ending the country’s ongoing civil war. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) convened its annual summit on...
How The U.S. Election Could Reshape Bangladesh’s Political Landscape
By M A Hossain The upcoming US presidential election on November 5, 2024, carries significant implications for the entire world, including Bangladesh’s political landscape. With the recent ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her fleeing the country thus taking refuge in India, Bangladesh stands at a political crossroads,...
India’s Arms Sales To Israel – Bad Legally, Worse Ethically
By Ravi Nair In the history of Indian bilateral defence cooperation with other countries since Independence, our armed forces had and continue to have good relations with some dodgy undemocratic partners. The most egregious of them in the past was Saddam’s Iraq, which just gassed the inhabitants of Halabja...
Indian Film Industry Icon Rekha Steps Into Her 70th Birthday Gracefully
By Tirthankar Mitra Indian screen is not the ideal place for dusky beauties. Yet Rekha (none would recognise her as Bhanu Rekha Ganeshan) has held her sway over it for decades together. As the lady from Chennai readies to celebrate her70thbirthday on October 10, one would hardly be doing...
Left Wingers In USA Have Many Doubts About Kamala Harris’s Credentials
By Linda Pentz Gunter NEW YORK: Donald Trump calls her “comrade Kamala.” Unfortunately, she is anything but. US Vice-President Kamala Harris, the unexpected Democratic presidential candidate after incumbent Joe Biden dropped out of the race on July 21, is following a studiously moderate path to the White House. Time...
Spectacular Gain For BJP In Haryana Shows Strategic Excellence Of Leadership
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Haryana assembly election the result of which came out on Tuesday, has sprung up great surprise belying almost all political projections and analyses predicting Congress to wrest power from the BJP. However, Congress met a serious setback and the BJP spectacularly gained. It marks the...
Stage Is Set For Change In Jammu & Kashmir With NC-Congress’s Poll Win
By Sushil Kutty The Bharatiya Janata Party lost the Jammu & Kashmir assembly elections. The National Conference-Congress alliance romped home victorious. National Conference president Farooq Abdullah announced Omar Abdullah will be the next Chief Minister. The Valley had voted enormously for the NC-Congress alliance. Almost as if there’s no...
West Bengal’s Decision To Severe Ties With DVC On Floods Issue Is Not Sensible
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: In September every year, when the progress of the south-west monsoon is usually well-established and heavy rains in several districts of West Bengal’s southern part cause floods, chief minister Mamata Banerjee performs her ritual of blaming Damodar Valley Corporation for the “man-made floods” and...
Pakistan Govt Is Worried At Opposition Agitation Before SCO Meet
By Tirthankar Mitra Pakistan is on the boil. Clashes breaking out between security personnel of the country and former prime minister Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf (PTI) once again pose a threat to the law and order situation in the perennially troubled nation. Police personnel receiving injury in increasing number...
Multibillion Dollars Worth Weapons Supplies By US Have Boosted Israel In Last One Year
By C.J. Atkins NEW YORK: One year ago, as Israel launched its massive war on Gaza after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, the U.S. government was fully aware its ally was embarking on a campaign that would end up with Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders charged with war...
One Year After October 7, Israel Has Expanded Its Aggression To A Regional War
By Nitya Chakraborty Monday October 7 2024 marks the completion of one year of the Israel-Palestine war which started with the brutal attack on the citizens of Israel by the militant Palestine group Hamas and the more severe retaliation by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) and the complete annexation...
India’s Rice Production This Year May Hit A New Record
By Nantoo Banerjee The government’s latest policy to allow the export of non-basmati white rice could not have come at a more appropriate time as farmers are getting ready to harvest the country’s most important autumn crop, rice. In the absence of proper storage facilities in the country, the...
Peaceful Polls In Jammu & Kashmir Is A Great Feat Of Indian Democracy
By Kalyani Shankar The Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir conducted its first assembly elections in a decade. It showcased the peaceful embrace of democracy by its people last week after decades of militancy. These polls were held after the bifurcation of Jammu, Kashmir, and Ladakh on August 5,...
EAM S Jaishankar Is Going To Islamabad But Won’t Talk Bilateral Matters
By Sushil Kutty S Jaishankar’s tenure so far as External Affairs Minister reminds many of us of our fears and failure to do something with our lives. Imagine a Foreign Minister of India and he hasn’t done anything of import to solve the India-Pakistan jigsaw. Under Prime Minister Narendra...
Coming Months Will Be Politically Very Tough For Modi-Shad Duo
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Electoral battles in J&K and Haryana had been really tough for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister of Home Amit Shah and the BJP, but the coming months will be politically even more challenging for them in another three sates – Maharashtra, Jharkhand and...
West Asia Is Witnessing A Human Tragedy Of Worst Order In 21st Century
By Asad Mirza The past one year has shown once again that the global community is least bothered by the human dimension, i.e. the loss of human lives of any military conflict. Further the greed to earn huge profits by arms industry is also overlooked, as it supports the...
