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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.Priyanka’s Entry Electrifies Uttar Pradesh Congress
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: There was complete demoralisation in Congress camp when SP-BSP-RLD alliance left only two seats for Congress in Rae Bareli and Amethi. But the announcement of Priyanka Gandhi becoming AICC general secretary for Eastern UP has had an electrifying effect on Congress workers, who are now...
Attempt To Marginalise Oommen Chandy
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The most significant feature of the seat allocation talks in the Congress and the party-led United Democratic Front (UDF) is the determined attempt by the Congress High Command to marginalise former chief minister and senior Congress leader Oommen Chandy. The wily politician that he...
Amit Shah claims Bengal’s Buddhist, Sikh, Christian refugees to get citizenship
Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah assured Hindu, Sikh, Christian and Buddhist refugees in West Bengal too will be granted citizenship under the proposed Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. The BJP chief was on a West Bengal trip to address rallies at different places. He accused the state government saying Trinamool...
BJP Bid To Wean Away Ajit Singh’s Rld
By Rahil Nora Chopra The BJP is believed to have offered Ajit Singh a governorship and the RLD a ministerial berth in the UP government. The ruling party is keen to wean away the influential Jat leader from the SP-BSP alliance, which is making the party restless. But the...
Punjab Move To Hand Over Hospitals To Private Sector Disastrous
By Dr Arun Mitra The Punjab government through a public notice given in the newspapers has invited expression of interest from private NGOs, doctors or others for providing services in the government hospitals and running of health institutions situated in difficult areas. This has drawn sharp reaction from...
Trump In Confrontation With Maduro In Venezuela
By C.J. Atkins The coordination between Trump administration officials in Washington and the Venezuelan opposition in Caracas couldn’t have been more obvious. On Tuesday evening, the night before mass protests called by opposition leader and National Assembly head Juan Guaidó were expected in Venezuela, Vice President Mike Pence...
Brahmos Aimed At Narendra Modi’s Head
By Aditya Aamir Congress Party’s ‘mistress-stroke’ to the BJP’s ‘masterstroke’, Priyanka Gandhi’s induction into the Congress did not need a surgical strike, she was already in the silo in Uttar Pradesh, waiting to be fired. Now they say she’s the Brahmastra in the Congress armoury. That the coordinates...
Davos Economic Forum This Year Is All About China
By Anjan Roy China is now in fashion in the global circuit. The Davos Man, as the elite and the glitterati of the world are referred to, is only chattering about China and what is happening there. Under Xi Jinping China had suddenly burst upon the world...
Brexit Provides An Opportunity For India
By Subrata Majumder At last, Brexit heads for reality on March 29, amidst big haggling for benefits over two years. A new dawn will break over UK’s sovereignty. It will prop up a new dynamism in India-UK economic relations. Emerging as a new single market, UK portends for...
Early Election Fever Grips Britain
By Ben Chako Labour’s relentless focus on forcing a general election to break the Brexit deadlock has been paying off. Revelations last week that nine government ministers had instructed their constituency associations to prepare for an early election — four of them naming February 28 as the day...
Modi Accuses Adversaries Of Whatever He Is Doing
By Arun Srivastava Prime Minister Narendra Modi shows no hesitation in using abusive language and making accusations against those who criticise him. His description of mahagathbandhan as a collective of the rich and corrupt people can be seen only as part of this strategy. In his eagerness...
Rs. 1 reached as 15 paise to masses yet Congress did nothing: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Bharatiya Janata Party has ended 85 percent of corruption in just four-and-a-half years while the Congress party had made no such effort even after ruling India for so long. Addressing NRIs and Indian-origin people in Varanasi during the inauguration of 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas...
CAG Questions Decision To Do Away With Revenue Deficit Target
By K R Sudhaman Comptroller and Auditor General has pulled up the government for doing away with revenue deficit targets from this financial year, which did not augur well for macro-economic stability and fiscal situation as it could lead to revenue expenditure like subsidies being met through debt....
Weekly Round-Up of Major Decisions of the Courts in India as also Legal Policy Developments
Notice issued on MHA notification on snooping computers – The Supreme Court issued notice in the petitions against the notification by the Ministry of Home Affairs’ order, which allows ten agencies to gather information stored on any computer. The Chief Justice though asked why no petition had been filed...
Maharashtra Govt Still Reluctant To Allow Dance Bars
By Amritananda Chakravorty The issue of the operation of dance bars in Maharashtra has been in the news again, wherein the Supreme Court struck down some of the conditions of license to run dance bars as arbitrary and violative of the fundamental freedom of trade guaranteed under Articles...
Strike Against Handing Over Defence Production To Ambanis And Adanis
By B. Sivaraman The labour arena in India has suddenly become a happening place. After a successful telecom strike by 2 lakh BSNL workers on 3 December 2018 and two successive bank strikes on 21 and 26 December 2018 involving a million bank employees, 4 lakh defence sector...
Bot, Troll And Moron On The Fence
By Sushil Kutty India’s electoral democracy is a spectacle. A political circus. What goes on under the big-top is quite literally a display worth the presentation: A visually striking performance, decibel-rich. Parade. Pageant, Extravaganza! Amidst all this, a five-year-long display of barely concealed hate spewed on Social Media....
Bengali refugees to be granted Indian citizenship: Amit Shah
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah said all the refugees in West Bengali will be considered a part of official Indian population and to be given citizenship with the passage of Citizenship Bill. The chief was addressing to the people in Malda on Tuesday and added upcoming Lok...
