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Kamal Nath Acts Against RSS Instititions
By LS Herdenia BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath has made it clear that he is determined to demolish all such institutions, which were set up by the previous BJP government to serve its political objectives. He also gave a categorical message to the administrative heads of divisions...
AIKS Protests Against Modi Govt’s Anti-Farmer Policies
By Gurnam Kanwar CHANDIGARH: At the call of the national council of All India Kisan Sabha, the Punjab unit ofthis militant organisation of the working peasantry and rural masses, organized protest actionsagainst the anti-peasant, antirural worker and anti-people budget of the Modi governmentwhich though camouflaging the budget in electoral...
India Has The Momentum Going Forward
By Sushil Kutty Post-announcement of release of captured Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman by Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, Pakistani media is talking of Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi “speaking in riddles”, which apparently has left them puzzled, not quite understanding that riddles are by definition supposed to leave...
National Unity Is The Need Of The Hour
By Shameem faizee Cross-border terrorism has been lingering threat to India’s development. No doubt our experience all these years establishes beyond doubt that force cannot bring an end to terrorism. Nor mere dialogue which often falls on deaf ears will effectively curb terrorism. Restrained use of force coupled with...
Far-Right Forces Are Making Inroads Globally
By David Rosenberg Last summer, Britain’s seemingly disparate far-right forces took anti-racist and anti-fascist campaigners by surprise when they filled Whitehall with 15,000 people. They were there to support Tommy Robinson, a leader in the racist anti-Muslim movement who was at the time temporarily held in prison on a...
Manmohan Singh To Retire From Rajya Sabha In June Next
By Rahil Nora Chopra Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is going to retire from Rajya Sabha on June 14 this year and at the same time another Congress Rajya Sabha MP Santiuse Kujur is going to retire also from Rajya Sabha. They both were elected from Assam and with...
Rising Influence Of Casteist Organisations In Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A disturbing feature of Kerala politics – and it is a matter of grave concern for all who set great store by clean politics – is the growing influence of caste-based and community organizations. The phenomenon has acquired added traction with the crucial Lok Sabha...
Modi Must Convene Now Meeting Of All Political Parties
By Sushil Kutty “India has made its point, now back down; it’s time for diplomacy” is the rhetoric in Pakistan after Wednesday’s capture of an IAF pilot. Pakistan wants to end it all with Pakistan one up! India, of course, is not ready to do so, especially not after...
Akhilesh Facing Multiple Challenges For His Alliance
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party national President and former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav is facing multi-corner challenges eversince he entered into alliance with BSP. The biggest problem is his own father Mulayam Singh Yadav who is founder of the party and is unhappy with the manner his son...
Modi’s Yorker Rattles Pakistan
By Sushil Kutty India’s promised response to Pulwama was at whatever speeds Mirage and Sukhoi fighter jets achieved early Tuesday morning and like a twin, Pakistan has sworn to return the compliment ASAP at a “time and place of its choosing”, a choice of words borrowed from the Indian...
Ghost Of Rafale Deal Still Haunting Narendra Modi
By Nitya Chakraboty Amidst the countrywide euphoria over the successful air strikes on terror camps in Pakistan, the Supreme Court has opened a Pandora’s Box by agreeing to hold an open hearing on the review petitions calling for the recall of the verdict given by the apex court on...
Pulwama Is An Election Issue, Nothing More
By Sushil Kutty Rest assured one of these days we’ll wake up and be told the Indian Army has exacted revenge from Pakistan for Pulwama. This Modi regime, which is on its last legs, will by then have also extracted the last drop of electoral advantage out of Pulwama....
Supreme Court Order On Forest Dwellers Eviction Is Unethical
By Amritananda Chakravorty In one of the most regressive and anti-tribal actions, the Supreme Court has dealt a huge blow to the letter and spirit of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (‘Forest Rights Act’). On 13th February, 2019, the Supreme...
Trade Unions Must Take Lessons From Assam Hooch Tragedy
By B. Sivaraman It was a heart-rending tragedy. When the news last came in, 145 poor tea garden labourers in Assam had lost their lives on 24 February 2019 and another 200 were struggling for their lives in the hospital—around 30 of them in a serious condition. A tragedy...
Post-Pulwama, There’s Need To Check Hypernationalism
By Amulya Ganguli The Prime Minister’s call for ending the targeting of Kashmiris living in other part of the country in the wake of the Pulwama outrage has come not a moment too soon. The young Shiv Sena leader, Aditya Thackeray, has also done well to sack those party...
Modi’s Yorker Rattles Pakistan
By Sushil Kutty India’s promised response to Pulwama was at whatever speeds Mirage and Sukhoi fighter jets achieved early Tuesday morning and like a twin, Pakistan has sworn to return the compliment ASAP at a “time and place of its choosing”, a choice of words borrowed from the Indian...
Can Delhi benefit from cm Kerjiwal’s Hunger Strike?
By Kalyani Shankar Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is back at his old game of street- level confrontation with the Union Government as part of his political strategy. This time he is going on an indefinite fast from March 1 to get full statehood for Delhi. Can he achieve...
