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By Sushil Kutty People living outside Uttar Pradesh did not know that Jayaprakash Narayan, who countered Indira Gandhi’s authoritarian streak with mass appeal, has a place in Lucknow to remember him by – the Jayaprakash Narayan International Centre (JPNIC). But it remains an incomplete monument and certain shades of...
Andhra CM Naidu Follows Rahul Gandhi’s Suit, Bats For Caste Census
By Rahil Nora Chopra The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, is advocating for a nationwide caste census to address the exclusion of approximately 90 per cent of the population from the system. He argues that this census is essential for effective policymaking, as it will...
Just Not Congress, Other India Partners Also Have To Take Lessons From Haryana Results
By Arun Srivastava Constituents of INDIA bloc flexing muscles after Congress’ Haryana defeat and blaming it for the audacity to contest solo, has not come as a surprise. Indian politicians, irrespective of their party affiliations, are known for resorting to this practice to prove their indispensability and reiterate the...
Split In Bolivia’s Ruling Socialist Movement Enthuses Right Wingers In Latin America
By W. T. Whitney Jr. NEW YORK: Beginning on September 17, marchers proceeded north for 118 miles from Caracollo in Oruro department to La Paz, Bolivia’s capital city, arriving there on September . 24. Numbering from 5,000 to 15,000 – estimates vary – they were supporting former President Evo...
Results of Two Assembly Polls Underline Need For Consistent Fight By INDIA Bloc Against BJP
By P. Sudhir The results of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections are of great significance. The victory of the National Conference-led alliance, winning 49 of the 90 seats, is a strong verdict against the Modi government and the BJP’s authoritarian steps to dismantle the state of J&K and...
Its Shocking, 10 Per Cent Children Aged 6-10 Are Out Of School In India
By Dr. Gyan Pathak It may be shocking to know that about 10 per cent of children in India aged 6-10 are out of schools, and out of pocket health expenditure of Indian rural households are just unaffordable to them since they need to spend Rs 4,129 yearly on...
Rahul Gandhi Has To Take Right Lessons From Haryana Poll Debacle
By Sushil Kutty The swing goes high in the air, and then scrapes bottom. That’s the Congress! Rahul Gandhi should step out of his bungalow and take a reckoning. The Congress isn’t in the best of sorts in any of the directions, East, West, North, South. The Congress lost...
Assembly Results Show That The Congress Needs Allies To Win In Elections
By Arun Srivastava After significant success in 2024 Lok Sabha elections, both the Congress and the Party leader Rahul Gandhi have been defeated in Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir, results of the polls of which were announced on October 8.. Congress could manage to win only six seats in...
RSS Is Working On Its Goal Of Hindu Rashtra Through The Working Of Modi Govt
By Krishna Jha When Mohan Bhagwat said early this month that the primary aim of RSS in its centenary year 2025 would be to build a disciplined and strong Hindu society, he was merely echoing an idea which has long reverberated through the communal rhetoric of the Hindu right....
Congress In Backfoot In Uttar Pradesh After Its Setback In Haryana Polls
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: The manner in which Samajwadi Party announced six candidates for Uttar Pradesh Assembly by-elections speaks for the confidence of former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. Since the announcement of these six candidates was unilaterally done by Samajwadi Party the day after the Haryana polls results were...
Even At 82, Superstar Amitabh Bachchan Is A Big Craze In Indian Film Industry
By Tirthankar Mitra Amitabh Bachchan who is still a craze even after his 55 years journey in Hindi film industry will be step to 82 on October 11. Tall, dark and sans the conventional good looks of some of his predecessors and contemporaries hailing from the wheat fields of...
Netanyahu’s ‘Greater Israel’ Ambition Is Getting Support From Western Powers
By Claudia Webbe LONDON: Israel’s invasion of Lebanon, a sovereign state, following a series of terror attacks and intensive bombing of civilian areas, is part of a long history of colonial aggression that dates back not just to the invasions of the later 20th century, but more than 100...
From Lithium To Armaments, Quebec Becomes Western Imperial Outpost
By Jad Kabbanji MONTREAL: NATO brings together the majority of European countries, as well as Canada and the United States. Although Quebec, as a Canadian province, does not have its own army and is not directly involved in the conflicts fomented by this organization, its role in the military...
Haryana Win Invigourates Narendra Modi’s Sagging Post Parliamentary Poll Morale
By K Raveendran It was vintage Modi on Tuesday night all the way. The prime minister’s victory speech after the BJP success in Haryana sounded as if he had won a convincing national election. And he said everything he had apparently planned to say after the 2024 Lok Sabha...
Tremors From Congress Setback In Haryana May Impact Maharashtra
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The political tremors emanating from Congress setback in Haryana assembly polls , was immediately felt in Maharashtra, since its current Vidhan Sabha is to expire on November 26, 2024, election for which is likely to be announced by the Election Commission of India anytime soon....
Hindu Consolidation And RSS Campaign Contributed To BJP’s Win In Haryana Polls
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...
