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By Arun Srivastava Utter confusion grips British rulers and their political parties on whether the UK should quit the EU. Even after two years of the referendum piloted by David, which authorised the country to part company with the EU, the British leadership lacks clarity whether they took...
Maverick Or Selfish Giant: Enigma Of Mayawati Politics
By Amulya Ganguli Mayawati’s comment that she is not interested in a post-poll pact with her latest ally, Ajit Jogi, in Chhattisgarh is yet another example of her singularly self-centred brand of politics which has little place for political partners outside her immediate objectives. In Chhattisgarh, the...
Sabarimala Gender War Enters Another Phase
By Sushil Kutty The ‘Police Raj’ in Sabarimala is being questioned after a night of an unprecedented police-devotee confrontation at the Ayyappa Temple. The Kerala High court sought an answer from the Kerala government Monday morning, seeking to know the source of the order to control the Ayyappa...
MP Parties Promise The Moon, But Mum On Resources
By L.S. Herdenia BHOPAL: If all the promises made by Congress and BJP in their manifestoes for the upcoming MP Assembly polls were to be fulfilled the state government is destined to become bankrupt. Congress in its ‘Vachan Patra’ has promised the moon to the voters. If...
BJP, RSS To Intensify Sabarimala Agitation
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP have decided to up the ante on the Sabarimala issue. As part of a well-planned strategy, the saffron brigade has decided to intensify the agitation by hitting the streets. The Sangh...
Rafalequake To Hit Modi Government In December
By Nitya Chakraborty The Rafale Deal has finally torpedoed the four and half year old NDA government headed by Narendra Modi. After the last hearing on the PIL on Rafale Deal on November 14 and the close appraisal of the proceedings in the Court, the legal experts...
India’s GDP Growing, Jobs Shrinking
By Nantoo Banerjee It may sound rather odd that India’s high rate of economic growth has practically no net contribution to the country’s job market. The net domestic headcount of full-time employees may be actually shrinking though the economy is growing above seven percent. It is a paradox...
Policing The Ayyappa Devotee
By Sushil Kutty In the ‘app’ world that we live in, we’ve to part with personal info. In Ayyappa country, the police control the very thoughts and behaviour of the Ayyappa devotee. And, if the Ayyappa bhakta, who is used to chanting the Ayyappa name, is within...
Tory Government Has No Moral Right To Stay
By Ben Chacko Business chiefs’ attempt to shore up Theresa May’s fragile grip on power by speaking out in favour of her deal with Brussels should sharpen the left’s understanding of the class character of the dilemma facing the British Establishment. So too should the chorus of voices...
Merceneries Fighting A Losing Economic Battle
By K. Raveendran When one heard finance minister Arun Jaitley defending demonetisation, which even its originator has since disowned, one feels pity for him because he was merely doing a mercenary job as he had very little to do with the ill-fated decision. But when one finds S...
Assembly Polls A Dress Rehearsal For 2019
By Harihar Swarup Local issues have been dominating the poll rhetoric in the five poll-bound states, but the results will have major national implications for both the Congress and the BJP. Inability to win, at least, two major states by the Congress could seriously handicap its preparations...
RSS Men Dominate BJP Rebels In Madhya Pradesh
By L.S. Herdenia BHOPAL: Rebels are continuing to pose serious challenge to BJP as they have refused to withdraw nominations despite the efforts by the top national and state leaders of the party. According to estimates, more than 62 rebels are still in the field after the...
RCEP Paves The Way For China To Offset Trade Loss
By Subrata Majumder Never before has any trade block felt heat as RCEP warrants. Trade blocks are always created to reduce trade costs by removing tariff and reducing logistic costs. But in the case of RCEP the reverse seems to be true. High tariff imposed by Trump administration...
Chhattisgarh Election Results To Spring Surprises
By Gyan Pathak Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha election result is all set to spring up surprises, though most of the poll surveys have predicted that BJP will eventually emerge as the largest political party in the state but may not cross the half-way mark — 45 seats out of...
Trupti Becomes Terminal Desai In Kochi
By Aditya Aamir Rights activist Trupti Desai might as well be a hanger at the Kochi Nedumbaserry Airport. She’s been hanging there at the airport like a terminal patient in ‘recovery’ since Friday 4.45 am and cannot get out because the climate outside is not fair weather for...
State Repression Of Labour Activists On The Rise
By B. Sivaraman Under the BJP rule, labour issues are also increasingly becoming human rights issues. Is it conceivable that the Indian state in the 21st century could go back exactly a hundred years to usher an industrial relations scenario based on the principles of British Common Law...
Rafale Deal Had No Sovereign Guarantee From French Govt
By Nitya Chakraborty The cat is finally out of the bag. The French Government did not agree to give any sovereign guarantee to the Rafale deal and its offer of a Letter of Comfort(LoC) does not in any way help in meeting the obligations of the French...
Modi Govt Has No Option But To Cancel Rafale Deal
By Shameem Faizee Though much more will be revealed in the coming days about the dirty game that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the crony capitalist Anil Ambani have played in finalising the Rafale deal, whatever has come to light so far is enough to outright cancel...
