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Bihar: NDA's Parivarvaad in Tough Battle to Retain all 4 LS Seats in First Phase of Polls

Contrary to PM Modis repeated attack against parivarvaad, the ruling NDA is pinning hopes on dynasty politics in the first of the seven-phase polls in the state.

19 Apr 2024 2:29 pm
Odisha: CM Patnaik Likely to Represent Huge Migrant Labour Force in Kantabaji as MLA

Mired in poverty and forced migration, the people of the area are pinning hopes on the BJD leader.

19 Apr 2024 1:44 pm
Odisha: CM Patnaik Likely to Represent Huge Migrant Labour Force in Kantabanji as MLA

Mired in poverty and forced migration, the people of the area are pinning hopes on the BJD leader.

19 Apr 2024 1:44 pm
Absent in Elections 2024: Dalits and the Historic Battle For Land

Caste, big capital, entrenched political influence continues to determine access to to land. Violence is the means to quell Indias Dalit communities as they struggle to reclaim land that is tilled by them.

19 Apr 2024 12:11 pm
Croatian Democratic Union Secures Most Mandates in Parliamentary Elections

The Croatian Democratic Union secured the most mandates in the parliamentary elections on April 17, outpacing center and green options. The results of the election suggest a likely shift to the right.

19 Apr 2024 11:59 am
Exploring Some Ideas From Article 32: History and Future

A musing on some of the ideas and questions emanating from the programme on Article 32 organised by The Leaflet and the Society for Constitution and Social Democracy.

19 Apr 2024 11:46 am
BJP Seeks Votes in Name of Religion; Opposition Sticks to Issues

In this episode of India ki Baat, three journalists discuss the BJPs use of the religion card to win votes, in violation of the poll code.

18 Apr 2024 11:45 pm
Elections 2024: Battle for Future of India Begins

The first phase of polling being held today encapsulates all the challenges facing contending forces.

18 Apr 2024 11:37 pm
TN: Its DMK Vs AIADMK for 39 LS Seats Tomorrow, Despite BJPs Push for Acceptance

As many as 6.23 crore voters will exercise their franchise on April 19, the first of the seven phase general elections, to decide the fate of 950 candidates in the fray.

18 Apr 2024 4:17 pm
A Day Before Polling, SC Asks EC to Look Into Mock Poll Showing Extra VVPAT Slips in Favour of BJP

The top court is hearing petitions, including by ADR, raising concerns over EVMs and demanding 100% verification of VVPAT slips.

18 Apr 2024 3:09 pm
Israel Grapples With its Suez Moment

Israeli decision makers are hard-headed realists who know that taking on Iran on own steam is way beyond their countrys capability.

18 Apr 2024 2:33 pm
Space for Civil Society Groups, Fundamental Freedoms Shrank Further in Modis Second Term: Report

The CIVICUS Monitor, an online platform that tracks threats to civil society in countries across the globe, rates civic space the space for civil society in India as Repressed.

18 Apr 2024 12:46 pm
Hundreds of Students Occupy Columbia University in Solidarity with Gaza

Students stage an occupation the same day as Columbias President appears before congress in so-called antisemitism hearing.

18 Apr 2024 12:27 pm
Rakhigarhi: NCERTs New Chapter Flies in Face of History & Science

Another Hindutva myth is being pushed through a new addition in a chapter titled Bricks, Beads, and Bones The Harappan Civilisation in the Class 12 History textbook.

18 Apr 2024 12:16 pm
Madhya Pradesh: Coarse Grain Scheme Remains on Paper

The 80% seed subsidy promised under the Madhya Pradesh Millet Mission has not taken off, pushing farmers into the vicious cycle of high seed cost, poor grain pricing and perennial debt.

17 Apr 2024 2:30 pm
Maharashtra: Unseasonal Rains, Hail Ruin Acres of Crops in Vidharba, Marathwada

After months of acute drought, unseasonal rains and hailstorms have wreaked havoc with crops in Vidharba and Marathwada.

17 Apr 2024 2:19 pm
Google Employees Lead Sit-ins Protesting Companys Complicity in Genocide

Tech workers are joining the Palestine solidarity movement in leading coast-to-coast sit ins at Google offices across the country.

17 Apr 2024 2:12 pm
Yechury Files Complaint Against PM Modis Speeches Using Religion for Votes

Submitting links of Modis speeches, the CPI(M) general secretary pointed out that these grossly violated Clause 1 and 3 of the poll panels own MCC.

17 Apr 2024 1:17 pm
PMs Interview to ANI Prima Facie Violates Model Code: Sarma, Chhokar Write to EC

Poll panel urged to take action on references to Ram Temple, terming unconstitutional electoral bonds as transparent, as also the ruling party taking advantage of its sway over media to gain an undue advantage vis-a-vis other political parties.

17 Apr 2024 11:41 am
Homes of Labourers Bulldozed. No One is Listening!

While investigating these promises, we found that the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party), which is currently in power at the Centre, had promised the people of Delhi 'Houses to Replace Slums'

16 Apr 2024 5:38 pm
Why do BJP Leaders Want to Change the Constitution?

Abhisar Sharma questions ECs silence on several BJP leaders talking of changing the Constitution, as well as party candidate Nirahua's unrestrained remark on Modi-Yogi and population growth.

16 Apr 2024 5:32 pm
Bihar: Demand for Special Category Status Missing in Ruling NDAs Poll Campaign

While the Opposition RJD is raising the issue in every public meeting, Nitish Kumar, who raised the demand vociferously for years, is curiously silent this time. So is PM Modi.

16 Apr 2024 4:10 pm
Odisha: BJD Seems to Have an Edge in Tribal-Dominated Kandhamal so Far

The district, wounded by the 2008 communal violence, is now listed as an aspirational one, which to a large extent is being credited to the work done by the BJD MP seeking re-election.

16 Apr 2024 2:56 pm
Bengal: Potato Farmers in Debt Soup While Middlemen Strike it Rich

TMC governments apathy, weather vagaries and low prices are pushing potato farmers to completely rely on moneylenders and middlemen.

16 Apr 2024 12:57 pm
Maharashtra: CJP Releases Handbook, Urges SEC Advisory Before Ram Navami

Ensure a communal violence and hate free and fair election 2024, CJP approaches the Maharashtra State Election Commission (SEC).

16 Apr 2024 12:13 pm
Maharashtra: CJP Releases Handbook, Urges SEC Advisory to all District Authorities Before Ram Navami

Ensure a communal violence and hate free and fair election 2024, CJP approaches the Maharashtra State Election Commission (SEC).

16 Apr 2024 12:13 pm
Irans Attacks Against Israel Has the West Scrambling For a Narrative

The West jumps through rhetorical hoops to defend Israel and condemn Iran after Iranians respond to attack on diplomatic premises in Syria.

16 Apr 2024 12:05 pm
Rajbanshis of North Bengal: Where They Stand Today on Identity, Basic Issues

Through the years, the community seems to have been taken for a ride by hollow promises made by both BJP and TMC.

16 Apr 2024 11:54 am
Is BJP in Panic After Priyankas Frontal Attack on Modi & Agniveer!

In this episode of NewsChakra, senior journalist Abhisar Sharma speaks on how BJP seems rattled by Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi speech in Rajasthan

15 Apr 2024 6:15 pm
Make or Break: How Language Decides Learning Outcomes Among Gujjar Bakarwals of Kashmir

Pre-primary and primary school students do not understand what they are being taught as most of the schools do not have teachers who speak their mother tongue Gojri, which in turn increases dropout rates.

15 Apr 2024 2:23 pm
Quell Rising Public Suspicion Over Level-Playing Field, Former Civil Servants Write to ECI

The Election Commission has failed to enforce its writ on repeat offenders of the Model Code of Conduct, including the PM, says the letter.

15 Apr 2024 1:13 pm
'Scrap Great Nicobar Project, it Disregards Indigenous Community Rights'

Environmentalists, anthropologists, scholars write to NCST and Tribal Affairs Ministry challenging ANIIDCOs 15-point submission.

15 Apr 2024 12:28 pm
US Diplomacy Gains Traction in West Asia

Credit must be given to Tehran for reading the tea leaves early enough, as incipient differences began cropping up between Washington and Tel Aviv.

15 Apr 2024 12:07 pm
In Memory of Walid Daqqah

Basil Farraj writes about the life and struggle of Walid Daqqah who spent 38 years in occupation prisons and died from intentional medical neglect by Israeli prison authorities.

15 Apr 2024 11:55 am
Heed Ambedkars Fears on Erosion of ECI's Credibility

The CSDS-Lokniti Surveys worrying findings that 58% respondents dont trust ECI, doesnt bode well for the Constitution and democracy.

14 Apr 2024 2:12 pm
The Reichstag Fire & Prof Shoma Sen

Theres a striking contrast between German judiciary stance during Hitlers time and Indian judiciarys on the executives trampling upon the Constitution.

14 Apr 2024 8:00 am
Odisha: All Eyes on Battle Royale in Sambalpur Between BJP, BJD Trusted Lieutenants

In Balasore, BJD seems to be on the back-foot because of its choice to field a BJP turncoat, Lekhasree Samantsinghar, who is pitted against BJP heavyweight Pratap Sarangi.

13 Apr 2024 7:10 pm
Bihar: Mahagathbandhan Focuses on Issues to counter Non-Issues Raised by Modi-led NDA

Tejashwi Yadav is talking about unemployment, price rise etc, while Modi and other BJP star campaigners are talking about eating fish during Navratri and mutton during Sawan.

13 Apr 2024 6:36 pm
10 Years of Modi: Why Are Farmers Angry Like Never Before?

Promises made to annadatas in BJP election manifestos doubling farmers incomes, pension to small, marginal farmers, MSP etclie broken.

13 Apr 2024 1:34 pm
German Police Shut Down Pro-Palestine Conference

Police conducted arrests of attendees, while German authorities prevented conference guest and Gazan doctor Ghassan Abu Sitta from even entering the country.

13 Apr 2024 12:27 pm
Decline of Extreme Poverty in Past Two Centuries

Some ideologies, such as socialism, were the most effective in fighting extreme poverty.

13 Apr 2024 12:22 pm
A Ghost in the Machine? EVMs, Democracy Deficit & its Constitutionality

There is a misconception that Electronic Voting Machines have received an unqualified thumbs-up from the Supreme Court. Many serious problems persist and continue to cast a long shadow on Indias electoral democracy.

13 Apr 2024 11:51 am
BJP Mounts Attack on Kejriwal, Rahul, Tejashwi, Crosses All Limits

In this episode of India Ki Baat, senior journalists Abhisar Sharma, Bhasha Singh and Mukul Saral talk about the country and Delhi.

12 Apr 2024 8:07 pm
Maharashtra: Prominent Citizens Appeal for Vote to MVA to Restore the States Reputation Sullied by BJP

This regime of 3 power hungry opportunists symbolises the utter debasement of politics and is a source of embarrassment for the people of Maharashtra, said the public appeal.

12 Apr 2024 2:34 pm
Gujarat: Unconventional Sewage Treatment Plant Holds Promise for Farmers of Padra

The decentralised multi-stage reactor developed by a university professor and his students take away the burden of irrigation from farmers as they get treated water at their farms.

11 Apr 2024 2:25 pm
Apple Warns iPhone Users in 92 Countries, Including India, of Mercenary Spyware Attacks

Though Apple did not disclose the attackers identities, the malware could be the type associated with Israeli NSOs Pegasus that was earlier found to have infected several users in India.

11 Apr 2024 1:33 pm
Why Has SC Stayed Allahabad HC Verdict Striking Down Madarsa Act?

A detailed analysis of why the Supreme Court has stayed the Allahabad High Court judgment striking down the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004.

11 Apr 2024 12:32 pm
Israel Announces Arrival of 6,000 Construction Workers From India During April-May 2024

In India, construction workers bodies have condemned the Indian governments move to to put the lives of construction workers of at risk by sending them to Israel and make them indirect partners in its genocidal attacks on Palestinians.

11 Apr 2024 12:21 pm
Odisha: Mixed Bag of Fortunes for BJD and BJP as Rebellion May Play Spoilsport

Both the parties face hurdles within for fielding turncoats as candidates in several key Lok Sabha and Assembly seats.

10 Apr 2024 8:13 pm
Decoding Modis Statement on Muslim League Imprint on Congress Manifesto

Apart from Bengal, Hindu Mahasabha also joined the Muslim League to form coalition governments in the Sind and North-West Frontier Province.

10 Apr 2024 5:17 pm