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BJP Trounces AAP in Delhi As Sharp Class Divisions Come to The Fore

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Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta

AAP Set Electoral Narrative in Delhi But Its Ideology-Free Politics Became Its Biggest Challenge

AAP Set Electoral Narrative in Delhi But Its Ideology-Free Politics Became Its Biggest Challenge
06.02.2025 2

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Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta

No More a Modi Sarkar: 2025 Budget, Like Last Year's, Bears Strong Imprint of Coalition Government

01.02.2025 8

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A Delhi Divided: The 2025 Polls Show the Rich Are Now Openly Contemptuous of the Poor

28.01.2025 20

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Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta

BJP Is Desperately Looking for a Winning Formula in Delhi

11.01.2025 20

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A Year of Political Twists and Turns: The Three Major Stories of 2024

We are back to that time of the year when we look back. Everything politically momentous that happened through the year – good, bad, and the ugly. ...

30.12.2024 5

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Amit Shah's Rajya Sabha Speech Didn't Just ‘Insult’ Ambedkar, It Also Peddled Lies About Him

New Delhi : Facing fire over his flippant remarks in parliament about Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and the resurgence of his anti-caste advocacy in...

19.12.2024 10

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Mallikarjun Kharge's Fact-Check of PM Modi’s Claims in Parliament – and Why It Was Necessary

The dust had barely begun to settle over the contestable remarks made by prime minister Narendra Modi during the parliamentary debate on India’s...

18.12.2024 10

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Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta

Modi Declares Intent to Enact UCC, Rahul Gandhi Draws ‘Constitution vs Manusmriti’ Parallel

New Delhi: Speaking during the parliament’s debate on the Indian constitution on Saturday (December 14), Prime Minister Narendra Modi mostly...

14.12.2024 2

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Why Adityanath Presents the Perfect Dilemma for the BJP

In 2017, soon after the Bharatiya Janata Party cruised to an unforeseen electoral victory in Uttar Pradesh, it had taken the party’s high command...

10.12.2024 6

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Modi Forgets that for Parliament to Function, There Has to Be Give and Take

In September, 2012, senior BJP leader and former union external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj gave a terse response to Manmohan Singh, Prime...

05.12.2024 10

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In Post-Election Maharashtra, Ajit Pawar Is the Leader to Watch

Amidst the political uncertainty over who the next chief minister of Maharashtra will be, the role of Ajit Pawar who is the legal claimant of the...

29.11.2024 20

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Jairam Mahato, Jharkhand’s New ‘Tiger’ on the Block

New Delhi: ‘Tiger’ is an honorary title that the people of Jharkhand have awarded to politicians of different hues over the years. In a state with...

27.11.2024 3

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Widen Your Reach but Narrow Your Ideology: Two Takeaways of the Maharashtra and Jharkhand Results

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti’s landslide win in Maharashtra and INDIA bloc’s comprehensive victory in Jharkhand have yet...

23.11.2024 3

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BJP's Blatant MCC Violations Ahead of Polls Show That Merely Serving Notices Won't Be Enough

20.11.2024 2

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Jharkhand's Poll Outcome Hinges on Two Variables – the Congress and Jairam Mahato

19.11.2024 3

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Jharkhand’s Political Map: Lines Sharply Drawn Between Urban Pockets and Rural Areas

Ranchi/Ramgarh/Hazaribagh/Giridih : Ramdeo Vishwabandhu, a former journalist-turned social activist in Giridih, a district headquarter in the north...

15.11.2024 2

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Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta

Rahul Gandhi Wants Corporate India to Count the Cost of Modi’s Crony Capitalism

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s recent article equating oligarchies with the British East India Company has sparked off a debate that seemed...

13.11.2024 2

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As Jharkhand Gears Up For Polls, the Battlelines in the Sand are Clear

Ranchi : In the verdant jungles outlining Lohardaga, a small mining town in the south Chotanagpur region of Jharkhand, a 56-year-old BSNL employee...

11.11.2024 2

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As BJP Regains Reputation as Election-Managing Machine, Congress Could Learn a Lesson on Sharing Power

The electoral contests in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir turned out to be bipolar, as expected. But the success of forecasts ends there, as the...

08.10.2024 2

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BJP-Congress Contest in Haryana Centres Around Jat Dominance

The electoral canvassing over the last two months in Haryana, marked as much by big promises as internal rebellions, has clearly indicated that the...

04.10.2024 3

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How Arvind Kejriwal Turned the Tables on Modi and the BJP

Despite incessant attacks and two arrests that practically put him out of action, Arvind Kejriwal has stumped the Bharatiya Janata Party once...

19.09.2024 5

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A Fighter and a Thinker, Sitaram Yechury Leaves Behind a Towering Legacy

Sometime in August 2003, Sitaram Yechury, then a senior leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), was invited by his party’s student’s...

12.09.2024 10

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Modi’s ‘Several Singapores’ Vision for India Is at Odds With His Politics of Hate

New Delhi : In his recent visit to Singapore, Prime Minister Narendra Modi proclaimed in front of an official delegation that India hoped to create...

09.09.2024 2

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Akhilesh Yadav Has Come of Age as a National Leader and Modi is Feeling the Heat

Even as Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi has hogged most of the limelight in the ongoing monsoon session of parliament by making a...

03.08.2024 10

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Modi’s ‘Policy Paralysis’ Budget Turns The Screws on Middle Class Taxpayers, Rich Get a Free Run

New Delhi: The much-awaited Union budget of 2024-25 turned out to be a dampener for the tax-paying citizens of India, even as the apparent welfare...

23.07.2024 2

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