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Roving Periscope: Amid protests, Wickremesinghe takes oath as SL President

July 21, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Six-time former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was on Thursday sworn-in as Sri Lanka’s 8th Executive President, until November 2024, amid protests against his unprecedented “election” not by the people but by Parliament. The protesters opposed his presidency as a proxy of his predecessor, the ousted and fugitive Gotabaya Rajapaksa, whose […]

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Roving Periscope: Presidential poll on Wednesday; Sri Lanka on edge, India worried

July 19, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: A day before Sri Lanka’s mid-term presidential election scheduled for Wednesday amid political stalemate, main opposition leader Sajith Premadasa withdrew from the race on Tuesday in favor of a ruling party dissident, Dullas Alahapperuma, as India braced for uncertainty in its neighborhood. A worried New Delhi has called for an […]

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India-friendly ex-Japanese PM Shinzo Abe assassinated; New Delhi declares mourning on Saturday

July 8, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, 67, was assassinated on Friday during an election campaign in Nara city in western Japan. The ghastly incident occurred at about 11.30 AM (8.30 AM IST). The longest-serving, India-friendly former Japanese PM was shot at twice and collapsed on a street in Nara City […]

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Politics: Israel to face fresh polls in November, for the fifth time in four years

June 30, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: A week ahead of US President Joe Biden’s visit to Israel, political instability claimed yet another government in the Jewish nation which will go to fresh elections in November 2022, for the fifth time in less than four years. On Thursday, Knesset, the unicameral Israeli Parliament, voted to dissolve itself, […]

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Pakistan: Announce polls in 6 days, or I’ll return to Islamabad, Imran’s ultimatum

May 26, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: As Pakistan turned into a battleground amid massive military presence and continued its descent into a Sri Lanka-type economic collapse, ousted Prime Minister Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi on Thursday morning declared he will return to Islamabad if his successor Shehbaz Sharif’s coalition government failed to announce fresh parliamentary elections within […]

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Roving Periscope: If IMF doesn’t bail it out, Pak may go Sri Lanka’s way in June

May 25, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Come June, Pakistan may also join Sri Lanka as its economic crisis and political instability deepen, pushing the bankrupt and terror-infested South Asian country into the dustbin of failing states. Already, Pakistan is a global pariah, afflicted with soaring inflation, squabbles over surging fuel prices, and a deeply divided political […]

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Defence

Roving Periscope: US rejects Imran’s ‘conspiracy theory’ to oust him

April 9, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Concerned that Imran Khan might have ruptured America’s relationship with Pakistan and that China might increase its influence in Islamabad, the US late on Friday bluntly rejected the embattled PM’s allegations of a plot to overthrow his government. Khan has been reiterating his allegations for the last couple of weeks. […]

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Elections

UP Assembly Election Results: BJP crosses majority mark

March 10, 2022 Vinayak Barot

Kanpur: The latest party-wise trends available on the Election Commission’s website, BJP is ahead in 232 seats while the SP is leading in 99. Congress is currently leading in four assembly constituencies and BSP in six. It is a high-stakes election in UP for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Samajwadi Party (SP), Congress, and other […]

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Election Results: Counting of votes in five states begins

March 10, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The first trends from Uttar Pradesh have started trickling in and the BJP is leading in 107 seats, while the Samajwadi Party is leading in 38 seats. On the other hand, the BSP and the congress are leading in four seats each. The exit polls have predicted a clear victory for the Yogi Adityanath-led […]

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Election: BSP President Mayawati Attacks Akhilesh Yadav, say UP Rejected Samajwadi Party

February 23, 2022 Vinayak Barot

Kanpur: BSP president Mayawati attacked Akhilesh Yadav and his Samajwadi Party, she said, “people of UP have rejected SP even before voting as voting for SP means Gunda raj, mafia raj. Muslims are not happy with Samajwadi Party, won’t vote for Akhilesh Yadav’s party.” Mayawati made the remarks after casting her vote at a polling […]

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