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Politics: Why Farooq Abdullah cannot imitate Indira?

October 13, 2020 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In October 1977, dislodged Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s short-sighted arrest was viewed as the Janata Party Government’s first major political blunder. When she provoked the then Union Home Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh, the stubborn Jaat leader decided to teach her a lesson. Despite Prime Minister Morarji Desai cautioning him against such […]

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Economy: To spur demand, Centre offers cash vouchers, festival advance

October 12, 2020 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With the coronavirus pandemic showing signs of a rollback, India’s economy is expected to get a fillip in the next sixth months in a V-shaped recovery mode, beginning November, and fiscal 2020-21 may not exactly turn out as bad it many thought it could. One of the key reasons for a […]

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Temple Priest Burnt Alive in Rajasthan Village, Two Arrested

October 9, 2020 Editor In Chief

JAIPUR, Oct 9: The priest of a village temple who was allegedly set afire by five persons following disputes over land encroachment in Rajasthan’s Karauli district, died in hospital. The police said two persons including the main accused had been arrested and search was on to nab other culprits. Claiming that the accused wanted to […]

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Ram Vilas Paswan Dead: Likely to Impact Outcome of Bihar Elections

October 9, 2020 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Oct 9: Already battling against the anti-incumbency factor, the death of the union minister for consumer affairs, food and public distribution Ram Vilas Paswan is likely to put the Bihar ruling party JD(U) in a tighter position in the elections to the state Assembly beginning later this month. Paswan, the 74-year […]

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Pakistan on edge: FIR against PoK’s ‘PM’ Farooq Haider Khan

October 8, 2020 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid intense speculations that India could reclaim Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Islamabad plotting to annex PoK soon, the Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi’s government has lodged an FIR against the “Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK)”, Farooq Haider Khan, charging him with “conspiring” against the country. According to media reports, Farooq […]

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Shaheen Bagh: SC against indefinite occupation of public places for protests

October 7, 2020 virendra pandit

New Delhi: The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, said that public places cannot be allowed to be occupied indefinitely by protesters, who could be allowed only in designated areas. The observation came in relation to Shaheen Bagh in the national capital which was occupied for several weeks by those who protested against the implementation of the […]

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China@UN: 39 nations pillory Dragon on Covid-19, Xinjiang, Tibet, HK

October 7, 2020 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Increasingly isolated globally on various counts, dozens of countries, including the West, pilloried authoritarian China at the United Nations on Tuesday, criticized Beijing on different issues including its dubious role in the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, and brutal suppression of human rights in Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong. In particular, […]

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BJP’s Dilemma: Support “Conspiracy Theory” in UP, Oppose it in Maharashtra

October 6, 2020 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Oct 6: The BJP is in a quandary. While in Uttar Pradesh the party is in support of the charge of “conspiracy by vested interests” and the opposition parties trying to defame the state government and the UP police in the Hathras dalit gang-rape case, it is opposed to a similar […]

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Global Indians: Why POTUS Trump is ‘confident’ of a second term?

October 6, 2020 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit Many Indians, including the three million Indian-Americans, find it rather difficult to understand the nitty-gritty of the US Presidential election, which is very different from the General Elections in India. Being generally highly-educated, prosperous, and professionally successful, the Indian-Americans have emerged as one of the most influential people in the USA. Some even […]

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UP Government’s Come Down in Hathras, Media, Rahul, Priyanka Allowed to Meet Victim’s Family

October 3, 2020 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Oct 3: With the behavior of the Hathras police with the family of the dalit rape victim evoking nation-wide condemnation almost of the level of Nirbhaya rape and murder, the Uttar Pradesh government demonstrated a marked come down on Saturday permitting the media to enter the village and talk to the […]