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Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta

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Modi's Claims on Oppn Giving Quotas to Muslims are Baseless, But Have Spotlit Muslim Backwardness

New Delhi: Only two weeks ago in Rajasthan’s Banswara, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while attacking the Congress, referred to Muslim Indians as...

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Surat Model? SUCI Candidate in Indore Says Pressured, Coerced and Pushed by BJP to Not Contest 

New Delhi: Events in Surat, and then in Indore, while not identical, have played out with similar consequences, resulting in Opposition candidates...

02.05.2024 20

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On Labour Day, Know the Political Parties’ Stance on Workers’ Rights in the Midst of Elections

New Delhi: Several trade unions and civil society organisations are commemorating the Labour Day on May 1 at a time when the 2024 Lok Sabha polls are...

01.05.2024 10

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'Congress Will Snatch Your Wealth, Give It to Muslims', BJP Warns Hindus in Campaign Video

New Delhi: If Prime Minister Narendra Modi had not made it amply clear in Banswara a few days ago that religious polarisation is his primary...

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Why BJP's Charge of 'Lost Years' Against Naveen Patnaik's 25-Year Rule Is Misleading

New Delhi: Launching his poll campaign in Odisha on April 25, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union home minister Amit Shah termed chief...

29.04.2024 10

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Dwindling Voter Turnout Shows Discontent and Political Apathy in 2nd Phase of Lok Sabha Polls

New Delhi: The slump in the voter’s turnout continued even in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections, in which 88 constituencies across 13...

27.04.2024 10

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Real Target of Modi’s Banswara Speech Was Idea of Equitable Distribution of Wealth

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rabidly Islamophobic remarks in recent election speeches betrays a degree of nervousness in the Bharatiya Janata...

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Modi Behaving Like ‘Petty Panchayat Pradhan’: K'taka Minister Krishna Byre Gowda

New Delhi: A little over a year since the Congress wrested power from the BJP in Karnataka, often considered to be the saffron party’s gateway to...

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All Eyes on Election Commission as Modi Gives His Most Communal Speech in 30 Years

New Delhi: The more one is led to believe that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has grown out of his divisive rhetoric over time, the more one is made...

22.04.2024 20

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Diverse Issues, Local Concerns and Fatigue with Modi Govt Dominate Discourse as India Votes 

New Delhi: As much as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would like to stage its ‘victory’ in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls as predestined, with...

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Modi's Viksit Bharat May Not Cut it in the Elections So the BJP turns to Polarisation Again

This piece was first published on  The India Cable  – a premium newsletter from The Wire & Galileo Ideas – and has been republished here. To...

14.03.2024 10

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If Congress is ‘Anti-Hindu’, Are Shankaracharyas Also ‘Anti-Hindu’? 

New Delhi: Ever since the Congress has declined its invitation to attend the inauguration ceremony of the Ram Janmabhoomi temple, the ruling Bharatiya...

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Modi Govt's Priority: An MP's Mimicry, Caste Politics, Not Parliament Security Breach

New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government has had a complicated relationship with humour. The Bharatiya Janata Party’s concerted attack on Trinamool...

22.12.2023 8

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What Yellow Smoke Signals Tell Us About the ‘Mother of Democracy’

New Delhi: The surprising storming of Lok Sabha with gas canisters by six angry, irreverent young persons on December 13, 2023 has no doubt exposed...

14.12.2023 20

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Mallikarjun Kharge Is the Man the Moment Needs

The results of the recent assembly elections in five states should serve as a clarion call for the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance...

12.12.2023 10

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For INDIA to Work, the Congress Must Take a Step Back

The Congress’s sole focus on the assembly elections in five states has visibly caused a stir among the constituents of the recently-formed Indian...

29.11.2023 10

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For INDIA to Work, the Congress Must Take a Step Back

The Congress’s sole focus on the assembly elections in five states has visibly caused a stir among the constituents of the recently-formed Indian...

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This Is the Biggest Crackdown on the Indian Press by the Indian State

October 3, 2023 will go down in history for the biggest crackdown on Indian journalism by the Indian state. Homes of 46 journalists, including nine...

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