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The Election Commission has failed to act against Bharatiya Janata Party leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for inciting hatred against Muslims despite several complaints, Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury said in a letter to the poll panel on Sunday.Yechury, in a letter addressed to ...

Looking back it is no secret that from the outset, the Indian nuclear programme was one based on the hope that its demonstration of its capabilities in relation to nuclear technology would deter its adversaries. India took the high ground on advocating universal nuclear disarmament, something that the Nuclear ...

Accusing the BJP of exploiting the citizenship issue for political gains, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said if people are not the citizens of the country, then could they avail the benefits of government schemes and possess Aadhaar and PAN cards. “As for citizenship, remember that ...

Dhupguri in Jalpaiguri district is all set to vote Tuesday to elect its new MLA, and the triangular contest will be a litmus test for all the three major parties – the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC), the BJP, and the CPI(M), backed by the Congress.The seat, won by BJP’s ...

Bypoll to the Dhupguri Assembly seat in north Bengal will be held on September 5, 2023. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), with the support of the Congress party in West Bengal, has not only decided to put up a candidate against the Trinamool ...

The National Conference (NC) and CPI(M) on Monday criticised the Jammu and Kashmir administration’s decision to drop the title Sher (lion) from the Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC), now referred to as KICC, in Srinagar. Referring to the Lieutenant-Governor’s administration, NC spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar said this airdropped government’s unwavering ...

Senior CPI(M) leader M.Y. Tarigami addressing a press conference in Srinagar. File | Photo Credit: Nissar Ahmad Senior CPI(M) leader M. Y. Tarigami on Friday criticised Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks on the Kashmir situation and said Panchayat Raj institutions could not be a substitute to the State Assembly.“The Home ...

Says Admin Taking Decisions Without Consulting Even 30,000 Elected Public Representatives Jammu: National Conference, People’s Democratic Party and CPI(M) on Wednesday staged separate protests here against the imposition of property tax and demanded immediate roll back of the decision.Members of the National Conference (NC) led by their provincial president ...

Srinagar:The Jammu and Kashmir administration has stripped the valley’s premier tertiary care health institute ‘Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Science (SKIMS)’ of its autonomous status, triggering criticism from political parties. “The administration of SKIMS has been assigned to Health and Medical Education Department,” read a letter to the director of ...

The Supreme Court of India. | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA J&K parties, including the National Conference (NC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Monday expressed unhappiness over the Supreme Court’s (SC) decision to dismiss a petition challenging the constitution of the J&K Delimitation Commission and its recent exercise ...