Low-key Eid celebrations
in Darjeeling
Darjeeling (WB), June 26: The Darjeeling Hills today witnessed low-key Eid celebrations amidst the 12-hour window given to the Muslim community to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr on the twelfth day of the indefinite shutdown......
Read moreNot symbolic, Meira Kumar will
give a tough fight: Left leader
Hyderabad, Jun 26: A top Left leader today said that Meira Kumar would give a "tough fight" in the Presidential elections, and the Opposition parties would try to reach out to NDA allies to back their joint candidate......
Read moreGJM supporters march in
processions in strike-hit Darjeeling
Darjeeling (WB), June 25 : Supporters of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) marched in processions in the Darjeeling hills as the indefinite strike demanding a separate state of 'Gorkhaland' entered the eleventh day today.....
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COMMENT
Jaitley Wants to Bar Citizens from
Speaking about Civil Liberties
Prabir Purkayastha
In an open letter on the BJP website, Jaitley makes a strange argument: only those who protested against the Emergency have a right to speak about civil liberties in the country today. At one stroke, entire generations born after the Emergency -- the bulk of our country's population today – has been told to hold its tongue. .....
Read moreThe Economy
Under Modi
Prabhat Patnaik
The Modi government’s record in tacitly supporting the actions of a bunch of vigilante thugs who have been terrorizing the country, especially the Muslims and the dalits, in the guise of gaurakshaks, or opponents of love jihad, or “nationalists”, has been so outrageous that it has grabbed all the critical attention. In the p...
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