Opposition parties demand CAA
withdrawal, stoppage of NPR
New Delhi, Jan 13 : Opposition parties, led by the Congress, demanded on Monday that the amended Citizenship Act should be withdrawn and the process of NPR immediately stopped, asserting that it was all part of an "unconstitutional package" that targeted poor people, SC/STs and minorities....
Read moreRetail inflation rose to over 5-yr high of 7.35
pc in Dec, surpasses RBI's comfort level
New Delhi, Jan 13 : Retail inflation rose to about five-and-half year high of 7.35 per cent in December 2019, surpassing the RBI's comfort level, mainly due to spiralling prices of vegetables as onions were selling costlier....
Read moreKashmir figured during talks between
Modi and Macron: French govt
New Delhi, Jan 13 : France is closely following the situation in Kashmir, the French government said on Monday and noted that the issue was discussed during a telephonic conversation between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron three days ago....
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COMMENT
People Strike Against BJP Government
K Hemalata
The working class and the common people have, on 8th January 2020, once again emphatically voiced their opposition to the neoliberal policies and the communal divisive agenda pursued by the BJP government led by Modi.
Read moreWhile the joint trade union platform gave the call for the countrywide general strike on the day, around...
IIT-Kanpur's Crisis Of Conscience
And The Faiz Controversy
Brinda Karat
19Only the very uninformed or, in the case of today's India, the very brazen, would have the gumption to accuse Faiz Ahmed Faiz and his writing of being even remotely communal. Yet this is what a complaint made by Dr. Vashi Mant Sharma, a faculty member at IIT-Kanpur, alleges. This followed the recitation of Faiz's iconic p...
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