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BIG VICTORY FOR LEFT IN SRI LANKA PARLIAMENTARY POLLS IS A HEARTENING DEVELOPMENT
NPP’S TWO-THIRD MAJORITY IS A LANDMARK EVENT IN POLITICS OF SOUTH ASIA
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10:58 GMT-0000
The National People’s Power (NPP) has won a historic victory in the Sri Lankan Parliament elections. For the first time, a political party has won a two-thirds majority through the proportional representation system. The NPP has won 159 of the 225 seats polling a record high of 61.6 per cent of the vote. This is an extraordinary performance considering the fact that the NPP had got only three seats in the last election held in 2020.
India
OUTCOME OF TWO ASSEMBLY AND UP BYPOLLS WILL HAVE IMPACT ON CHOICE OF NEXT BJP PRESIDENT
RSS LEADERHIP IS IN AN AGGRESSIVE MOOD TO GET DUE ROLE IN GOVT DECISION MAKING
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11:30 GMT-0000
Muslims have no right to vote: this is the message that was sent by the state machinery and police to the country on November 20, while the elections to the assembly were underway in Maharashtra and Jharkhand and nine by-elections were held in Uttar Pradesh. Nevertheless, Muslim women in UP deserve salute who undeterred of threat of firing by a police official, who publicly aimed his revolver at them asking not to move forward, pushed their way to the polling booth.
Miscellaneous
FROM MAHATMA GANDHI’S LAP TO LEFT EXTREMISM -- BARUN DASGUPTA’S MEMOIR IS EXCITING
POLITICAL ACTIVIST TURNED JOURNALIST TELLS MANY UNKNOWN STORIES ABOUT LEADERS
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18-11-2024 10:48 GMT-0000
KOLKATA: A recall of having taken baby steps clutching the fingers of Mahatma Gandhi and then wedded to Marxism will either be a rollercoaster life story or one spent in ideological confusion. But brought up in Abhay Ashram, Sodpur in West Bengal which the prophet of non-violence considered to be his second home, veteran journalist and political activist Barun Dasgupta does not disappoint in his autobiography "Smiritir Sarani Beye”. He died in 2021 at the age of 86.