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A sibling rivalry and a mother’s appeal to be true to a father’s legacy. Then, there's a Chief Minister out to make hay from the family feud. Then, his Deputy Chief Minister applauds another state's Chief Minister and asks his state's Home Minister to adopt this CM's model to drive crime underground; that he would do it if he's "Home Minister". All of this when 'Batenge toh katenge' is top of the mind everywhere.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Kerala unit has been shaken to the core by the ‘expose’ by the former office secretary of the party in Thrissur, Tirur Satish. The damning disclosure is that the Rs 6 crore of “black money” stolen from a car at Kodakara in Thrissur district in the run -up to the 2021 Assembly elections was part of a tranche of secret election funds for the BJP in the State.

With geopolitical tensions rising in Europe and Asia and central banks across the world buying gold like never before are mainly behind the near continuous rise in gold prices since last year. The surging gold price trend may continue through the coming months unless peace and economic stability soon return to the world. However, such chances look remote as Iran has launched itself in the foreground of the war between Israel and the Hamas militants by throwing missiles at Israel with the later responding with counter missile attacks on chosen Iranian military establishments.

November 4, 2024, the last day for withdrawal of nominations for the Vidhan Sabha Election in Maharashtra is marked by Election Commission of India’s (EC’s) orders of transfer of Maharashtra DGP and asking the chief secretary to send a panel of names of three IPS officers by 1 PM on November 5 for appointing new DGP. EC has acted after Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT) complaint, but the opposition is still worried over the misuse of power by NDA government in the state led by Shiv Sena (Shinde), even though Chief Election Commissioner has warned officials during the review meetings to remain impartial and also be perceived to be non-partisan during the elections.

Once again, with elections to Jharkhand assembly knocking at the door, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has fired his salvo of lies, with the promise to introduce uniform civil code (UCC) for the state while exempting tribal communities from its implementation, once it comes to power. Having mastered the art of speaking untruths in the party interests, Shah used the illegal Bangladeshi immigration as the whipping chip to arouse communal feeling and polarise the Hindu voters before the two phase assembly polls on November 13 and November 20 this year.

The election of Kemi Badenoch, as the new leader of Britain’s Conservative Party seems to have rattled not just the common public but even the diehard Tories. But this should also be seen as the last-ditch efforts by the Conservatives to revive the party’s fortunes to take on the ruling Labour Party.

After Partition, some Muslims remained in India, choosing not to go to Pakistan. Since then, Indian Muslims never tired of stating “we remained in India out of our own choice”. Today, after 78 I-Days, they say, “Ye Desh Kisi Ka Baap Ka Nahi hai!” It would be foolish to question them. Especially, when there is a Muslim Waqf Board and the board lays claim to over 9 lakh acre of India’s landmass.

The American Presidential Election 2024 has come to its final moments, with polling slated to take place in less than 24 hours. It's either Kamala Harris of the Democratic Party or Donald Trump of the Republican Party who will be the next US president, arguably the most powerful executive across the global political firmament.

The declaration of the recently ended 16th summit of the BRICS (now expanded BRICS) has several points for which the developing and least developed countries have been aspiring for many decades. Even though colonization through direct military control by the erstwhile colonial powers has largely ended, the grievances of these countries continue as the imperial powers have evolved new methods to exert their control. Only a few decades ago the possibilities of non-capitalist path of development appeared real. The situation has however changed. After the collapse of Soviet Union the imperialism has become powerful and dictating the world economically as well as militarily.

The tenure of Justice Sanjiv Khanna, who is set to succeed Justice D Y Chandrachud as the new Chief Justice of India, is too short to become a pivotal phase and as such promises more continuity than breaking new ground. At the same time, his nuanced perspectives and unwavering commitment to justice, individual rights, transparency, and the preservation of constitutional principles are expected to find further expression.