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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The result of the five assembly by-elections represents a spectacular victory for the secular ethos of Kerala’s polity. Politics of communalism and casteism has no place in the State, which has set an example which other States will do well to emulate.

The Prime Minister Narendra Modi should be appreciated for putting a brave face and refusing to concede the fact that the BJP has suffered electoral defeat in the states of Maharashtra and Haryana. This stance of Modi has wider implication. Acceptance of defeat would not have changed the ground reality. Instead his denial and eulogising state leaders would prevent the party from having adverse moral impact on the rank and file and demoralising them.

Bhubaneswar: Though Indian team eagerly await their challenge against Russia in the FIH Olympic Qualifiers to be held at the Kalinga Stadium here on 1 and 2 November , it will keep a close eye on the Qualifying matches this weekend where Pakistan will take on World Cup runners-up the Netherlands on 26 and 27th October in Amsterdam.

Assistant professor at Agartala Government Medical College, Kaushik Chakraborty (39), was placed under suspension on October 21, 2019, under the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965. He was charged with “objectionable remarks against the CAB” on social media, “which will definitely create a rift among the communities in the state”.

WASHINGTON: With new sanctions just announced, the Trump administration’s effort to roll back the advances in U.S.–Cuba relations achieved toward the end of the Obama administration is going full blast. Will opponents of these policies in the United States be up to the challenge of countering this reactionary wave?

It would appear to be an outrageous argument that Narendra Modi has lost the battle of Maharashtra and Haryana. But it is the fact which even BJP’s leaders and also its ardent supporters would find tough to refute. Usually a prime minister does not devote too much of energy and time in stray electioneering. But the case of Modi has been quite different. He addressed more than a dozen of public rallies in Maharashtra and around 10 rallies in Haryana.

The outcomes of Maharashtra and Haryana Elections are giving a silver line of hope for Congress and its opposition allies. The much circulated picture of rain drenched Sharad Pawar addressing rally came out as the notion of a combative opposition, trying to save its last ground. As a matter of fact the fight from Central leadership of Congress was completely missing. If there is any silver lining on opposition performance, the credit must go to the ground workers and few state leaders in Haryana and Maharashtra. Emergence of a combative state leadership will be the only hope for Congress for its future. Evidently, The Central leadership imposed Dynastic Politics with Entitlement does not yield any dividend in the ground.

It may be too early to say that the latest election outcome indicates that the tide is turning, but there is little doubt that the days of the BJP’s surging success are over.

As of July 20, 2019, Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu became the longest-serving prime minister in Israel’s history, edging out the founding Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion.

It’s going to take pressure from the movements outside parliament to wring progressive concessions from the next Canadian government after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals won a minority in the October 21 election. Falling short of the 170 seats needed for outright control in parliament, Trudeau will have to rely on the support of other parties to pass legislation.