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The EU’s decision to hold off on a decision on an Article 50 extension until it sees whether British Parliament will vote for a general election in December will prompt a wave of eye-rolling throughout Britain. MPs have had three years to implement the outcome of the 2016 referendum, a referendum the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat parties all voted in favour of.

With arrogance of power and Machiavellin politics, the RSS-BJP combine is trying to appropriate, nay to misappropriate, India’s glorious past. The latest in this regard is the call for Bharat Ratna for Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. The Maharashtra BJP incorporated the demand as part of its manifesto along with asking for a similar honour for Mahatma Phule. This was followed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party president Amit Shah openly justifying the demand. Amit Shah went much further and said that our history must be rewritten.

All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), the first Central Trade Union of India founded on October 31, 1920, in Mumbai with unions of various sectors from all over the country is entering into its centenary year on October 31, 2019.

The assembly election results carry two kinds of messages: one for the incumbent BJP governments in the states that people’s patience is wearing thin; more importantly, there is a national message, which has implications for both the ruling parties as well as the opposition at the Centre.

What is the most significant message of the Haryana and Maharashtra Assembly election to the BJP? The message is this: the ongoing economic slowdown is finally starting to show up as a non-trivial electoral determination. BJP’s Haryana performance can be explained by a re-consolidation of Jat votes against the party. Indeed, BJP’s 2019 assembly poll votes share has gone up in Haryana compared to 2014 (36.2 per cent versus 33.2 per cent). That the party could not get a simple majority is surely because Jats decided to try and vote out the non-Jat incumbent chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar.

New Delhi: Bengaluru’s Ullas Narayana and Delhi’s Apoorva Chaudhary will lead the 9- member Indian ultra runners's challenge in the IAU 24-hour World Championship in Albi, France on October 26-27.

Bhubaneswar: USA Women's Hockey Team skipper Kathleen Sharkey on Friday exuded confidence of performing well against India in the crucial double-leg FIH Olympic Qualifiers to be played at the Kalinga Stadium here on November 1 and 2.

A clear mandate eluded the Bharatiya Janata Party in assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana. The state polls in both states were held within five months of the astounding victory of the party that brought the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to power for second term. He had overcome not only his opponents outside but also from within the power structure he has been an integral part of. The party failed to improve its seat strength in both the states over its performance five years earlier in the previous election. The home minister Amit Shah was confident that his party would be able to sail through with a comfortable numbers. However the outcome must have come as great disappointment as the strength of the party was reduced in both state assemblies over its wins in the last election.

That with a Global Hunger Index (GHI) score 30.3, India is at 102 among 117 countries is a matter of serious concern. We are lowest among the South Asian countries. The countries which fall below us are Sierra Leone, Uganda, Djibouti, Congo Rep., Sudan, Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, Timor-leste, Haiti, Liberia, Zambia, Madagascar, Chad, Yemen Rep. and Central African Republic. Most of these countries are involved in internal or external strife for a long period.

Although the BJP is going to form the government again both in Haryana and Maharashtra, the voters have given a strong message to the saffron party. The message is — to give more time to other important issues like the dwindling of country's economy, rising unemployment issue and the agricultural crisis. It must be noted that the saffron party in its campaign for both the states heavily banked on strong nationalism — by raising the topic of Article 370 and even attacking Pakistan from the election rallies.