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DIE LINKE CONGRESS IN GERMANY STRIVES FOR UNITY

LEFT LEADERS RESOLVE TO JOINTLY WORK FOR PEOPLE’S ISSUES
Victor Grossman - 2018-06-20 08:06
Millions watching the G-7 leaders plus Trump in Quebec and then the Trump-North Korea talks in Singapore understandably may have missed the also-important events simultaneously happening here in Leipzig. While those important events were unfolding internationally the very important political party, Die Linke, was holding a congress in Leipzig, the famous German trading city of old.
INDIA: BIHAR

NITISH AND HIS PARTY IN A DARK BACKSTREET

TAKES HASTY U-TURN AS SUPPORT BASE SHRINKS
Arun Srivastava - 2018-06-20 08:04
Within three months of his remark “all is not well in the NDA”, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has made a 180 degree turn to sing praise of the BJP and its leader Narendra Modi.
INDIA

WIDENING FAULTLINES OF BJP IN KERALA

HEADLESS PARTY ADRIFT IN UNCERTAINTY
P. Sreekumaran - 2018-06-20 08:02
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: From being a ‘party with a difference’, the Bharatiya Janata Party unit in Kerala has metamorphosed into a party full of differences.
INDIA: UTTAR PRADESH

BSP, SP TO SPEARHEAD ANTI-BJP ALLIANCE IN U.P.

CONGRESS ROLE CONTINUES TO REMAIN UNCERTAIN
Pradeeep Kapoor - 2018-06-20 08:00
LUCKNOW: BSP and its national president Mayawati appear to be on the driving seat for forming the alliance against BJP in UP.
INDIA: DELHI

KEJRIWAL’S ‘CAUSE’ ISN’T WORTH FIGHTING FOR

AAP’S PAST TANTRUMS BIG WARNING FOR ALLIES
Amulya Ganguli - 2018-06-20 07:57
In deciding to support Arvind Kejriwal in one of his customary skirmishes with those whom he regards as his enemy, the chief ministers of West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala may be backing the wrong horse.
INDIA

VIRAT AND ANUSHKA SMITTEN BY THE MODI BUG

PM’S ATTENTION IS A TEMPTATION LIKE NO OTHER
Sushil Kutty - 2018-06-19 08:56
The allegation is the two are shameless publicity-seekers. The defence is Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma don’t need publicity; it is publicity that stalks them! A super-cricketer and a top actress, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. Millions of slurping fans follow their every action. Is that all? Could it be that ‘Virushka’ (Virat+Anushka) are overenthusiastic attention seekers, some of their actions designed to catch the eye of a certain very powerful man?

PAKISTAN’S PALPITATING PRE-POLL PYREXIA

SHARIF’S PML CONSIDERED FAVOURITE TO WIN
Sankar Ray - 2018-06-19 08:53
With a little more than a month to go for the three-day polling during 25- 27 July to elect 272 Members of National Assembly in the 342-seat national parliament, Pakistan’s ten years of uninterrupted freedom from military dictatorship palpitate. The electorate comprises 105.96 million, slightly more than 50 per cent of total population, estimated at 21 million. Ten MNAs will be from religious minorities and 60 are reserved for women while the rest is by proportional representation from parties getting more than 5 per cent of valid votes. Of the registered voters, 55.9 percent are males and 44.1 percent females. Alongside the National Assembly, elections are taking place for provincial legislatures of Punjab, Sind, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan as well.

PUTIN’S ROLE IN BREAKING KOREA IMPASSE

TRUMP’S CALL FOR RE-ENTRY OF RUSSIA IN G-7 SEEN AS REWARD
Arun Srivastava - 2018-06-19 08:46
The sudden shift in President Donald Trump’s stand on Russia and calling on the world's leading economies to reinstate Russia to the Group of 7 nations four years after it was cast out for annexing Crimea is a gift to President Putin for helping him in winning the trust of the South Korean president.

CHINA SEEN READY FOR MORE RETALIATORY ACTION AGAINST U.S.

TRADE WAR SPIRALLING OUT OF CONTROL AS TRUMP PLAYS HAVOC
Anjan Roy - 2018-06-19 08:36
China has imposed higher tariffs of 25 percent on imports from the United States worth some $50 billion. This is in response to USA imposing similar tariffs on imports from China of an equal amount.