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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With Kerala LDF Government saying an emphatic “No’ to what it called the Union Government’s ‘blackmail’, the stage is set for a protracted legal battle on its suit against the attempt to choke the State financially.

BHOPAL: Mystery surrounds the moves of the Madhya Pradesh Congress leader Kamal Nath on whether he wanted to say good-bye to the Congress, breaking his decades old ties with the grand old party. From the beginning rumour about his moves started, leaders of the state Congress were asserting that he is not leaving the party. All the while Kamal Nath himself kept his mouth shut merely telling media that whatever decision he will take he will tell the media.

His was a wonderful voice. It is no more. But when it was broadcast it cut across the language barrier. For even the people who did not speak it lent their ears to listen to Ameen Sayani, the intoner of original "Behnon-Bhaion" on the air waves. . His death at the age of 91 is being mourned by millions of Indians who had the opportunity to listen to him in the last century.

The Supreme Court has taken a step to restrain the limitless corporate funding to allow free and fair elections. It was the issue of Electoral Bonds that had a secret system and brought to light the grim fact that corporate houses had a stronger influence over political process than a common citizen who votes. It was not only ‘arbitrary’, but also ‘unconstitutional’. Also these bonds remained anonymous which was in violation of the citizen’s right. Voters need to know if there has been any reciprocal agreement among the receiving political parties and the donors.

The unique association of Pramukh Swamiji and Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam signalled the beginning of the new age of spirituality spanning 33 years was an unmatched blessing for Dr Kalam. He started as his subordinate scientist at the Defence Research and development Laboratory (DRDL) in Hyderabad in 1982, and earned the confidence to handle his mandate of developing civilian spinoffs of defence technologies for the benefit of the people.

Rahul Gandhi in Amethi on February 19, was not the same Rahul Gandhi who launched his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra on January 14, 2024 from Thoubal in Manipur with the aim to expose Narendra Modi and his anti-people policies. Instead, it was a Rahul who roared on the streets of Uttar Pradesh cajoling the people to come out of their slumber, hit the streets and raise their voice against their exploitation and injustice that was being perpetrated on them by RSS and BJP under Modi.

Ninety five years is a ripe old age for an Indian to live, but the passing away of the eminent jurist and the constitutional lawyer of the country at this period of Indian polity, is a big jolt to those who have been battling for protecting the constitutional values from the attacks of the Narendra Modi government. He was a Colossus in the Indian bar protecting the Indian constitution from every single attack, whether it was Indira Gandhi in 1975 or the present Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the last ten years.

The continuing standoff between the union government, on the one hand, and prosperous farmers, over their demand for legal status of the minimum support price scheme shows the contradictions of Indian farm policy and reality.

Farmers of Punjab resumed their Delhi March on February 21, 2024, which has now acquired disturbing dimension causing a serious national concern. Shambhu border of Haryana has turned into a battlefield – Police has erected cement and iron barricades, barbed wires, nails on the road and large number of security personnel on the ones side and farmers in thousands on the other well equipped with gas masks, bulldozers, cranes, excavators and heavy earth mover machines to clear their path to Delhi.

India's agriculture sector is the backbone of its economy, with a significant portion of the population engaged in farming activities. Out of the 93.09 million agricultural households in India, a staggering 82% belong to the category of small and marginal farmers, typically holding less than 2 hectares of land. Despite being the lifeblood of the nation's food production, the average monthly income of Indian farmers hovers around a mere $125per month, starkly lower than the national average per-capita income of $200 per month.