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The conviction of former Pakistani prime minister, Imran Khan Niazi together with his erstwhile Cabinet colleague Shah Mehmood Qureshi seems to be following a pattern quite familiar in the country of their birth. The decision of the court announced almost on the eve of the general elections on February 8 reminds many on both sides of the border of the trial and conviction of several past prime ministers in a country whose governance has swung between democratic governance and army rule.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee seems to be in a pickle. As per political grapevine, nearly 14 more ministers, legislators and senior leaders of her Trinamool Congress are in the waiting list of Narendra Modi-led pre-poll vendetta, to be arrested by the ED over the next two months, well before the Lok Sabha elections.

The anticipated docking of a Chinese scientific vessel in the Maldives this week has heightened tensions among Beijing, Delhi, and Malé. The ship Xiang Yang Hong 3 is officially visiting the Maldives to change its crew and stock up on supplies, which is a completely harmless visit says Beijing.

Last week was the birth centenary of Jan Nayak Karpoori Thakur whose relentless pursuit of social justice created a positive impact on the lives of crores of people. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the Bharat Ratna award to him coinciding with his birth centenary. Modi said he never had the opportunity to meet Karpooriji but he heard a lot about him from Kailash Pati Mishra who worked closely with him. He belonged to one of the most backward sections of the society, Nai Samaj. Overcoming numerous obstacles, he achieved a lot and worked for social betterment.

Despite the steady growth of the electric vehicles worldwide, the awareness that it is well-nigh impossible to replace over a billion combustion cars with EVs in the foreseeable future is increasing. This is leading to calls for ‘more realism and less ideology in energy policy’.

Was the manner in which the Chandigarh mayoral election conducted a symptom or the disease itself, a crooked system at play? The country’s top court has spoken – the previous week’s mayoral poll in the Union Territory was openly tampered with by a seemingly biased Presiding Officer to ensure the “victory” of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Manoj Sonkar and the defeat of the Aam Aadmi Party's Kuldeep Kumar.

Narendra Modi’s lurid boast on the floor of Parliament that he would be the prime minister for the third time and his party would alone win 370 seats deserves attention. The question is why is he so confident? Are RSS and BJP leaders busy hacking the Lok Sabha elections? Does democracy mean nothing anymore?

Bhubaneswar: The FIH pro Hockey league is very important as it will provide us good training and practice against strong teams ahead of Paris Olympic" said Australia team goalkeeper Andrew Charter soon after the arrival of the team in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday.

New Delhi: Nikhat Zareen and Sakshi Chaudhary began their campaign with contrasting wins at the 75th Strandja Memorial Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Since the Presidential address in the Parliament is supposed to summarise the government’s achievements and intentions followed by meaningful debate, in which opposition raises points of concern, the Prime Minister is expected to address them during his reply to the ‘Motion of Thanks’. However, in reply to the scathing attack by opposition on government policies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chiefly slammed and lampooned the opposition, indulged in self-praise, and by and large evaded any direct reply to the points raised by the opposition. His reply was just like an election speech on the eve of Lok Sabha election 2024.