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The Supreme Court’s order on April 5 granting bail to former Nagpur University professor Dr. Shoma Sen in the Bhima Koregaon case is a blatant exposure of how the National Investigation Agency of the centre keeps people undertrial for years even after failing to produce any worthwhile documents which will vindicate the accusations in the Court.

The allegation is the Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies "cheated their way" to power and then left Maharashtra in shambles. How much did the subterfuge to bring down the Maha Vikas Aghadi cost Maharashtra is another question. The Congress is asking this though the question can be redirected to Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray who started the cheating rigmarole by scrapping the alliance with the BJP and joining the Congress and the then unified NCP led by Sharad Pawar to form government.

Assam Chief Minister Mr Himanta Biswa Sarma leads a charmed life : confounding his numerous opponents, the operationalisation of Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) has hardly raised a ripple in the state so far.

On February 7, one day before Pakistan was set to have its national elections, there were two bomb explosions near where political candidates have their offices in Balochistan. These bombs killed at least 24 people. So far, no one has said they are the ones who did it.

Canadian Prime Minister Justine Trudeau of the Liberal Party and the opposition leader Pierre Poilievre of the Conservative Party are giving poll speeches and interviews for the Canadian Federal Elections, expected to be held before 20 October 2024. However, the Chinese social media app WeChat has taken center stage. An inquiry commission is examining evidences and hearing government officers and political leaders on foreign interference in Canada’s election process.

TEL AVIV: Opponents of far-right Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held giant demonstrations this weekend on the six-month mark of the war in Gaza to demand his resignation and an immediate ceasefire. Organizers estimated some 100,000 people were in attendance at the main rally in Tel Aviv.

India’s data for a century has revealed income and wealth inequality now worse than during British colonial rule, according to the World Inequality Lab. Using billionaire raj for the present times, research has found that inequality declined post-independence till the 1980s, rose afterwards and is skyrocketing now. RSS Pariwar union government has been adept at refuting any global assessments pointing to economic facts like hunger and malnutrition, while not having made data available since 2014 at regular intervals, as was the case earlier. India’s GDP data itself is highly contested.

New Delhi: In an attempt to provide a sustainable model for energy supply in the far-flung tribal areas of Jharkhand state, Aarohan, a Delhi-based non-governmental organization has installed rooftop solar panels at two schools in Ranchi district.

Who is afraid of corruption? Certainly not India’s political parties battling against each other in the current Lok Sabha election campaign. Nor are the general public, who have been, more nilly than willy, part of the country’s vicious system of corruption for years. Raids at premises and arrests of select opposition state leaders on corruption charges by central investigative agencies such as CBI, ED, and income-tax department are unlikely to change the general public perception that all political parties are corrupt. They think the pre-election arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has more to do with the intention of preventing the popular politician from taking part in the election campaign than anything else. Generally, corruption per se is a non-issue before contesting political parties and most of the electorates. Corruption charges against state opposition leaders are often dropped after they join the Bharatiya Janata Party, the key political entity in the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) at the Centre, leading the pre-poll anti-corruption drive.

Can Women voters decide the upcoming 2024 General elections? Their growing number of voters and favourable legislation, such as the one-third reservation for women in Parliament and legislatures, make them an important segment. Political parties are trying to attract women voters, a critical segment. To do this, they are offering various benefits.