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India’s youth have lost a decade. They trusted Narendra Modi’s promise made during election campaign in 2014 to provide “work with dignity for every hand”, but now after a decade on the eve of Lok Sabha General Election 2024, they find themselves simply misled by a decade of PM Narendra Modi’s bluff, which has just been exposed by the India Employment Report 2024 jointly published by International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Institute for Human Development (IHD). Youth now constitute 83 per cent of the jobless in India, and growth is not employment-intensive.

The arrest and detention of Arvind Kejriwal, chief minister of Delhi, by the Enforcement Directorate is a turning point in the steady erosion of democracy in India. This brazen assault on the democratic system is a first in many respects. It is the first time a sitting chief minister whose party commands more than four-fifth majority in the assembly has been arrested, for the first time the head of a national political party has been put behind bars. And this is the very first time that such an arrest has been affected after the announcement of the Lok Sabha election and the model code of conduct has come into force.

Waking up to news that "the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance is on the verge of collapse" over seat distribution for the Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra and it is a familiar dirge heard ever since Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray's path-breaking son Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray cut loose from his father's legacy to cut a pact with the Hindutva-hating secular parties, the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party.

As India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi gears up for the upcoming parliamentary elections to seek his third term, he will base his electoral campaign on highlighting the various ways in which he has brought about significant changes and development in India over the past ten years. India’s electoral debate rarely includes discussions on foreign policy, but Narendra Modi has been a unique exception to this trend.

AISA's Dhananjay, the first dalit student leader getting elected as president of the JNU Students Union after 27 years, certainly merits exultation by the left anti-rightist forces. But more than this, it is also a matter of circumspection for the traditional left parties and their leaders for abdicating their responsibility and in the process allowing the political structure to become repressive for the common people.

The Martyr’s Day we observed on March 23 leads us to sharpen our struggle against the communal fascism threatening India. It is the day when Bhagat Singh, a young man of 23, was hanged by the British colonialists along with his two other comrades. He was not afraid when he was taken to the gallows nor were his two friends, who were awaiting the same fate. Turning into an icon of revolution in his lifetime itself, Bhagat Singh opted for gallows, though only after communicating a message. It was to convey to the countrymen that Socialism was the only way to ensure freedom for the entire humankind, to end exploitation of man by man, and to usher in the new construct based on scientific principles. It could be done only after power came to the masses and their representatives. One of his famous quotes from prison was, “…the struggle in India would continue as long as handful of exploiters go on exploiting the labour of common people for their own ends. It matters little whether these exploiters are purely British Capitalists or British and Indian alliance or purely Indian.”

Gurugram: Nicolas Colsaerts, who called the DLF Golf and Country Club a tough course, got down to business as the Hero Pro-Am ahead of the Hero Indian Open was conducted Wednesday morning.

Gurugram: Former champion Shubhankar Sharma on Wednesday described the Hero Indian Open as the "fifth" major and promised to have his best to be among the contention in a very strong.

New Delhi: Promising Chennaiyin FC footballer Bijay Chhetri has become first Indian to sign a contract with a Latin American Colon Futbol Club, Uruguay.

New Delhi: Arjan Nagra, riding Bianca, emerged the national champion in the novice category in the first leg of the National Eventing Championship at the Army Polo and Riding center, Delhi on Wednesday.