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Among the stars of the Bengali literary firmament, Samaresh Bose stands out occupying a place of honour. On his birth , centenary day on December 11, pundits and plebians will find it difficult to categorise his vast work of novels, short stories and travelogues.

Many years ago I read that when someone died the ancient Greeks only asked one question about the person: did they have passion? The poet — and so much more — Benjamin Zephaniah, who passed away on December 7, was a man of many passions.

Alternative core positive agenda to counter the BJP in the next general elections will have the maxim “Main Nahin, Hum” as the pivot to take on Modi. Apparently, the insight behind coining this slogan is to counter Modi’s rhetoric of “my guarantee”, some leaders of the INDIA bloc confide that it underscores the significant shift in the Congress’s approach and attitude towards the fellow opposition parties.

After completing the five state elections, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the Opposition prepare for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The B.J.P. is confident about maintaining its stronghold in the Hindi belt, and the Opposition has failed to challenge them effectively. B.J.P. won elections in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh comfortably in November polls.

The crime in India has been recorded annually since the days of the British Raj. Currently, with more comprehensive statistics, the data is compiled by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) under the Union Home Ministry. However, what remain unclear are the dependability of the data, the specific actions taken to control the crime rates, and prosecution record. A key source of the NCRB report is the police statement from 36 states and union territories. Additionally, similar data are furnished for 53 cities with populations exceeding 10 lakh each as per 2011 Census. Ordinarily, the NCRB report may look alright. However, the on-ground situation is somewhat different. The growing corruption and incompetence with the politically-controlled investigation-shy police department in states impacts the recording of crimes. Especially, illiterate citizens are at the receiving end when it comes to filing first information reports or FIRs with the police station.

The shock that BJP had to suffer in Karnataka Vidhan Sabha election in May 2023 is not yet over when it was not able to win even a single seat reserved for Scheduled Tribe (ST), though the party somehow made inroads to a great extent in the November 2023 Vidhan Sabha election in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan by winning 57 out of 101 ST seats, with a winning rate of only 56 per cent. It is still much less than the winning rate of Lok Sabha seats in 2019, when the party had won 31 out of 47 seats in the country with a winning rate of 66 per cent.

New Delhi: India displayed remarkable resilience to register a thrilling 3-2 victory against the USA in sudden death following a dramatic penalty shootout, after the game had ended 2-2 in regular time, to finish ninth at the FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup in Santiago.

New Delhi: Displaying awesome fire power India thrashed Canada 10-1 to qualify for the quarterfinals of the Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup at the National Hockey Stadium in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.

The cat phrase “Modi Hai to Mumkin Hai” was proved correct by none else but Narendra Modi himself when he succeeded in his mission to have Mahua Moitra of TMC expelled from Lok Sabha by manipulating the parliamentary procedures and practices. In the history of the parliamentary politics this was for the first time a member was expelled using unsubstantiated narrations and unverified evidences.

It may not have been as high-profile as the ‘call of national duty’ press conference by the four senior most judges of the Supreme Court about six years ago. But the renewed controversy about the master of the roster, prompting two senior advocates of the apex court to write to Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud encompasses as profound issues as those raised in the previous instance.