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The Speaker has admitted the notice given by the new Opposition coalition (INDIA) last week against the Narendra Modi government. It will be the second he has faced since 2014.

The ‘Persona’ in ancient Greece was the mask worn by the artists while performing drama on stage. The real persons always remained behind those masks from which came the word personality, which meant the character they played. In the light of this one can see the personality of our Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who wore a mask of ‘pain’ and ‘shame’ in the Lok Sabha while giving a statement on the video of two women being paraded naked in Manipur went viral online. He had kept his mouth shut during the last three months of communal violence in the state, as he had done during Gujarat communal violence in 2002.

KOLKATA: Having flexed all its organisational muscles in 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BJP secured 18 MPs from West Bengal; with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister, Amit Shah making almost daily trips to the state before 2021 Assembly elections, the saffron camp had 77 victorious legislators. Falling far short of the number of legislators to send Trinamool Congress state government packing, it is back to invocation of Hindutva, gods and godesses to fuel its Lok Sabha campaign next year with Shah asking state BJP leadership to secure 36 parliamentary seats from this bastion of Trinamool Congress.

KOLKATA: There is grave concern among Nepalese officials as well as trade/business circles over the delayed movement of goods transported from India in recent weeks, mainly because of the major train accident at Bahanaga station in Odisha on June 2 this year.

As the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6th and 9th August 1945 is coming near, we are once again reminded of dreadful effects of the incident that wiped out two cities, killed over 2 lakh people and left the mankind to suffer from the effects of radiations for several decades to come. How the bodies melted in a fraction of second is beyond imagination. Those who survived envied the dead. They suffered both physical and mental trauma. It was horrifying to watch the images of effects of the atomic bombing during our visit to the Peace Museum in Hiroshima.

One of the intellectual mentors of Corbynism, the late Leo Panitch, concluded his final book with the hopeful observation that the 2019 election defeat concealed a substantial rejuvenation of socialism in Britain: the fruit of a unique generational collaboration between the Labour left formed in the 1970s, and a new one that would carry the project forward.

New Delhi: Ace drag flicker and Captain Harmanpreet Singh on Tuesday admitted that Hangzhou Asian Games are very crucial because there the Indian hockey team will be competing for direct qualification of the Paris Olympic Games 2024.

New Delhi: Rifle shooter Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, men's 10m air rifle team, compound archers Avneet Kaur and Sangampreet Singh Bisla clinched gold medals as India won total of six medals at FISU World University Games in Chengdu, China, on Monday.

Chennai: Admitting that the Hero Asian Hockey Champions Trophy is crucial for them as the preparatory event for the Asian Games, defending Champions Korea and runners up, Japan on Monday promised to give their best in the tournament.

Pune: Spearheaded by ace paddler Harmeet Desai and World Championships medalist Alvaro Robles, Goa Challengers dethroned defending champions Chennai Lions 8-7 to win the Indian Oil Ultimate Table Tennis Season 4 title at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Mahalunge-Balewadi in Pune.