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Back of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mind, in the recesses, will be the depleted National Democratic Alliance, the shadow of it. Along with the other, the main worry – will he get another shot at being prime minister or will he be third time unlucky? The RSS is worried. A survey carried out by Maharashtra’s ‘Sakal’ newspaper group says the BJP is in choppy seas, not just in Maharashtra, but in all the states, which, according to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, make up the Union of India, a concept which is wholeheartedly endorsed by the disqualified Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi.

On June 4, 2023, 408 women from 20 states assembled at New Delhi to celebrate the70thyear of foundation of National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW). They were from Kashmir to Tamil Nadu, North East to Maharashtra, coming and joining the celebrations from all walks of life, from different strata of society.

Bhubaneswar: Hosts India will open their Hero Intercontinental Football Cup campaign with a first-ever meeting against Mongolia here at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Friday as head coach Igor Stimac exuded confidence that his team will win the tournament.

New Delhi: India overwhelmed Chinese Taipei 11-0 to storm into the semi-finals of Women’s Junior Hockey Asia Cup in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, Japan on Thursday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s real political worth is now on test. The wave of Hindu communal polarization has been ebbing almost after a decade in India, which was unmistakenly felt, first during the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha election, and then in Karnataka. In absence of any Hindu communal wave to ride on, Modi’s charisma and Hindutva campaign of BJP-RSS miserably failed, and the opposition was able to throw BJP out of power in both the states. Moreover, in majority of Lok Sabha seats, one-on-one fight scenario has steadily been emerging with fast evolving opposition unity.

The RSS has inflicted a rude shock to the BJP’s public face Prime Minister Narendra Modi by questioning the idea of using the 'Modi magic' and Hindutva to win all elections. After Modi winning the 2014 Lok Sabha election, even the RSS used him as the electoral mascot for its expansion. The face and image of Modi acquired such a dimensional status that it was used even for winning the municipal elections.

Whether or not the Janata Dal (S) joins the Opposition’s joint efforts to forge unity for the 2024 general elections does not count for zilch because the Gowda family’s party has lost relevance even in Karnataka forget any place else in the country. The drubbing the JD(S) received in the Karnataka assembly elections does not lend the party any superior aura compared to the opposition parties trying to forge unity to oust Prime Minister Narendra Modi from power in 2024.

On June 1, there had been reports that the law panel backed the penal provision for the offence of sedition, saying repealing it altogether could have adverse ramifications for the security and integrity of the country. The offence of sedition has been stretched up to even “…mere inclination to incite violence or cause public disorder rather than proof of actual violence or imminent threat to violence” and would be sufficient ground for punishment.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: This is the real Kerala story. The reference is to the commissioning, on June 5, of the first phase of the prestigious Kerala Fibre Optic Network (K-FON) project by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

The horrific train crash on June 2 in Balasore district, Odisha has left the country, indeed the world, shocked. 288 persons were killed and over 1100 injured as one speeding train took a wrong line, crashed into a stationary goods train loaded with iron ore and derailed, causing some coaches of a third speeding train also to derail. Both trains were packed, among others, with migrant workers and families mainly travelling between West Bengal, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh. The country is no stranger to train accidents, with over 2000 accidents having occurred in 2017-21, including 217 ‘consequential’ ones involving loss of human life or injuries or damage to railway property. But this latest one has deeply troubled people not only because of the ferocity of the impact, the brutal nature of so many deaths and injuries but also because, in recent years, an impression had been created that Indian Railways was being converted into a ‘smart’ and speedy transport system, with latest technology being used for safety and comfort.