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LUCKNOW: The manner in which Samajwadi Party announced six candidates for Uttar Pradesh Assembly by-elections speaks for the confidence of former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. Since the announcement of these six candidates was unilaterally done by Samajwadi Party the day after the Haryana polls results were out, it became clear that dominant partner in UP of INDIA bloc was not taking Congress seriously.

LONDON: Israel’s invasion of Lebanon, a sovereign state, following a series of terror attacks and intensive bombing of civilian areas, is part of a long history of colonial aggression that dates back not just to the invasions of the later 20th century, but more than 100 years ago to the very establishment of the territorial “mandates” by the imperial powers of Britain and France.

MONTREAL: NATO brings together the majority of European countries, as well as Canada and the United States. Although Quebec, as a Canadian province, does not have its own army and is not directly involved in the conflicts fomented by this organization, its role in the military and economic support of NATO-allied regimes has grown considerably in recent years.

It was vintage Modi on Tuesday night all the way. The prime minister’s victory speech after the BJP success in Haryana sounded as if he had won a convincing national election. And he said everything he had apparently planned to say after the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, but could not due to the truncated mandate he could muster for his party. Tuesday night’s address went far beyond the scope of a state assembly election.

The upcoming US presidential election on November 5, 2024, carries significant implications for the entire world, including Bangladesh’s political landscape. With the recent ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her fleeing the country thus taking refuge in India, Bangladesh stands at a political crossroads, facing unprecedented geopolitical pressures. An intriguing aspect of this shift is the waning interest of foreign lobbyists in Washington, particularly in favour of Nobel laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus, a close ally of the Democratic Party in the United States, including the Clinton family and George Soros.

The political tremors emanating from Congress setback in Haryana assembly polls , was immediately felt in Maharashtra, since its current Vidhan Sabha is to expire on November 26, 2024, election for which is likely to be announced by the Election Commission of India anytime soon. Congress being one of the three major constituents of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in Maharashtra, the party’s losing a winning election battle in Haryana deeply affected its chief ally Shiv Sena (UBT) prompting them to criticise Congress for the lapses while Congress itself is clueless as its allegation “Congress has been made to lose, party has not lost” suggests.

The question is not “Did ‘Brand Modi’ and ‘Modi Magic’ win Haryana for the BJP?” The question is “Who won Haryana for Modi’s rehabilitation?" Consider this: Congress candidate Mamman Khan won from Muslim majority ‘Nuh’. His victory margin was more than one lakh votes, the highest in these Haryana elections. Khan’s Nuh had seen a communal conflagration a year ago. Khan’s constituency is in the Muslim-majority Mewat region. The BJP candidate stood no chance.

LUCKNOW: Enthused by the success in Haryana assembly polls, BJP is all to play aggressive backward and dalit card to dent in PDA base of Samajwadi Party led by Akhilesh Yadav. There is a realisation in BJP after Lok Sabha polls, Hindutva alone can not ensure good number of seats and caste factor should be given importance to reach out to the voters in Uttar Pradesh.

Southeast Asian leaders held talks with a representative from Myanmar's junta during a regional summit on Wednesday, as they sought to revive stalled diplomatic efforts aimed at ending the country's ongoing civil war.

In the history of Indian bilateral defence cooperation with other countries since Independence, our armed forces had and continue to have good relations with some dodgy undemocratic partners. The most egregious of them in the past was Saddam’s Iraq, which just gassed the inhabitants of Halabja and inflicted regular pogroms on the Marsh Arabs and the Kurds. Nearer home, to name just one, is the so-called pragmatic relationship with the Tatmadaw, the Myanmar military junta, that leaves a trail of death, rapine and pillage across the non-Burman ethnic areas.