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After months of aimless bickering and desertions among party rank in West Bengal, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)has finally announced plans to agitate against the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) Government on the contentious fuel price rise issue. New state party president and MP Sukanta Majumdar has called upon the TMC to follow the BJP’s example and immediately announce a cut in / withdrawal of excise duty on diesel and petrol. The state BJP unit would organise rallies and demonstrations in Kolkata and the districts to press for an immediate reduction in fuel prices in Bengal, as has been done by many other state governments.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government finds itself in the eye of a storm over the handling of the highly sensitive Mullaperiyar issue.

Implication of 102 persons under the dreaded anti-terror law in the recent communal riots in the BJP ruled Tripura state has put spotlight on the gross abuse of the UAPA (the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 1967) as amended to date to suppress voices of dissent or banner of alarms against the repression of innocents. Tripura communal riots, viewed as a reprisal against anti-minority skirmishes in Bangladesh in the wake of ten-day long Durga Puja (Dussehra) triggered by Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), a hardcore right wing Hindutwa organization and part of enlarged Sangh Pariwar, resulted in burning of several mosques, shops and houses of particular minority community. Of the implicated persons, 100 are Muslims and rest others. With this, the misuse of the stiffest anti-terror law in BJP ruled states has reached absurd extremes. The good news is the Supreme Court has taken cognizance of it.

Chandigarh: Dubai-based Shiv Kapur and Delhi's Rashid Khan emerged as joint leaders after the second round of the Jeev Milkha Singh Invitational being played at the Chandigarh Golf Club.

Article 130 of the Indian Constitution says that the Supreme Court shall sit in Delhi or in such other place or places, as the Chief Justice of India (CJI) may, with the approval of the President, from time to time, appoint. It will be of interest to revisit this provision which has partly remained dormant all these years, as no CJI has so far thought it appropriate to facilitate the sitting of the Supreme Court outside Delhi.

Not that it mattered, but still Chinese President Xi Jinping has got formal recognition as the absolute ruler of the country at the meeting of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

There is a serious criticism on NCRB for not reporting the actual size of the reported data. The bureau releases statistics on suicides by farmers and agricultural labourers based on information provided by various state governments, which is often under-reported to save their image from prevailing distress in villages. Besides, state governments do not mention the reasons for the suicides.

Chandigarh: Six-time international winner Shiv Kapur and local challenger Abhijit Singh Chadha carded identical eight-under 64 to share the first-round lead at the Jeev Milkha Singh Invitational at the Chandigarh Golf Club here on Thursday.

The national executive meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party was held on November 7. As it was being held after a gap of two years, there was interest to know how the ruling party at the centre assessed the political developments and the work done during the Covid-affected period.

New Delhi: Olympian Vivek Sagar Prasad will lead the 18-member Indian Junior Hockey Team who will defend the title at the FIH Junior World Cup slated to be played from 24 November to 5 December at Bhubaneswar.