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While targeting political parties in opposition, the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi had equated ‘subsidies and freebies’ as ‘reveri culture’ which he wanted to be stopped. His languages was politically surcharged in such a manner that gave impression to the public that only political parties in opposition are indulging is such a culture and destroying the state finances, and BJP is not doing the same. However, the fact is, BJP ruled Uttar Pradesh is among the top five states in the country with largest rise in subsidies over the last three years. State like Gujarat also spends over 10 per cent of its revenue expenditure on subsidies.

Svante Paabo the Swedish Nobel Prize winner in Medicine in2022 had proved through his work that modern humans shared some of their genes with the ancient and now extinct Neanderthals. This meant early humans had come into contact with these human-like species, the Neanderthals, and they interbred.

Now that the Congress Party will have a non-Gandhi Chief, what happens to the three Gandhis- Sonia, Rahul, and Priyanka? Will they continue to dominate? When a reporter asked about their future role, Sonia said, "Of course, you have to ask the party, I suppose."

Gandhinagar: Pole-vaulter Siva Subramaniam lead the charge soaring over 5.31m to break his own National Record set four years ago, as Services substantially increased their medal tally in the 36th National Games here on Monday.

Surat: Sperheaded by B Sai Praneeth Telengana upset fancied Kerala 3-0 to win the Badminton Mixed Team gold in the 36th National Games here on Monday.

Dr. Ramkrishna Bhattacharya, a renowned Kolkata based Marxist scholar passed away in a city hospital on October 2. He was 74. An unrepentant old-fashioned Marxist, Ramkrishna Bhattacharya preferred, for the most part of his life, to work for the ‘party in the broad historical sense’, as envisaged by Marx in a letter (29 February 1860) to Ferdinand Freiligrath. Of course, during his student life Bhattacharya was involved in active party politics and even became the President of the Bengal Provincial Student Federation. However, he resigned from the post following the invasion of Czechoslovak Socialist Republic by the Warsaw Pact countries headed by the then USSR in 1968. Gradually Bhattacharya withdrew himself from active Left politics which he came to see as increasingly getting tied up with the electoral mechanism. His faith in Marxism as a radical philosophy was never shaken.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It may sound clichéd. But it is true that the sad demise of Kodiyeri Balakrishnan marks the end of an era in CPI(M) politics in particular and Kerala politics in general. In other words, Kerala politics will never be the same with the exit of the gentle giant. It is an irreparable loss to the left movement in Kerala and the state itself.

BHOPAL: Both the major political parties of Madhya Pradesh BJP and the Congress have taken two very crucial steps in view of the coming elections of state Vidhan Sabha. Among the two the state BJP has held a marathon session of important leaders of the party. The meeting was held in the forests of Ratapani in Raisen district, 55 kms from Bhopal. The meeting lasted more than nine hours.

LUCKNOW: With the decline of BSP in successive elections, Congress in Uttar Pradesh is now depending on imported leaders from that party to regain traditional dalit votes in 2024 Lok Sabha poll. Major political parties were surprised when Congress high command announced the name of BSP import Brijlal Khabri, a dalit from Bundelkhand as new UPCC president.

BENGALURU: Before Bharat Jodo Yatra of Rahul Gandhi entered Karnataka on September 30 and is getting massive response. The disinformation unit of the BJP had tried to create the impression across the country ably assisted by the mainstream media, especially the TV news channels, that the Yatra had lost its velocity and thrust and would not have any impact on the people of Karnataka which has a BJP government and would have elections to the assembly early 2023.