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The Congress, despite facing internal opposition, decided to ally with the AIUDF of Badruddin Ajmal before the Assam assembly elections to dethrone BJP from power. The grand old party, however, failed to dislodge the saffron party from power. The dissensions, which somehow got silent keeping in mind the unity of the party during the election campaign in March this year started appearing, as expected, after the defeat. Leaders like RupjyotiKurmi, the party’s prominent tea tribe face and Sushmita Dev, the party’s prominent leader in the Barak Valley, left the party. So, the Congress party’s decision to break its alliance with AIUDF shouldnot be a big surprise.

The chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Arun Mishra, who has shown extreme form of alacrity in announcing a probe in the post poll violence and constituting a BJP controlled probe panel has intriguingly been maintaining a passive attitude towards the brutal assault and reign of terror let lose by the BJP and RSS cadres in Tripura.

Panchkula: Veer Ahlawat carded a sedate one-under 71 but managed to keep the lead in round three of the TATA Steel PGTI Players Championship at Panchkula Golf Club (PGC) on Friday.

Kalyani: Kolkata's Mohammedan Sporting (MDSP) club, overwhelmed Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) 5-1 in a Group A, to move into the quarterfinals of the 130th Durand Football Cup at the Kalyani Stadium on Friday.

Chennai: Local collegian Alwin Sundar (AS Motorsports) grabbed pole position in the Novice (Stock 165cc) category as the second round of the Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship commenced at the MMRT, here on Friday.

Everywhere in the world people got vaccinated against the Covid-19 virus without having to pay a penny, but not in India. Everywhere in the world, historic landmarks that define a nation, that constitute the warp and woof of a nation’s consciousness, are held sacred and left untouched in their original shape, but not in India. Everywhere in the world, public assets that provide basic services, or cultural and educational services, to the people, are virtually free, but no longer in India. Behind this bizarre Indian exceptionalism is the Modi government’s peculiar agenda to turn everything into a commodity. Nothing is sacrosanct, nothing is hallowed, nothing transcends the market; everything is for sale.

Gurugram: Hyderabad teenager Sneha Singh produced error-free golf for a 3-under 69, the best round of the week, to chalk out a facile five-shot win in the 8th leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at the Golden Greens Golf Club here on Friday.

Afghanistan’s future remains in a state of flux. The US withdrawal has added to the uncertainty in the region. Afghanistan shares a 90 km border with China and this makes Beijing concerned about the developments in Kabul as instability and violence in Afghanistan directly impinges on its security and strategic interests.

The "Mini Secretariat"in Karnal, Haryana, is where the fired up farmers came after the hugely successful Muzaffarnagar ‘kisan mahapanchayat’, raring to put up a similar performance in the Karnal Anaj Mandi. There the farmers put forward three demands, hoping to nudge Chief Minister Manoharlal Khattar to correct several wrongs. But Khattar is aping Narendra Modi and hasn’t budged from his anti-farmer stance.

Old age dependency in India is increasing sharply, decades after decades, along with the number of elders. Though there are many government programmes to support them, they are utterly insufficient, and in many cases too little, as in old age pension scheme under National Social Assistance Programme which is still only Rs 200 per month for elders living below the poverty line and are between 60-79 years of age, while it is only Rs 500 thereafter.