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Farmers’ issue has come to the fore in recent Bihar assembly election. The Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had repealed the State Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) Act way back in 2006. The farmers in the state are not benefitted by this move, rather they are in a helpless state and are unable to sell their produce at minimum support prices (MSPs) announced by the government. Nitish, while repealing the APMC Act, should have planned the strategy by which the farmers can sell their produces not the below the benchmark prices which in this case are the MSPs. Some states have delisted fruits and vegetables from the purview of their APMC Acts without making adequate provisions in their law whereby farmers can get adequate returns on sale.

It is not yet clear when the United States of America would officially declare the presidential election results. Although it appears, almost certainly, that Joe Biden of the Democratic Party would be the next man in the White House ousting the incumbent Republican president Donald Trump — who is still refusing to accept the results and is readying for a legal fight.

Bibhishan, the poor tribal farmer at whose house the Chanakya of BJP, Amit Shah, had his lunch as a part of his grand design to reach out to the tribal, just ahead of the West Bengal assembly election, did not get chance to speak to the BJP boss and request him to arrange for the treatment of his daughter.

The contempt of court notice sent by the Supreme Court to the Secretary of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for sending a letter to Republic TV editor in chief Arnab Goswami, ‘intimidating’ him for approaching the court against the privilege notice issued by the state assembly has a few unexplored angles.

It’s an election like no other in Bihar. No street side addas, clamorous band bajaa or flag-waving processions. In a pandemic, rallies are still jam-packed, yet voters stand within chalk circles at polling booths. A lead actor for the last three tumultuous decades is missing from the poll scene. Lalu Prasad is in jail but his son Tejashwi has stepped up. They share the same blood, but their political blood group seems different. The father bellowed out a war cry against upper castes, the son speaks in lilting tones on jobs for Bihar’s youth. Lalu banked on MY (Muslim-Yadav) support, Tejashwi is hoping for an MYY (Muslim, Yadav and cross caste Youth) constituency.

New Delhi: Manipur's Gyanendro Ningombam was on Friday Elected Unopposed as the President of Hockey India for a term of two years. He is the first person from the North East region to head this federation.

Panchkula: Chandigarh’s Akshay Sharma carded five under 67 to extend his lead to a commanding five shots in round three of the TATA Steel PGTI Players Championship at Panchkula Golf Club here on Friday.

It is generally said that an assessment of a politician’s stance on this or that issue shouldn’t rest on positions they took a decade or two ago. According to this view, the past is not a prelude to the present or predictive of a possible future. This argument was made about Hillary Clinton during the previous election cycle, and it’s been repeated regarding the Democratic nominees this time around.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The best-laid plans of men and mice go wrong. The plans of Enforcement Directorate, which is on an investigation spree in ‘communist-ruled’ Kerala, have also gone awry, thanks to the dreaded corona virus.

The arrest of Arnab Goswami, Editor-in-Chief of Republic TV, on the basis of a complaint made in May of abetment of suicide in which ‘A’ summary report was filed, exposes the political use of the power of the police all over the country and in every State.