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Brazen Assault on Democratic Federalism

IN a brazen authoritarian move, the Modi government has promulgated an ordinance to nullify the Supreme Court’s landmark decision on the Delhi government’s control over administrative officers under its jurisdiction.The ordinance gives the control over postings and transfer of officers back to the Lt. Governor and hence the centre. This is done by constituting a National Capital Civil Service Authority which will recommend the transfer and posting of officers in Delhi. The body will consist of the chief minister, chief secretary, and the principal secretary.

WB: Good Response to Mass Signature Collection Drive

Public opinion is growing increasingly against the Trinamool regime's actions, which are detrimental to the education sector and which deprive the poor people of their entitlements by embezzling funds from rural development projects. The successive revelation of various scams serves to highlight the extensive corruption that permeates all levels of the government. Despite the reluctance of the state police administration to take appropriate action, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) have initiated investigations as ordered by the court.

Tripura: Tribal Emotions Exploited: Tipra Motha Chief's Deceptive Alliance with the BJP

THE Tipra Motha Chief and the last descendant of the royal family of Tripura, Pradyut Kishore Debbarman, has been exposed for betraying the trust of the tribal community by cunningly manipulating their emotions to secure a second term for the BJP in Tripura, despite the majority of tribal people voting against them.

The US Debt Ceiling Debate

UNDER pressure from globalised finance capital, most countries of the world have enacted legislation fixing the size of the fiscal deficit as a proportion of GDP; generally it is 3 per cent, and in India it is 3 per cent for the centre and 3 per cent for the states. The US however has no such legislation; instead what it has is a ceiling on the absolute stock of public debt that can be held at any point of time.

On the Kerala Story

RECENTLY, the screening of the film 'The Kerala Story' has made headlines. The film's trailer claimed to explore the religious conversion to Islam in Kerala and the alleged recruitment of converts by IS, an Islamist military organisation. According to the trailer, 32,000 women were converted to Islam under the guise of 'love Jihad.' This sparked significant controversy within Kerala, with people vehemently protesting against the defamation of minorities and the dissemination of malicious propaganda.

Seventy-Five Years of Nakba

IT is 75 years of Nakba. Nakba in Arabic means catastrophe. The ‘catastrophe’ is used to describe the forceful eviction of nearly 7,50,000 Palestinians (from a population of 1.9 million) from their homeland, after the formation of Israel. Every year since 1948, May 15 is commemorated as the day of Nakba.The State of Israel was formed on November 29, 1947, through UN Resolution 181(II) adopted in the UN General Assembly that recommended the plan to partition Palestine into an Arab State, a Jewish State and the City of Jerusalem.

Maha: In Light of SC Ruling hold Fresh Assembly Elections in Maharashtra

IN the light of the recent Supreme Court ruling, fresh elections to the state assembly is the only solution to the current political imbroglio in the state. Therefore the Maharashtra state committee of the CPI(M) has demanded  dissolution of the assembly and holding immediate elections.The BJP led Shinde-Fadnavis government in the state has neither moral basis nor legal right to continue in office. This long held view of the CPI(M) has been vindicated by the Supreme Court ruling.

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