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Left parties will ‘work together to uproot BJP’

Left parties join forces to hold rally in Lucknow to present agenda and call for BJP's defeat. CPI(M) Yechury, CPI Raja, CPI(ML) Bhattacharya, AIFB Devarajan to address. Rally to counter RSS' "Hindutva laboratory" and expose corporate-communal nexus of ruling party. Aim to change political climate of UP to vote out…

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BJP stands with Israel; Congress, Left call for peace

BJP compares Israel-India situation, Congress, Left urge restraint. BJP, PM Modi pledge support to Israel. Congress condemns attacks, calls for dialogue. Left parties condemn attacks, call for UN to enforce stop, implement two-state solution.

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JD(S) Kerala unit rejects Deve Gowda’s decision to join hands with BJP; to continue its alliance with Left front

JD(S) Kerala unit rejects alliance with BJP, will continue alliance with Left Front. Meeting of executive committee unanimously approves resolution against national leadership's decision. Senior leaders to hold discussions with other State units to discuss common way forward. No decision to merge with any party; next strategy to be discussed…

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The advent of franchisee politics in West Bengal

Bhattacharya's paper examines the 'franchisee politics' of West Bengal, tracing its roots to the left's agrarian reforms and its evolution under the Trinamool Congress. It argues that this model, which fuses business with politics, has limited the BJP's expansion in the State. It also explains how the BJP's polarisation tactics…

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Bonhomie to bitterness | Left, BRS ties hit the nadir in Telangana

Left parties in Telangana have been unhappy ever since the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), led by Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, announced candidates for 115 out of the 119 Assembly seats.

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Delimitation debate: gender vs regional, caste identities

Shift of political power from south to north, east & women, diminishing say of States, population growth faster in BJP strongholds, pan-India identities of religion, class & gender, women's reservation unites parties, OBCs resist, BJP subsumes caste identity in Hindutva, gender complicates politics of caste & region, BJP seeks further…

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Liz Truss attacks Joe Biden and Greta Thunberg as ‘left-wing orthodoxy’

The UK’s shortest-serving PM says US president ‘wants to export a socialist economic policy to Europe’

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Uniting front: On the INDIA bloc

The INDIA bloc will have to frame issues well and campaign effectively to emerge and its challenge lies in winning the confidence of the people

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Ghosi bypoll to see first INDIA bloc-BJP clash in Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh's Ghosi bypoll is a major showdown between BJP and INDIA bloc, with leaders of both sides campaigning for their candidates. SP, Congress, Left parties, AAP, and NDA allies are all involved. SP chief Akhilesh Yadav is actively involved in INDIA alliance activities. A win for SP will strengthen…

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Centre, State should intervene to check price rise: CPI(M)

CPI(M) staged a protest in Ongole against skyrocketing prices of essentials. They demanded subsidised rates for groceries and vegetables. G. Ramesh, CPI(M) Ongole city secretary, said ₹200 reduction in cooking gas price was too low. Left to intensify struggles if power tariff hike not withdrawn.

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EU Commission president will propose Dutch foreign minister as successor for climate czar Timmermans

The EU’s top official will nominate the Dutch foreign minister as the next commissioner in charge of climate action to fill the void left by the departure of Green Deal czar Frans Timmermans

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Rich tributes paid to Basheerbagh firing victims in Vijayawada

Left parties have paid tributes to the three youths who died in the police firing at Basheerbagh in Hyderabad in 2000 as they attempted to lay siege to the Assembly building, protesting against power sector reforms imposed by the then TDP government. On Monday, the Left party leaders paid floral…

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Well-wishers of Congress, Left parties lead talks for a poll alliance

Some political activists from both Congress and the Left parties – CPI and CPI (M) discussed the possibilities of an alliance though officially leaders of both these groups have remained silent so far

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Left parties criticise KCR for ‘unilaterally’ announcing candidates for forthcoming Assembly elections

Left parties criticise KCR for 'unilaterally' announcing candidates; assert BRS will lose 4-5% votes & play key role in elections. They recall how Left supported BRS in Munugode bypoll & asked for reasonable seats in alliance. Suspect change in BRS' political approach.

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Opposition blames BJP for Haryana violence, Maharashtra train firing

NEW DELHI: Several leaders of the Congress and the Left on Tuesday blamed the BJP for spreading hatred in the society and said this has resulted in the communal clashes being witnessed in Haryana and the firing by an RPF constable in a Maharashtra-bound train in which four people were…

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‘INDIA’ will come to power at Centre with 300 seats, says Chinta Mohan

CWC member Chinta Mohan predicts INDIA will win 300 seats in next year's elections. He blames PM Modi for failing to fulfill promises and accuses BJP of cheating people. He also predicts emergence of new alternative in AP, with Congress and Left joining hands, and Congress coming to power in…

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Cong. taps into public outrage over child’s murder to assail LDF govt.

The Congress, tapping into the ground swell of public outrage over the rape and murder of a five-year-old girl child hailing from a migrant worker family in Aluva in Ernakulam, assailed the government for alleged police apathy and incompetence.

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Child’s murder in Kerala’s Aluva figures in Opposition meeting

The Left leaders argued that when the entire Opposition was united on the demand that the Prime Minister give a statement on Manipur on the floor of the House why were the Congress MPs bringing local issues to the floor of the Parliament, trying to corner the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic…

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Fractured mandate: On Spain’s parliamentary elections and its politics

The fractured mandate in the parliamentary elections has left Spain in a political gridlock, pushing it into prolonged coalition building talks

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‘INDIA’ placards appear in Lok Sabha for first time, Opposition alliance to stage joint dharna on July 24

Opposition alliance INDIA formed to challenge BJP in 2024 LS elections coordinated strategies in Monsoon session, demanding PM's statement on Manipur situation. Placards with "INDIA wants reply, not silence" and "Manipur is burning, PM speak about it" waved in Lok Sabha.

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German captain in a migrant rescue standoff will run for the European Parliament

The captain of a humanitarian rescue ship who was arrested in 2019 for docking in an Italian port without authorization has been presented as one of a struggling German left-wing party’s top candidates for next year’s European Parliament election

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West Bengal local polls | Bombs and ballot boxes

A report on the month-long panchayat poll-related violence in West Bengal which claimed 40 lives and left hundreds injured

Evening Standard

‘Jess Phillips needs to learn on racism like Prince Harry did’, says London headteacher

‘Britain’s strictest headteacher’ renewed her attack on Jess Phillips after a string of exchanges on Twitter

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Congress supports Bihar government's decision to withdraw domicile policy for teacher recruitment

The Congress supports Bihar government’s decision to withdraw the domicile policy, However, decision to revoke the domicile policy for teacher’s job has irked Left parties

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Ron DeSantis faces one setback after another in battle against LGBTQ rights

Multiple federal court decisions have frozen key portions of Ron DeSantis’ campaign against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights in recent weeks, complicating the Florida governor’s efforts to present himself as a conservative champion with a track record of winning cultural battles over LGBTQ causes.

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