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With eye on elections, TMC’s Derek O’Brien opts for Hindi classes
Trinamool Congress National Spokesperson and Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien recently began taking Hindi tuitions and a teacher comes daily at his residence in Delhi to help him converse better in the language.
Kolkata: Trinamool…
Congress stole BJP’s budget thunder with ‘NewREGA’ – but it now has to prove it means business
The party has been working on its manifesto to demonstrate that it actually has a credible plan.
Even before finance minister Piyush Goyal presented the 2019 interim budget in the Lok Sabha on Friday, enthusiastic Bharatiya Janata Party…
The 2019 election is going to be all about alliances
The global investor on the coming general election, the anti-incumbency trend and why he thinks the Indian state is socialist
In his latest book, ‘Democracy on the Road: A 25 Year Journey Through India’, investor Ruchir Sharma has…
In Tamil Nadu, A 400-Year-Old Tradition Of Shadow Puppetry Struggles To Survive
On 1 February, Driver’s Colony at Korukkupet in North Chennai – a space where local political meetings are frequently held – wore an entirely different colour. It was witness to a medley of performances, including Bharatanatyam by the…
Lok Sabha: BJP MPs seek Mamata, Kejriwal govts’ dismissal
Targeting the TMC, BJP's Nishikant Dubey alleged that the West Bengal government under the TMC is protecting illegal migrants from Bangladesh, which has changed the demography in several places, including some districts of Jharkhand, from…
LIT Stories: THE WEEK in conversation with author Jeffrey Archer at JLF 2019
Do the titles 'Kane and Abel', 'The Sins of Father' and 'Cometh the Hour' excite you? If yes, you'd want to listen to the brain behind these best-selling novels. Acclaimed author Lord Jeffrey Archer was at the Jaipur Literature Festival…
The politics of distraction
The CBI and Bengal police drama is playing out on all screens as this piece is being written. The houses of the parliament are in uproar and there is little in the way of work being accomplished there. Just 2 days ago the budget was…
Citizenship Bill: Northeast Allies angry, Ram Madhav talks of ‘middle ground’
Acknowledging the opposition and resentment, BJP general secretary Ram Madhav, the party’s in charge of the region, said that both the party and the government were trying to find a way to break the stalemate.
Rattled by protests across the…
The school of West Bengal sets a trend for forming a Children Cabinet
Everytime Children are considered as the Marginalised community, the reason behind this is, they don't have any political importance. Here the school of West Bengal sets a trend for forming a Children Cabinet. The Cabinet comprises of 5…
Teach menstrual hygiene in ‘sensitive, supportive’ manner: Child rights panel to schools
The 88-page manual lists the rules and guidelines which schools have to follow to ensure safety of children in each category - divided into categories such as infrastructure, health and hygiene, psycho-social aspects, roles and…