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DC Edit | The battle over Ambedkar’s legacy mainly for dalit votes

The political slugfest that is on nationally and which led to a day in the Winter Session becoming its worst in India’s parliamentary history may be owed to the facetious comments the home minister Amit Shah made on the floor. Ambedkar is no less than a god to his followers who constitute about 17 per cent of India’s 968 million …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Victorian Liberal MP Sam Groth resigns from opposition frontbench, casting shadow on John Pesutto's leadership

ABC

Victorian Liberal MP Sam Groth has resigned from the state opposition's frontbench, fuelling speculation over the future of opposition leader John Pesutto. Mr Groth issued a brief statement late on Friday afternoon, saying that after a Federal Court judgement against Mr Pesutto for defaming exiled MP Moira Deeming he could "in good conscience, no longer continue to serve" in his …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Electorate of Frome to be renamed 'Ngadjuri' as part of 2026 SA election redistribution after concerns about namesake Edward Frome

ABC

The state electorate of Frome in South Australia's mid-north has been renamed Ngadjuri ahead of the next election, after traditional owners raised concerns about its namesake, Edward Frome and his involvement in acts of retribution against Indigenous people. Labor MLC Reggie Martin advocated for the renaming, based on concerns about former surveyor-general Edward Frome's involvement in acts of retribution against …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Chunav Flashback: When Arvind Kejriwal dethroned veteran Sheila Dikshit in her own bastion

India TV News

Chunav Flashback: The Delhi Assembly Elections of 2013 remain one of the most dramatic and groundbreaking moments in the political history of the national capital. The contest, marked by the entry of a new political force in the form of the Aam Aadmi Party, saw an unbelievable development: a political novice, Arvind Kejriwal, not only challenged but decisively defeated three-time …

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Synagogue attack investigated as terrorism

ABC

Samantha Donovan: Law enforcement authorities have confirmed they're investigating an arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue last Friday as a terrorist incident. Sarah Maunder: AFP Deputy Commissioner for National Security Krissy Barrett has confirmed last Friday's arson attack on the synagogue will be investigated as a terrorist incident. Sarah Maunder: Before dawn on Friday morning, a small number of worshippers …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Synagogue attack was 'likely' terrorism

ABC

Samantha Donovan: Hello, welcome to PM. Sarah Maunder: AFP Deputy Commissioner for National Security Krissy Barrett has confirmed last Friday's arson attack on the synagogue will be investigated as a terrorist incident. Marika Sosnowski: Sure, so obviously Hayat Tahrir al-Sham is one of the major groups involved here and its leader Abu Mohammed Al-Golani who's now actually going by his …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Queensland parliament to roll back 'family friendly' hours to benefit regional MPs

ABC

The Queensland government has scrapped so-called "family friendly" hours at state parliament, arguing the change will allow more debate time and benefit regional MPs. "By moving committee meetings from Mondays to Wednesdays, regional MPs will be able to maximise community engagement on the weekends and fly in for parliament on Monday morning." Queensland MP and Katter's Australian Party leader Robbie …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Trump has won the culture war

Al Jazeera

Progressive forces will need a bold new vision and a wide-ranging communication strategy if they are to stand a chance in future elections. With his electoral victory, Trump won a culture war that started with the rise of the Tea Party movement in 2009 and social media. During Trump’s 2024 re-election campaign, the momentum of the culture war helped him …

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3 weeks ago

Bangladesh: Yet another case of a regime-change operation gone wrong

Firstpost

It is a matter of great concern if forces from the West try to bring instability to India’s neighbourhood, looking for an opportunity to strike within India When mass protests erupted against the Sheikh Hasina government in Bangladesh, they at first seemed to be organic against her 15-year stint as the prime minister. The other big indication came from Prime …

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3 weeks ago

Vivek Kaul: Cash transfer politics has an impact not just on ballots but also budgets

Live Mint

The political lesson being learnt from recent assembly elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand, and before that in Madhya Pradesh, is that cash transfer schemes for women can be a real game-changer when it comes to winning the electorate over. In the first six months of 2024-25, of the ₹1.56 trillion contributed by petroleum companies to the exchequer of state governments, …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Is Keir Starmer just copying Tony Blair with his ‘measurable milestones’?

The Independent

The prime minister, after a “choppy” first few months in office, is promising to implement a “plan for change” and to introduce “measurable milestones” by which the performance of the government may be judged. That’s because the five specified “missions” are envisaged to take place over a “decade of renewal”, whereas the six prospective “milestones” will be achieved over the …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Letters to the Editor: Will Trump become an education president?

LA Times

Linda McMahon, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to head the Education Department, speaks during an America First Policy Institute gala on Nov. 14. To the editor: One of the few glimmers of hope I see in Donald Trump’s incoming presidency is in the area of public education reform. To the editor: Trump cannot “become a true education president” while deporting undocumented …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Young men swung to the right for Trump after a campaign dominated by masculine appeals

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — For years, Pat Verhaeghe didn’t think highly of Donald Trump as a leader. “I think he’s a great guy now.” Verhaeghe isn’t alone among his friends in suburban Detroit or young men across America. White men under 30 were solidly in Trump’s camp this year — about 6 in 10 voted for Trump — while young Latino men …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Young men swung to the right for Trump after a campaign dominated by masculine appeals

LA Times

For years, Pat Verhaeghe didn’t think highly of Donald Trump as a leader. “I think he’s a great guy now.” Verhaeghe isn’t alone among his friends in suburban Detroit or young men across America. White men under 30 were solidly in Trump’s camp this year — about 6 in 10 voted for him — while young Latino men were split …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Jharkhand's loud message to BJP: Symbolic overtures won't win tribal votes

India Today

Jharkhand’s Scheduled Tribe constituencies delivered a stunning verdict in the recent elections, handing the INDIA coalition an almost complete victory and marking one of the most decisive rejections of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance in recent history. The BJP’s losses extended to the national level in the general elections this year, where it forfeited all three ST-reserved Lok Sabha seats …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Trump 'tortured' rule of law — but hasn’t 'irreparably broken' legal system: analyst

Raw Story

A former federal prosecutor took it upon herself on Thanksgiving eve to lift up anyone feeling glum about the state of the country’s legal system in the face of Donald Trump swapping any criminal consequences as he instead plots his return to the White House. Joyce Vance told readers on Wednesday that it might feel like Trump has shattered the …

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3 weeks, 6 days ago

Too many Democrats need to hear this truth bomb

Raw Story

In the wake of this terrible election, I will NOT be a part of this self-loathing and whining by too many in Democratic “leadership” in this country right now as they try to convince people like me — a high school dropout — that I am some college-educated elite who doesn't understand what the majority of the “hardworking” white voters …

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4 weeks ago

Jharkhand Assembly Elections: CSDS-Lokniti Survey

The Hindu

The mandate in Jharkhand has, yet again, caused a roadblock for the Bharatiya Janata Party. The key elements that decided the fate of the election can be summed up to the tenacity and the ability of State-level forces to face and respond to all-India intrusions and, second, the tough competition between regional identity-based politics centred around Adivasis vis-à-vis an attempt …

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4 weeks ago

The Indian economy also has much to thank the Constitution for

Live Mint

Among key reasons for the Indian Constitution’s durability, we can count the fact that its framers did not try to box future policies into the framework of any social or economic ideology. Speaking in the context of how our ‘mixed economy’ first underwent “socialist reforms" and then “market-based reforms," the apex court observed: “India’s economic trajectory indicates that the Constitution …

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4 weeks ago

Merrick Garland’s legacy facing 'enormous' implications as Trump cases implode: analysts

Raw Story

Attorney General Merrick Garland’s mark on the Justice Department could come down to one case – Donald Trump’s election subversion prosecution that collapsed today under the weight of a long-standing DOJ policy against hauling a sitting president into criminal court. The development will likely hurt Garland’s legacy, according to two political analysts who concluded on Monday that the attorney general’s …

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4 weeks, 1 day ago

John Prescott ‘got a reception like Beatlemania’, Prime Minister says in tribute

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy John Prescott was “always met with a reception like Beatlemania”, …

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4 weeks, 1 day ago

Women power: The decisive factor in both Maharashtra and Jharkhand

New Indian Express

The results project one embedded truth from both the states. BJP's tally in Maharashtra has a clear lesson for political parties run as elite family fiefdoms; bungling dynasts may not emerge as seasoned performers at the hustings. Like Lakshmir Bhandar in West Bengal where the Trinamool Congress has swept all the six assembly bypolls, the BJP's Ladki Bahin Yojana boosted …

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1 month ago

Meticulous planning helped Ajit Pawar retain Baramati

The Hindu

“It will be Supriya Sule for the Centre and Ajit Pawar for the State. In fact, Mr. Sharad Pawar had fielded Mr. Ajit Pawar’s nephew Yugendra Pawar against him. The booth committee workers were activated to take the work of Ajit Pawar till the last voter,” Kiran Gujar, a close aide and strategist for Mr. Ajit Pawar, said. It further …

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1 month ago

Muslim Unions Demand Centre to Repeal Waqf Amendment Bill

Deccan Chronicle

Vijayawada: Muslim religious heads, unions, and Jamaats have unanimously opposed the Waqf Amendment Bill 2024, proposed by the BJP-led NDA government, demanding its immediate withdrawal. Under the aegis of the Loukika Rajyanga Parirakshana Vedika, various Muslim outfits and Jamaats organised a ‘Waqf Bachao’ meeting at Makineni Basava Punnaiah Vignana Kendram in Vijayawada on Sunday. CPM state secretary V. Srinivas Rao …

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DC Edit | The battle over Ambedkar’s legacy mainly for dalit votes

Victorian Liberal MP Sam Groth resigns from opposition frontbench, casting shadow on John Pesutto's leadership

Electorate of Frome to be renamed 'Ngadjuri' as part of 2026 SA election redistribution after concerns about namesake Edward Frome

Chunav Flashback: When Arvind Kejriwal dethroned veteran Sheila Dikshit in her own bastion

Synagogue attack investigated as terrorism

Synagogue attack was 'likely' terrorism

Queensland parliament to roll back 'family friendly' hours to benefit regional MPs

Trump has won the culture war

Bangladesh: Yet another case of a regime-change operation gone wrong

Vivek Kaul: Cash transfer politics has an impact not just on ballots but also budgets

Is Keir Starmer just copying Tony Blair with his ‘measurable milestones’?

Letters to the Editor: Will Trump become an education president?

Young men swung to the right for Trump after a campaign dominated by masculine appeals

Young men swung to the right for Trump after a campaign dominated by masculine appeals

Jharkhand's loud message to BJP: Symbolic overtures won't win tribal votes

Trump 'tortured' rule of law — but hasn’t 'irreparably broken' legal system: analyst

Too many Democrats need to hear this truth bomb

Jharkhand Assembly Elections: CSDS-Lokniti Survey

The Indian economy also has much to thank the Constitution for

Merrick Garland’s legacy facing 'enormous' implications as Trump cases implode: analysts

John Prescott ‘got a reception like Beatlemania’, Prime Minister says in tribute

Women power: The decisive factor in both Maharashtra and Jharkhand

Meticulous planning helped Ajit Pawar retain Baramati

Muslim Unions Demand Centre to Repeal Waqf Amendment Bill