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• Appropriating Ambedkar and his Legacy for a Rightist Cause

  18 June 2016

  by Arun Srivastava
  Strange, it took not less than 70 years for the RSS to identify the real Babasaheb Ambedkar. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief, Mohan Bhagwat, finally laid his claim that Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar, the architect of the Indian Constitution, was a believer in the Sangh’s ideology and had called its workers symbols of social unity and integrity. He came out with yet another revelation: that Ambedkar was not in favour of adopting the tricolour as the national flag (…)

• Normalisation of Marks in Competitive Examinations, Eligibility Tests of the UPSC

  18 June 2016

  by Santhoshkumar R.
  Introduction
  Our Public Service Commissions were established by the Constitution of India to select applicants for civil service jobs in the country, based on the merits of the applicants and reservation policies. The Public Service Commission advises the government on all matters connected to civil services referred to it under Article 320 (3) of the Indian Constitution, publishes notifications inviting applications for selection to various posts as per the (…)

• Manifesto of a United Anti-Fascist Democratic Front

  18 June 2016

  The following Manifesto of a United Anti-Fascist Democratic Front is drafted by Aurobindo Ghose, an economist formerly at the Delhi School of Economics. He is currently a practising lawyer and human rights activist. He has conveyed that he “remains open to further debate, discussion and even correction”. He can be contacted at e-mail: g_aurobindo@yahoo.com.
  Today what India urgently needs is a democratic revolution, not a socialist one. This cannot be achieved by the Left forces alone, if (…)

• PM Modi in the US

  11 June 2016, by SC

  EDITORIAL
  While there is no dearth of national issues hitting the headlines, the focus now has shifted to international affairs not only because PM Narendra Modi is currently in Washington D.C. holding substantive talks with US President Barack Obama on major subjects of special concern to New Delhi.
  The latest information from the United States is that Hillary Clinton made history yesterday by winning the US presidential nomination from the side of the Democrats; she thus becomes the (…)

• West Bengal: The Sun Rises in the East

  11 June 2016

  by Saumitra Mohan
  The just concluded elections to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly were unprecedented in more ways than one. While the popular mood of the electorate was more or less known to everyone as also corroborated by the various opinion and exit polls, but the same was overshadowed by the overpitched performances from all the stakeholders as the polls progressed. These elections saw the apex electoral body in a hyperactive avatar which at times appeared unwarranted to many (…)

• Assam Assembly Elections 2016: BJP Triumphs and Congress Dwindles

  11 June 2016

  by V. Bijukumar
  The election verdict of the Assam Assembly brought some dramatic developments in the politics of the State. It not only brought down the three consecutive Congress governments led by Tarun Gogoi but also consolidated the electoral base of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Assam. The BJP could form its first government in North-East India through the election in alliance with the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and Bodoland People’s Front (BPF). The verdict also gave some solace (…)

• Truth Is The Casualty

  11 June 2016, by Kuldip Nayar

  In the present atmosphere prevailing in the country, everything is being politicised, whether the dubious land deals or the racist attacks against African students. Unfortunately, truth is the casualty. Sonia Gandhi has said that the criticism of her son-in-law, Robert Vadra, is political and is directed against the Congress party she heads. Her love for the dynasty has made her ignore the facts.
  Vadra got land papers changed when the Congress was in power in Haryana. The land was (…)

• RSS Pracharak Sunil Joshi was “100%” Involved in Samjhauta Blasts: Former SIT Chief Rai

  11 June 2016

  by Seema Mustafa
  “We had confirmed the involvement of the Sunil Joshi group in the Samjhauta explosion and the fact that no one from SIMI was involved,” was the categorical response of then Special Investigation Team chief, Vikash Narain Rai, an upright police officer, who had been entrusted with the enquiry of the train explosion in 2007.
  In an exclusive interview to The Citizen Rai —former Director General of Police (Law and Order), Haryana—spoke of the painstaking investigation, the (…)

• Utkal Gaurab Madhusudan Das as a Protagonist of Gender Equality and Skill Development

  11 June 2016

  by S.N. Sahu
  Late Madhusudan Das was an outstanding personality and influential leader of his time. Born in Odisha on April 28, 1848, he led an eventful life marked by manifold accomplishments in diverse fields. Widely acclaimed for exceptionally high standard of service and sacrifice for the cause of Odisha and India, he breathed his last on February 4, 1934. In 1903 he founded the Utkal Sammilani (Utkal Union Conference) which became the nucleus of the historic movement to unify the (…)

• World Environment Day — June 5, “Go Wild For Life”

  11 June 2016

  by Mayanglambam Ojit Kumar Singh
  On June 5 every year since 1974, people from across the globe have been celebrating the World Environment Day (WED) by taking part in environmental action and becoming agents of change for positive impacts on the planet. The UN General assembly in 1972 designated June 5 as the World Environment Day (WED) marking the first day of the Stockholm Conference on Human Environment. One of the very important resolutions adopted by the same assembly the same day led (…)