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By Harihar Swarup Recently, two large boulders, believed to be 60 million years old, were dispatched to Ayodhya. These stones were found along the Gandaki river at a site in Muktinath valley in Nepal. The region is thought to be part of erstwhile kingdom of Mithila, ruled by Ram’s father-in-law, Raja Janak.  According to the […]

The post Bringing Two Ancient Shalagram Silas From Nepal For Use In Ram Mandir Has Great Significance first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup Since his 3,506-km Bharat Jodo Yatra ended on January 30 in Srinagar, it is time to assess its impact. Rahul Gandhi has shown incredible stamina, a will to complete what he embarked on, instead of, running abroad halfway—which he was known for. The Yatra also showed another side of the usually inaccessible […]

The post BJY Has Improved Rahul’s Image To The Congress Supporters But That Is Not Enough first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup No stock-taking of India is complete without an assessment of social, economic and political condition of the Adivasis, India’s ancient citizens. No section of the Indian community has been more affected by independence and democracy than the Adivasi. Democracy is neither new to them, nor a gift of independence. From the time […]

The post ‘Development’-Driven India Has Abandoned Its Adivasi Brethren first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup Charles Gurumukh Sobhraj had already acquired international notoriety when he drugged and robbed a group of French tourists, and killed one of them, in Delhi in June, 1986. He had already served his 10-year sentence when he escaped Tihar jail on March 16, 1986. His arrest 22 days later and further incarceration […]

The post Charles Sobhraj Had A Chequered Career As A Criminal In India first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup The Bharat Jodo Yatra will culminate on January 30 in Srinagar with a flag hoisting ceremony at Srinagar on the anniversary of the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. By then, the yatra which began on September 7, 2022 would have traversed the length of the sub-continent from Kanyakumari to Himalayas. The yatra has […]

The post Yatra Has Catapulted Rahul Gandhi To National Stage But What About The Congress Party? first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup Governor is neither a decorative emblem nor a glorified cipher. His powers are limited but he has an important constitutional role to play in the governance of the state and strengthening federalism. He is head of the state and all chief ministers, including the Tamil Nadu chief minister, must remember it. All […]

The post Legal Interpretations Differ About Governor’s Right To Tweak Speech first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup The United Nation has declared 2023 as the International Year of Millets. Since that was at the initiative of India, which also accounts for a fifth of the world’s millets production, Narendra Modi government would be expected to do something different this year to promote these “nutria-cereals” – going beyond just spreading […]

The post India Can Do A Lot For Higher Production In International Year Of Millets first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup Seeking to galvanize his party’s cadre ahead of the 2024 Assembly and Lok Sabha polls, Biju Janata Dal President and five-term Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has said the BJD has the potential to serve the people of Odisha for next 100 years. Naveen, 76, thus sent out a clear signal that there […]

The post Naveen Patnaik Leading BJD To Assembly Polls In 2024 For The Sixth Time first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup Any one who claims to live in God’s light and hates a brother or sister is still in the dark. It is the person who loves brother and sister who dwells in God’s light and doesn’t block the light from others. But whoever hates is still in the dark, stumbles around in […]

The post Few Hits And Many Misses For India And The Ruling Party In 2022 first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup Nine assembly elections will take place between February and December 2023 stretching from Telangana to Tripura. Collectively these polls will be the last chance for opposition to test the mettle of the incumbent BJP before the May 2024 general elections. Any realistic assessment of the next national polls must begin with the […]

The post Narendra Modi Blew The Whistle For Lok Sabha Poll With G20 Presidency first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup Gujarat and Himachal have voted for two opposing national parties. While Himachali voters rejected the BJP and upheld the tradition of electing an alternate every five years, voters in Gujarat gave the saffron party its biggest victory ever and seventh straight term. With over 52 per cent share, and 156 of 182 […]

The post BJP Took Corrective Actions After 2017 Poll In Gujarat Resulting In Big Win In 2022 first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup AAP’s victory in Delhi municipals polls is not a surprise. The exit polls were right for once, and the BJP’s undistinguished record in running the municipality made it easy to believe them for once. The margin of victory is lower than what was expected by many, but it is a clear win, […]

The post AAP’s Victory In Delhi Civic Polls Is Significant But BJP Is Positioned Well To Take On Next Time first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup Is the collegium system of choosing judges perfect? That’s what former Chief Justice of India, U U Lalit, has claimed in recent interviews. Indeed he has even suggested that it’s intrinsic to the basic structure of the Constitution. But is he right on either counter? Let us see what research reveals. Let […]

The post There Is Scope For Discussion On Norms For Appointment Of Judges first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup Maharaja Harijai Singh of Jammu & Kashmir signed the Instrument of Accession on October 26, 1947. He was in a tough spot. The subcontinent has been divided on the basis of faith and his mind was not only the 80% Muslims in the state, but also 20% Hindus. October 26, 1947 was […]

The post Karan Singh’s Statement Clarifies Maharaja Hari Singh’s Role In 1947 first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup Kashmir’s politics is likely to witness a major change, Separatist leader Bilal Gani Lone is preparing to bid farewell to separatism and enter the mainstream politics.. Bilal is elder son of Abdul Gani Lone, the Hurriyat Conference leader who founded the People Conference. Considered a moderate who had wide support across north […]

The post Known Separatist Leader Bilal Gani Lone Is Going Mainstream In Kashmir first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup With the Election Commission firing the starter’s gun for the Gujarat assembly elections, one thing is clear. The real fight is over who is best positioned to challenged the multi—decade positioned political hegemony of BJP. Will it be AAP or Congress? So it A (APP) versus B (BJP) versus C (Congress)? What […]

The post Congress Is Giving A Good Fight To BJP In Gujarat Through Door To Door Campaign first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup From a fiscal point of view, the state governments are in a strong position to emerge key drivers of economic growth this year. But while the availability of funds doesn’t appear to be a constraint, surprisingly, actual spending by states so far has been muted. Their ability to ramp up capital expenditure […]

The post States Are Lagging In Spending For Developmental Needs In 2022-23 first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup It was a tweet that shouldn’t have surprised anyone who has followed the feud between Kerala   Governor Arif Mohammad Khan and the CPI(M)-led Left Democrat Front (LDF) Government. “The CM and council of Ministers have every right to advice the Governor. But the statements of individual ministers that lower the dignity of […]

The post Controversy Is Natural With Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup “Ek parinda bhi nahi mar sakta Ayodhya main (I will not allow a bird to flap its wing in Ayodhya)”—the line famously delivered by Mulayam Singh Yadav in 1990 that was to make him presiding deity of M-Y (Muslim—Yadav) politics in Uttar Pradesh for quarter of a century after that. The then […]

The post Mulayam Singh Yadav Started Muslim-Yadav Combo, Akhilesh Has To Expand It first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s vijayadashami speech exhibited the confidence of the organization and its strong desire to  intervene  in the contemporary social and cultural churning in India. RSS’s ideological shadow has spread beyond its organizational reach and cadre. Sontosh Yadav, the chief guest at the function on October 5, said, “she was […]

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By Harihar Swarup Ayman al-Zawahiri, the Egyptian-born surgeon turned-Jihadi known as al-Zawahin who assured the leadership of al-Qaeda after killing of Osama bin Laden led a life steeped in secrecy, betrayal, conspiracy and violence,   after the September 11 attacks against U.S. in 2001. While bin Laden, who was killed by a US raid in 2011, […]

The post Al-Zawahin Led Al-Qaeda With Equal Ruthlessness As Osama Bin Laden first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup A writer woke up in panic but felt relieved when felt it  was only nightmare. He had gone back in time to being a young doctor, feeling helpless with high rate and mortality rates, a paediatric ward filled with children suffering from tuberculosis meningitis, polio, severe malnutrition and diarrhoea. Today the scenario […]

The post India Needs A Major Revolution In Healthcare System In Next 25 Years first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup At the end of the fourth round of the triple jump finals at 2022 Commonwealth Games, Abdullah Aboobacker found himself in fourth position. A medal seemed unlikely at the moment. But Coach M. Harikrishnan, who couldn’t travel to Birmingham due to visa issue, knew exactly what his word needed to hear then. […]

The post Coach M Harikrishnan Has A Long Record Of Training Leading Athletes first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup The increase in visibility and profile of Nitish in national politics ever since he dumped  the BJP and joined hands with Lalu Prasad Yadav  has spotlighted the OBC Kurmi community to which Bihar Chief Minister belongs. Kurmis are a small community than Yadavs, they have not always had a cordial relationship. But […]

The post Nitish Kumar-Lalu Yadav Combine Has Potential To Unite Kurmis With Yadavs first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup The custodial death of Mahsa Amini, a young woman who was arrested by the morality police in Tehran, has sparked wide protests in Iran. Under the scanner are police who patrol public places to enforce the headscarf law and other Islamic laws. Conversations are also taking place on the situation of women […]

The post Iran Has A Glorious History Of Women Struggle For Progressive Reforms first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup Take a look at three significant events in recent weeks. These political initiative will be a crucial in the general election scheduled for 2024. Earlier, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met all opposition leaders for several hours in New Delhi. He met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and had dinner with Delhi CM. […]

The post Nitish Kumar Imparts Fresh Dynamism To Opposition Unity Before 2024 Polls first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup In February 19, 2017, at a meeting in Kochi’s Durbar Hall grounds, some of Kerala cinema’s biggest names gathered to protest the abduction and sexual assault of a woman actor. Among those present that day were superstars Mammootty and Dileep Singh, high profile directors –Kammal and Lal and many others. With Dileep […]

The post Malayali Film Actor Dileep Is Having A Troubled Times With Accusations first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup The Indian economy was expected to collapse due to pandemic. But its recovery has been better than most countries. Appropriate counter – cyclical policy enabled this but it worked because reforms had reached a threshold of adequacy. In the recent past growth suffered because of an excessive focus on structural reforms while […]

The post Indian Economy Needs Fresh Push But People’s Interests Are Supreme first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup In the summer or 1977, when Ghulam Nabi Azad first came to Delhi after being appointed as general secretary of the Youth Congress by Sanjay Gandhi, he could not withstand the torrid summer. Hs nose bled for several weeks, and he told his colleagues that he is going back. Forty-five years later […]

The post Ghulam Nabi Azad Has Always Been A Loyalist Of Gandhi Family first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup Congress has seen the exit of many heavy weights over the decades— and survived. It lost socialists in 1948, with Acharya Narendra Dev, Jayaprakash Narayan, and Ram Manohar Lohia walking out to form the socialist party. It saw vertical split in 1969 when Indira Gandhi got the better of the “syndicate” and […]

The post Time Is Running Out Of Congress For Reinventing Itself Before 2024 Polls first appeared on IPA Newspack.